Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths today conducted raids at the residence and office of Shankirtan Bishi, Additional Project Director of Soil Conservation and Watershed department, on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. Acting on a tip off, vigilance officials led by DSP Parmeswar Kishan raided five different places including Bishi’s residence, office […]

Bolangir: Tension ran high in the town after a group of women ransacked a liquor shop and torched bars protesting the illegal liquor sale near the railway station here on Monday. According to reports, the women, armed with lathis and brooms, broke into the liquor shop today morning and destroyed all the bottles and torched […]

Bolangir: State coordinator of BJP’s Skill India campaign, Hitesh Sahu has landed in controversy after his wife levelled charges of polygamy against him and lodged police complaint here seeking justice. Sahu is absconding, said police sources. “My suspicion ran high after I found his photo with another woman posted on Facebook. I approached my in-laws […]

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday conducted raids on establishments of Lalitmohan Mishra, Gunpur Excise Inspector in Rayagada district, on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. The Vigilance team conducted simultaneous raids at four places including Excise Inspector’s residence in Bolangir and office at Rayagada. Further details in connection with the anti-corruption wing raid are awaited.

Bolangir: The Municipality office of Bolangir was ransacked by the Councillors of the area today demanding immediate transfer of the Executive Officer. According to sources, the violence occurred protesting against the work procedures of the Municipality Executive Officer. During the protest, tables, chairs were smashed and the glasses of windows were shattered inside the office. […]

Bolangir: Days after massive irregularities in sattu procurement were found, widespread malnutrition cases have now been causing concern in Bolangir with reports suggesting more than 23,000 children have been afflicted with the disease, District Social Welfare Office stated. From reports we have received for the month of June, 23,256 children are underweight 2096 children are […]

Bolangir: Taking stringent action in the Bolangir Sattu scam, the district Collector today barred the Maa Sabitri Self Help Group (SHG) from supplying Sattu. Collector Ashish Thakre imposed the restriction on the Maa Sabitri SHG of Sialabahali village from producing and supplying Sattu meant for children and pregnant women of the district. However, the probe […]

Kendrapara: Rampant irregularities in projects under MGNREGS are surfacing frequently in Odisha with one more case of corruption being reported from Petapada panchayat under Aul block in the district. It is alleged that machines were used instead of enrolling job card holders for at least five project works in the block and bills towards the […]

Bolangir: A father and daughter were reportedly killed when lightning struck them in Chingerbandh village under Patnagarh block of Bolangir district on Thursday. According to reports, while working on agricultural field, the father and daughter died on the spot after being struck by lightning. Both were moved to Patnagarh hospital, where the doctor in-charge pronounced […]

Bolangir/Sambalpur: Allegations of ‘no percentage no work’ are at a rise even after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, earlier this month, asked the district collectors to stop collecting the PC or percentage from contractors for undertaking government work orders at block level in the State. In a fresh allegation from Bolangir district, beneficiaries at Semelpali village […]

Bolangir: Corruption in Sattu distribution in Bolangir district, carried on by Women and Child Development Department through women Self Help Groups (SHGs), was exposed through Right To Information (RTI). While purchase bills of various ingredients for Sattu preparation mentions name of a shop situated at Bolangir main road, such a shop is not to be […]

Bolangir: Two unidentified dead bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from railway tracks in Panjijhala near Sikar railway station of Bolangir district today. According to sources, earlier today, locals informed police about the two dead bodies found on railway tracks. However, the reason behind their deaths are yet to be ascertained. Police […]

Bhubaneswar: Five-year-old Prahlad Bag of Bolangir district has finally won his battle against oral cancer after around two months of treatment at a Mumbai-based hospital. Doctors at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, where he was undergoing treatment since April, have declared him completely cured. From Bolangir to Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and finally Mumbai, his poverty-stricken parents […]

Bolangir: In yet another case of irregularities in MGNREGS projects in Bolangir district, fake job cards were found in the name of differently abled children and government employees. In an exclusive report, OTV has unearthed that payments have been made to the tune of thousands against fake job card holders. The card holders include government […]

Bhubaneswar: Satyapir Pradhan of Bhawanipatna today made an entry into the prestigious Guinness Book of Records for most number of full contact punch strikes in one minute. He broke the record earlier held by a Pakistani. Pradhan had earlier requested Guinness Book of World Records authorities to consider him for a trail of 400 punches […]