Tag: Bhawanipatna

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"Did you kill your wife?" Collector asked Dana Majhi!

Bhubaneswar: Dana Majhi, the man who carried the body of his dead wife on his shoulders for 10 kilometres due to non-availability of a hearse van in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district two days ago, on Saturday alleged that the district Collector asked him whether he had killed his wife. The shocking statement of the Collector […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Body on shoulder: Cong fact finding team in Dana's village

Bhawanipatna: With the incident of a man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders for 10 kms on Wednesday having created national and international outrage, a six-member fact finding team of the Congress on Saturday visited the spot to enquire about the incident. According to sources, the fact finding team also participated in a road […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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'Body on shoulder' shame: OTV reporter played the Good Samaritan

He has been berated by ill-informed people on social media for shooting the visuals of Dana Majhi carrying the body of his wife on shoulders instead of helping him out. But not many know that it was OTV’s Bhawanipatna reporter Ajit Singh, who had informed the concerned authorities over phone about the incident on Wednesday and it was his efforts that finally ensured that an ambulance reached the place to carry the body to his village

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Collector orders fresh probe into man carrying wife’s body on shoulders

A day after the sub collector and the CDMO gave a clean chit to the hospital authorities, Kalahandi district Collector D Brunda today ordered the Chief District Medial Officer (CDMO) to conduct a fresh probe into the incident of a man carrying body of his wife on his shoulders from the hospital for 12 km before a hearse van arrived to carry the body to his village following the intervention of the local OTV reporter

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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BEO probes occult rituals at Sevashram school

A three-member team led by the Block Education Officer(BEO) visited the Bada Karlakota Sevashram school and inquired about the rituals conducted by an occultist in the school premises to cure the girls students falling ill

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Denied a vehicle, man carries dead wife’s body on shoulders

In a shocking incident that turns the spotlight once again on our decrepit healthcare services, a man had to carry the body of his wife out of the hospital on his shoulders after he failed to obtain a mortuary van or an ambulance from the hospital authorities

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Newly-wed woman burnt to death by in-laws

Bhawanipatna: A newly married woman was allegedly burnt to death by her in-laws in Shaktinagar Pada here on Saturday. The incident came to light on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Priyadarshani Mahapatra. Sources said an altercation occurred between Priyadarshani and her husband Ajay over some trivial issue on Saturday. In a fit of rage, […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Bride, groom among 6 injured in accident

Bhawanipatna: Six persons, including a bride and groom, sustained critical injuries in an accident near Bankapala area on Junagarh-Kalampur road on Tuesday morning. According to sources, the accident took place in the morning today when the bride and groom, along with four others, were returning after the completion of the marriage. All the injured persons […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Bandh disrupts normal life in Kalahandi

Bhawanipatna: Normal life came to a standstill in Kalahandi district due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Congress protesting against the shifting of the proposed railway wagon repair factory from Narla to Vishakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Members of the district Congress blocked roads at many places, including Bhawanipatna, bringing vehicular movement to a grinding […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Heat wave throws life out of gear in western Odisha

Bhubaneswar: An intense heat wave prevailed across the state while the temperature in western Odisha crossed 40 degrees Celsius making life unbearable due to the sweltering heat.

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
8 killed as jeep hits roadside tree

In an unfortunate incident, eight persons were killed and three others injured critically after a Bolero jeep in which they......

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
Now, JEE (main) exam centres in Angul, Bhawanipatna & Jeypore

Bhubaneswar: The engineering aspirants in Odisha will get an opportunity to appear for the JEE (Main) examinations at three more centers which will be set up in  Angul, Bhawanipatna, and Jeypore towns, besides the six existing centers in the State.

  • Thursday, 15 July 2021
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Odisha officials harassing man who carried wife's corpse: Complaint

A complaint has been filed against the District Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Kalahandi for allegedly harassing the tribal man who walked for 10 km with his wife's body on his shoulders after he was denied a hearse

  • Friday, 02 July 2021
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Skill development centers will be opened in all districts of Odisha: Pradhan

Bhawanipatna: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said skill development centers will be opened in all the districts of Odisha in phases to enhance skills, income and employment capability of youths in different trades. The Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister addressing a congregation at Dharmagarh said there will be regular employment Mela after the […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Minor girl stops her marriage by informing district officials

Bhawanipatna: A class VII girl of Kalahandi district has prevented her parents from getting her married off to a drunkard by informing the district administration. Reeta Majhi, a student of Kathaghara Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Thuamul Rampur, wrote to the authorities seeking their assistance to prevent her marriage. She mentioned in the letter that […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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