Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: Despite awareness campaign by district administration opposing animal slaughter, tribals in Bolangir district today sacrificed hundreds of animals and birds at Khairaguda as part of a ritual during ‘Sulia Jatra’ today. The sacrifice is believed to have been carried out to propitiate their presiding deity. Hundreds of animals and birds including goats, sheep, buffaloes, […]

Bolangir: Eight persons sitting on fast unto death demanding action against persons involved in MGNREGA and PDS rice scam of Turekela block in Bolangir district, fell sick and are critical. They have been admitted to Bolangir District Hospital. According to reports, in 2016-17 Rs 40 lakh was withdrawn from MGNREGA funds citing to use the […]

Bolangir: An inter-State racket involved in illegal trafficking of explosives was busted and four persons were arrested by the police, informed Bolangir SDPO Narayan Nayak today. Nayak said the accused were illegally trafficking the explosives from Jagdamba Traders in Dhenkanal to Titlagarh. Police also conducted a raid on the shop in Dhenkanal but the owner, […]

Bolangir: A woman was brutally attacked by a youth after she resisted his rape attempt at Juba village under Belpada police limits in Bolangir district. The NCRB report-2016 released last week had placed Odisha in one of the top rankers on crimes against women. As per the complaint, when the woman had gone to a […]

Bolangir: Unidentified miscreants looted Rs 5 lakh from a petrol pump located behind Bolangir bus stand late last night. Surprisingly, the loot happened just 50 metre away from the town police station. As per sources, the miscreants looted the money from the office Bhajanlal petrol pump last night when all staff had left after closing […]

Bhubaneswar: Two more farmers attempted suicide allegedly over crop loss and debt burden in Bolangir district on Friday. According to reports, Gupte Rana of Kutumadula village attempted to end his life by consuming poison after brown plant hopper (BPH) attack damaged his crops in nearly six acres of land. According to sources, Rana had also […]

Bolangir: Normal life has been affected in Bolangir and Sonepur districts today due to a 12-hour bandh called by the Kosal State Coordination Committee demanding a separate Kosal State. Schools, colleges and government offices remain closed due to the bandh. Besides, vehicles have been off the roads in view of the bandh since 6 am today. Pramod […]

Bolangir: The demand for formation of a separate Koshal state grew stronger again with the Koshal State Coordination Committee calling for a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Sonepur and Bolangir  districts tomorrow. To create awareness about the demand at grassroots level, the body has decided to observed the bandh  at parliamentary constituency level in the first phase. […]

Bolangir: The Vigilance today raided houses of Assistant Engineer of Rural Development Bijan Kumar Jena on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Simultaneous raids were conducted at Jena’s house in Bhagabatinagar of Bolangir and ancestral home in Mangalpur in Cuttack. Till the filing of this report, the searches were on. […]

Bolangir: The state government has decided to set up a new underground pipeline irrigation facility for the much anticipated Lower Suktel Dam Project. “The original plan of open canal system which was earlier proposed by the government has been changed since as per old design only 30,000 hectares of land will get the benefit of […]

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths today arrested Bolangir Civil Supplies Officer (CSO) Ranjan Seth on charges of acquisition and possession of property disproportionate to his known source of income. Sources said Seth was arrested by the anti-corruption unit for amassing disproportionate assets amounting to Rs 1.21 crores. The accused will be forwarded to court today. Earlier on […]

Bolangir: A man was arrested for allegedly poaching a wild boar while four others managed to escape at Kharlikani village in Bolangir district on wee hours of Monday. Acting on a tip off, a team of forest officials raided the place and arrested the poacher. “They were distributing the meat among themselves in a dark […]

Balangir: The Kosal State Coordination Committee has called for a 12-hour bandh on November 24 in Bolangir and Sonepur districts, as part of its long standing demand for formation of a separate Koshal State. It was decided in a meeting held today at M B Dharamsala here. According to sources, in the first phase the […]

Bolangir: Odisha police recovered a huge cache of ammunition from a Maoist camp at Chandili forest reserve under Lathore police limits in Bolangir district. One live grenade, five kit bags, 12 containers and other articles have been recovered from the camp that was busted hours after a massive combing operation in the region yesterday. The […]

Bolangir: An exchange of fire took place between the Red rebels and security forces today morning inside the Chandili forests at Lathore of Bolangir district. However, no one has been injured. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of District Voluntary Forces (DVF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted raids inside the forest […]