Tag: Bhawanipatna

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch will take over four out of 19 cases registered against arrested Bhawanipatna-based blacklisted superclass contractor Banti Agarwal and his family. The rest 15 will be considered as special cases and will be investigated with assistance of the EOW, said sources. Nuapada SP Parmar Smit […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today blacklisted super class contractor from Bhawanipatna, Banti Agarwal, on recommendation of the Works department for acquiring tender by submitting fake and fabricated documents. Banti now stands ineligible for applying to any tender of the State Government and has even been barred to undertake any type of business transaction with the government […]

Bolangir/Bhawanipatna: Investigation into the tender fraud related fake term deposit receipts (TDRs) submitted by the proprietor of Suraj Enterprises Rajendra Prasad Agarwal and son Banti Agarwal to acquire various work orders has allegedly found the involvement of some bank and Works department officials in the fraud. A three-months-old letter written by SBI Main Branch Bhawanipatna […]

Bhawanipatna: A new complaint has been filed against Suraj Enterprises at the Bargarh Town police station for allegedly producing false Term Deposit Receipt (TDR) to acquire work order. The executive engineer of Works Department Bargarh unit has lodged an FIR against Bunty Kumar Agarwal, son of Suraj Enterprises’ proprietor, alleging that the contractor has acquired […]

Bhawanipatna: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in Orissa High Court seeking a ban on animal sacrifice during the famous ‘Chhatar Jatra’ of Maa Manikeswari at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district. The PIL filed by social activist Jayanti Das urged the court to instruct Kalahandi district administration to check mass sacrifice of animals including […]

Bhawanipatna: The Maoists allegedly put posters at several places near Sirliguda here in Kalahandi district demanding unconditional release of their jailed cadres. They also demanded to accord political prisoner status to the rebels in jail and provide them all facilities. Urging people to observe September 13 as ‘Mukti Diwas’ of political prisoners, they asked the […]

Bhawanipatna: A woman undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital, Kalahandi was injured after a cement plaster from the hospital ceiling fell on her on Thursday evening. The woman, Nupur Majhi, a resident of Bhawanipatna was sleeping on bed number 157 when the incident occurred. She sustained minor injuries in the mishap while other patients […]

Bhawanipatna: Locals today blocked Thuamula Rampur- Bhawanipatna road by placing dead body of a bus accident victim demanding compensation for family of the deceased. After the dead body was pulled out from under the bus which overturned yesterday near Balighat, tension erupted and irate locals staged the road blockade. To bring the situation under control, […]

Bhawanipatna/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Saturday conducted raids on the property of Bhawanipatna’s Northern Range District Forest Officer, Lalitendu Jena, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. According to sources, simultaneous raids were conducted at five places including his property at Bhawanipatna, Cuttack and residence in Gajapati Nagar of the capital city. […]

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada/Bhawanipatna: Situation in flood affected areas of Rayagada, Kalahandi, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts is limping back to normalcy on Wednesday as water receded in most places with relief and restoration on. Vehicular traffic between Malkangiri and Motu was restored as water level on the road decreased after 24 hours. Flood victims have taken shelter at […]

Bhawanipatna: Heavy downpour across Kalahandi district especially in Thuamul Rampur block has paralysed normal life as road communication to interior areas has been disrupted. Vehicular communication between Junagarh and Dharmagarh, Bhawanipatna, Nabarangpur came to a standstill as water in Hati river has crossed bridge level due to incessant rain in upper catchment and release of […]

Kalahandi: Mocking at the failing healthcare facilities in the rural areas in the state, another case of ambulance failure has resulted in the death of an unborn child while the pregnant woman is still fighting for life. The incident happened at Kansabundei village under Lanjigarh block, where despite calling 102 ambulance to carry a pregnant […]

Bhubaneswar: Satyapir Pradhan of Bhawanipatna today made an entry into the prestigious Guinness Book of Records for most number of full contact punch strikes in one minute. He broke the record earlier held by a Pakistani. Pradhan had earlier requested Guinness Book of World Records authorities to consider him for a trail of 400 punches […]

Bhubaneswar: In a reply to Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s letter, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today stated that Centre has decided to open Post Office Passport Seva Kendras in Balasore, Berhampur (Ganjam) and Bhawanipatana. Swaraj wrote to Pradhan apprising about opening of three new passport service centres in the second phase since he had requested […]

Dharmagarh: Vehicular movement was disrupted on Nabarangpur-Bhawanipatna road today after local farmers blocked the National Highway-26 near Moter Chhak by placing paddy sacks over procurement delay. The protesting farmers staged the road blockade since this morning alleging that the 71 local market yards have not been procuring paddy for past three days. Rabi paddy procurement […]