Tag: Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Farmers in Bhadrak are a worried lot owing to the delay in paddy procurement process in the district. While the procurement process was supposed to be done through 108 cooperative societies, it has been alleged that most of them are not currently functional. According to sources, three panchayats and six wards of Bhadrak municipality […]

Bhadrak: For residents living in several villages of Chandbali area in the district, country boats are the only lifeline. Every day thousands of people in the region risk their lives to cross Mantei and Baitarani rivers in boats due to the absence of bridges. Locals of several riverside villages like Baliapal, Tinitar, Choudhary, Habeli, Panchutikri, […]

Bhadrak: Property worth lakhs were destroyed in two separate fire mishaps in Bhadrak district late on Sunday. A house was reduced to cinders in a fire mishap at Joragadia village under Bhandaripokhari block while four cattle and 25 goats were charred to death in the incident. According to reports, locals noticed smoke emanating from the […]

Bhadrak: Tension ran high in Gohirani village under RN Betada panchayat in the district today when one person was killed and three other injured during a group clash over construction work of a government project in the village. The deceased has been identified as Lokanath Sethi. As per reports,  initially an altercation ensued on  work […]

Bhadrak: A youth was mercilessly thrashed by locals after being caught while allegedly attempting to loot cash from an SBI ATM at Malada Bazaar under Bhandaripokhari police limits here on Wednesday night. As per the locals, the youth was first spotted by one Badri Narayan Dhala of the area who immediately raised an alarm following […]

Rourkela: Charred body of a sixteen year old girl was found inside a rented house at Panda Colony in Rourkela today. As per sources, Police had to break the door of the house as it was closed from inside to recover the body. As per preliminary investigations, the girl who was staying with her maternal […]

Bhadrak: Three unidentified miscreants looted Rs 1.5 lakh cash from a businessman after attacking him with a sharp weapon at DRDA square in the district on Tuesday night. As per reports, the businessman was returning home when the miscreants waylaid him and attacked with sharp weapon. When he fell down, the miscreants snatched the cash […]

Bhadrak: Incessant rains triggered by a low pressure system over Bay of Bengal has left many blocks and low lying areas in the district waterlogged. Thousands of hectares of agricultural fields in 348 revenue villages in different blocks of the district have been left submerged due to the downpour. As per reports Dhamnagar block in […]

Bhubaneswar: In a startling twist to the sensational double murder in Bhadrak, Police today clarified that the accused Babua Mohanty had killed Rabi Beuria and his wife to acquire Rs 2 lakh. Speaking to newspersons, Bhadrak SP, B Gangadhar said Babua came to know about Rs 2 lakh their family had received after a settlement […]

Bhubaneswar: Babua Mohanty, the main accused in the Bhadrak murder case was arrested from near a petrol pump at Chandrashekharpur here on Monday night.While Mohanty has confessed to have murdered the woman, he has also admitted to have killed the woman’s husband Rabi Beuria. Following the disclosure, police recovered Beuria’s body from a canal near […]

Bhadrak: A woman was allegedly stoned to death by a youth at Talachitha village in Dhamnagar of Bhadrak district late last night. The deceased has been identified as Bhaktilata Beuria. As per reports, the accused, identified as Babua Mohanty of the same village reached the woman’s house and attacked her with a stone. When daughter of […]

Keonjhar: A youth under Soso police limits in Keonjhar district diagnosed as HIV+ve allegedly killed himself after hospitals refused to treat him. Body of the youth was today found hanging from a tree near the village pond. Following the incident, father of the youth lodged a police complaint alleging negligence on the part of hospitals. […]

Bhadrak: As many as fifteen passengers were injured today after a bus they were travelling in turned turtle near Bekamudi Melana field in Basudevpur of the district. According to sources, the bus carrying over 50 passengers was enroute to Basudevpur from Bhadrak when the incident occurred. Sources said the driver lost control over the vehicle […]

Bhadrak/Paradip:  As many as 2 cases of suicide by rape accused were reported from separate places in Odisha today. In Bhadrak, a man allegedly committed suicide today after raping a minor girl in Dhamnagar town. According to sources, the man raped a minor girl who was returning from her tuition class yesterday evening. A day […]

Bhadrak: A group of women destroyed foreign liquor worth lakhs of rupees at Karanpali village under Bansada police limits in Bhadrak district while it was being illegally transported in a Bolero Wednesday night. The liquor was being smuggled from Basudevpur to Dhamra area in the district, sources said. Acting on a tip-off about the transportation […]