Tag: Bolangir

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 […]

Nayagarh: The first regular passenger train to Nayagarh Town on the Khurda Road-Bolangir railway line project was flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu through video conference today in presence of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhubaneswar MP Prasanna Patsani at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. While train on this […]

Berhampur: Six districts of Odisha has been selected by the Rural Development Ministry to receive the national award for significant achievement in completion of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Grameen – the rural housing scheme for 2016-17. Collectors of Ganjam, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh and Balasore will be felicitated in a ceremony held at New […]

Malkangiri: After Bolangir, women in Malkangiri district lead anti-liquor protest and vandalize a country liquor shop at Lathiaguda in the district on Saturday. A local association ‘Maa Ghara’ had been protesting against the sale of liquor in the area since long, but as the district administration did not heed to their request, angry women together […]

Bolangir: Residents of 15 villages sat on dharna in front of the Badmal ordnance factory in Bolangir district since 8 am today alleging non-fulfilment of promises made by the factory authorities. They staged the agitation over fulfilment of 11-point charter of demands including jobs for local youths in front of the ordnance factory. Despite the […]

Bolangir: After the exclusive OTV broadcast on irregularities in MGNREGS government funds worth lakhs in Bolangir district, State Government on Wednesday said probe will be initiated into the scam and action will be taken based on the findings. “I will direct for an enquiry into the issue. I have also decided to visit at least […]