Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: Notorious gangster Sushant Dhala Samanta, who is currently lodged at Bolangir jail, was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) today after falling ill on account of his hunger strike. According to sources, he is undergoing treatment in a special ward at the hospital and his condition is stated to be stable now. Meanwhile, […]

Bhawanipatna: The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district is all decked up to welcome BJP National President Amit Shah who is scheduled to arrive here by 1.30 PM today and address a public gathering. Shah, who is on a two day visit to the state will brief the gathering about BJP’s ‘Mission […]

Bolangir: Mystery shrouds the death of a woman and her two children whose bodies were recovered from their house at Kapani village under Belapada block of Bolangir district on Monday. The deceased have been identified as as Sunita Rana, seven-year-old Lisa and two-year-old Lokesh. According to reports, bodies of Sunita and her two children were […]

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions intensified across Odisha with seven places recording temperature above 40 degrees Celsius today. Titlagarh was the hottest place in Odisha with a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius. Similarly, Bolangir recorded temperature of 41 degrees Celsius, Angul 40.7, Sonepur 40.6, Talcher 40.2, Jharsuguda 40.1 and Malkangiri 40 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, twin […]

Bhubaneswar: With mystery still shrouding the parcel bomb explosion which killed two persons in Bolangir, the special investigation team (SIT) of Crime Branch claimed to have got vital leads in connection with the case on Tuesday. Senior Crime Branch officials today claimed that the sender of the killer parcel is an Odia. The development assumes […]

Bolangir: Nothing is impossible if you work dedicatedly towards your dream. And a group of students in Bolangir have proved this true by coming up with a ‘mini-car’ prototype that can help people looking for affordable means of transportation. The dream of nearly 30 students of Government Polytechnic College translated into reality as the red […]

Bolangir: A four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch today reached Patnagarh in Bolangir to probe the mysterious parcel bomb explosion in which two persons including newly-wed Soumyasekhar Sahu and his grandmother were killed last month. The team met the Bolangir SP and the IIC of Patnagarh Police station. The Crime Branch SIT will […]

Bolangir: Panic gripped Khaprakhol block after a leopard strayed into human settlement at Baghajharan village in district on Friday leading to resentment among locals. This was the second time that the leopard from nearby Gandhamardhan hill was spotted close to the village. Last week, the big cat had killed several cows, sheep and goats in […]

Bolangir: A young couple in love on Sunday attempted suicide by consuming poison in Kumiapalli village under Bolangir police limits. It is alleged that they resorted to the extreme after entering into a suicide pact. Both the boy and girl were rescued in an unconscious state and were admitted to Bolangir district headquarters hospital. Later […]

Bolangir: Expediting probe in the Wedding Gift Blast case, the cyber experts today began investigation at the office of Bolangir Superintendent of Police. The cyber experts were called soon after a love angle in the case surfaced when the father of the deceased Soumyasekhar Sahu revealed that the family had received a strange phone call […]

Patnagarh: The Bolangir police seems to have got  crucial leads in the parcel bomb blast case as two suspected persons of Boudh district have been detained, sources said. Sources said cops suspect strong connections between the two detainees of Boudh and the mysterious parcel bomb blast case. Both the suspects are now being interrogated by […]

Bolangir: Tension prevailed after a constable died in a road mishap near Gandhinagar area in Bolangir district on Sunday. The deceased identified as Mrutyunjay Kuanr was posted at Belgaon outpost under Saintala police limits. The incident occurred when Mrutyunjay, who was out on a morning walk, was hit by a speeding truck. He died on […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development in the ‘Wedding Gift Blast’ case, police today recorded the statement of the critical bride undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. As per sources, Patnagarh police recorded the statement of the newly-wed bride under Section 161 CrPC in presence of the magistrate and logged it […]

Bolangir: Police on Saturday intensified probe into the loot of a mini-truck laden with explosives from a godown at Dunguripali near Belpahar in Bolangir district. According to reports, nearly 20 to 25 miscreants had stormed into the licensed godown and decamped with the mini-truck loaded with explosives during Holi celebrations yesterday. Suspecting the involvement of […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP legislature party leader and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo today requested Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for CBI or NIA probe into wedding gift explosion that killed a newly-wed man and his grand-mother while leaving his wife seriously injured in Bolangir’s Patnagarh. In separate letters to the […]