Tag: Bhawanipatna

Bhawanipatna: Two youths were arrested today in connection with the death of a minor girl after her decomposed body was recovered from a pond at Khaichuan in Kalahandi district. The 14-year-old girl had gone missing on February 19 and her body was recovered yesterday, police said. Superintendent of Police, Kalahandi Brijesh Rai said that the […]

Bhawanipatna: The widow of a civilian, killed by Maoists, was today paid compensation of Rs 2 lakh by the police in Kalahandi district. Jayanta Kumar Majhi, an ex-sarpanch of Trilochanpur Gram Panchayat under Lanjigath Block of Kalahandi was brutally murdered by Naxals on November 2, 2016 after being kidnapped under the suspicion of being a […]

Bhawanipatna: The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths today caught the head clerk of a polytechnic college here while allegedly accepting Rs 1,000 as bribe from a man. The accused Head clerk Prasanta Kumar Mishra was allegedly harassing one guest faculty member Aditya Narayan Mohapatra to release his six month’s outstanding salary. Mishra was allegedly demanding Rs 1000 […]

Bhubaneswar: An Assistant Manager of an electrical section in power distribution company WESCO was arrested by anti-corruption vigilance sleuths in Odisha’s Bargarh district today for allegedly accepting a bribe Rs 15,000 to provide connection to a poultry farm. Based on a complaint, a case was registered against Kunja Bihari Nayak, Assistant Manager and Khirod Behera, […]

Bhubaneswar: Marginal rise in temperature amid foggy conditions in some parts of Odisha brought respite from the intense cold wave, while Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district became the coldest place in the state today. Dense fog enveloped the skyline over the state capital of Bhubaneswar and surrounding areas during the morning hours leading to poor visibility […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting allegation that Dana Majhi was denied a hearse by the authorities forcing him to carry his wife’s body on his shoulder for 10 km last month, Odisha government today told the Assembly he had never sought any help before leaving Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital. Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu S Nayak gave […]

Dana Majhi, who walked 10-km carrying his wife's body on his shoulder in Kalahandi district triggering a national uproar, today received a one time assistance of Rs 5 lakh from Sulabh International

Taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about alleged undignified treatment of bodies of two women, the NHRC today issued a notice to the Odisha government and asked it to submit a report within a month

Congress supporters today gheraoed the Chief District Medical Officer's (CDMO) office here today demanding Rs 10 lakh compensation for the family of Dana Majhi, who had to walk 10 km with his wife's body on the shoulders after he was allegedly denied a hearse

Congress today said Odisha Chief Minister Navin Patnaik should apologise to a tribal man in his state who had to walk 10 km carrying his wife's body on his shoulder after failing to get a vehicle from a government hospital

Vehicles and machines of a private company engaged in construction of a road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana were torched today allegedly by Maoists in Kalahandi district

Bhawanipatna: Hundreds of animals were sacrificed as the famous Chhatar Yatra of Goddess Manikeswari began amid much religious fervour here in Kalahandi district. According to sources, the ‘Mundabasa’ ritual of the Goddess was performed at the temple here on Ashtami tithi today at the midnight. Later, the Goddess was taken out to Jenakhala on the […]

By Sandeep Sahu From the dusty, tortuous roads of Kalahandi to an aircraft flying serenely 30, 000 feet above the ground, Dana Majhi has taken an incredible leap in three weeks. The man, who set off on a back-breaking trek back to his village located 60 kms away from Bhawanipatna with his dead wife’s body […]

Kalahandi/Dhenkanal: Normal life was thrown out of gear and vehicular traffic came to a grinding halt in Kalahandi, Dhenkanal and Bolangir on Tuesday following shut down in the districts over different issues. The Janmamati Surakshya Sangram Samiti today called for a 24-hour bandh in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district demanding distribution of land pattas for slum […]

Bhubaneswar: The upcoming visit of All India Congress Committee President Rahul Gandhi to Odisha on February 27 could be cancelled as the party chief will be busy in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Gujarat on February 26, informed sources. The CWC meeting is scheduled ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat. Odisha […]