Tag: Bolangir

  Bolangir: Three relatives of Kantabaji MLA Ayub Khan have been accused of abducting two contractors and demanding ransom from them in Bolangir. As per a written complaint filed with the Bolangir Superintendent of Police, contractor brothers from Lathor village—Nilesh Agarwal and Akash Agarwal, had come to Bolangir’s MI office at around 11 am today […]

Bhubaneswar: Seven Maoists were gunned down in separate encounters in various parts of the state in the past 48 hours. While six rebels, including two women cadres, were killed on Sunday, another Maoist was gunned down by security forces during a combing operation at Sudurukumpa in Kandhamal district on Monday morning. The rebel was a […]

Bhubaneswar: With older projects such as the Lower Suktel in Bolangir and Lower Indra in Nuapada remaining unfinished, fate of the seven new projects on the Mahanadi river basin have raised apprehensions. While cost of these projects have crossed Rs 72,000 crore, land acquisition and rehabilitation of displaced have become thaws in completion of the […]

Bolangir: An Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan was killed allegedly due to negligence on the part a construction agency carrying out a major road expansion work in Bolangir. On April 21, IRB jawan, Rupanand Mirdha fell into a 10ft deep ditch dug up during construction of a culvert on Shantipada Chhak while he was travelling […]

Bolangir: The Crime Branch is likely to take Punjilal Meher- main accused in the Patnagarh wedding gift blast case, to different crime scenes for reconstruction of the entire sequence of events. The investigating team will cross check if the statements that he made during the interrogation, match with what took place on the spot. Punjilal […]

Bolangir: Property worth crores of rupees were gutted after a massive fire broke out at a cotton factory at Kapani village under Belpana in Bolangir district on Monday. Four fire tenders from Belpada and Patnagarh were pressed into service to douse the flames. “Soon after getting the information, we rushed to the spot with two […]

Bhubaneswar: Heatwave conditions intensified in many parts of Odisha on Friday with Titlagarh recording the highest temperature reading of 42.5 degree Celsius, as per the weather bulletin of India Meteorological Department (IMD). The state, particularly western Odisha, virtually turned into a boiling cauldron as the mercury breached the 40 degree Celsius mark at five places. […]

Nuapada: Residents of Sargimunda and Runibasa village in the district are in panic after a herd of elephants are on move in hamlets close to the Khariar forest division. We spotted seven elephants comprising four tuskers and three elephant calves, informed a few locals. Forest officials who rushed to the spot after the information said […]

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: The Crime Branch officials on Thursday took Punjilal Meher, the mastermind in Patnagarh parcel bomb blast in which two persons were killed, on a six-day remand. Though the CB officials had prayed for a 14-day judicial custody, the SDJM court in Bolangir allowed only a remand of six days. A team of senior CB […]

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: After arresting mastermind in the sensational Wedding Gift blast case Punjilal Meher (English Lecturer in Jyoti Vikash College), Crime Branch IG Arun Bothra today revealed how Punjilal meticulously planned to wipe off the family of Sanjukta (Principal of same College) and carried out the gory act single-handedly. At a presser, Bothra confirmed that Punjilal […]

Bolangir: The Crime Branch today whisked away yet another person for interrogation in connection with the mysterious Patnagarh wedding gift blast incident that killed two and left one grievously injured. Baibhasuta Bindhani, a local was taken to the Circuit House in Bolangir where two others – Skyking Courier owner Dilip Das and courier delivery boy […]

Titlagarh: A wild bear that had strayed into a village in Titlagarh was allegedly beaten to death by locals who mutilated its body parts and disposed the remains kilometres apart in order to cover up the incident. The body was found from a forest near Bagdor village with its skin peeled off and other body […]

Cuttack: Though anguish and disappointment was written large on the face of newly-wed Reema Sahu, the lone survivor in the Patnagarh parcel bomb blast case, she reiterated her demand for a detailed probe into the incident in which two persons including her husband Soumyasekhar was killed. Reema, who was discharged from SCB Medical College and […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Newly-wed Reema Rani Sahu, the survivor in the wedding gift blast in which her husband Soumyasekhar Sahu and his grandmother were killed is likely to get discharged from the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today, informed sources. Reema Rani has been undergoing treatment at the SCB medical since the fateful incident on […]

Bolangir: A leopard was found dead in Gandhamardan Hills in Patnagarh of Bolangir district today. On getting information, forest officials rushed to the spot and brought the carcass of the leopard to Harishankar range office. Later, a post-mortem was conducted in presence of the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Forest Ranger and veterinary surgeons from […]