Tag: Bolangir

Bhubaneswar: A 59-year-old man on the wheels has set a precedent of sort by maintaining a spotless accident-free career in a job spanning over three decades. At a time when road accidents claim over 4,000 human lives in Odisha, the track-record of Nityananda Samal, driver in the state-run Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has […]

Bolangir: Police today arrested a man in connection with fake and impure gold pledging case at Bolangir. The accused has been identified as Abhimanyu Mohapatra. According to reports, as many as 14 loanees have duped State Bank of India (SBI), Kusang branch of Rs 44 lakh by depositing fake gold as mortgage to get the […]

Bolangir: A youth was critically hurt in a firing incident at a liquor shop in Gandhinagar Pada here today afternoon. The injured youth was identified as Santosh Sahu, a salesman of the liquor shop. He has sustained bullet injuries on his stomach. Sahu was earlier rushed to District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Bolangir and later shifted […]

Bolangir: State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD) Minati Behera today began probe into the mysterious death case of a differently-abled (Divyang) woman caretaker in Bolangir district two days ago. Behera visited BC Jena Memorial Seva Kendra, a home for People with Disabilities and enquired about the death case of Nalini Pradhan, the woman caretaker […]

Bolangir: Burnt body of a woman, working as caretaker of B C Jena Memorial Centre for Differently Abled at Pathachepa in Bolangir district, was recovered from a locked room of the centre on March 20. The deceased has been identified as Nalini Pradhan, a resident of Burobhadi village under Loisingha block. “Why will she commit […]

Bolangir: Four young women were arrested by the district police on charges of hemp trafficking today. Total 20 kg of hemp with an estimated value of Rs 1 lakh were seized by the police from the  possession of the arrested women in presence of the Magistrate. Earlier the four were detained by the police from the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today said developmental activities were affected in 18 backward districts of the state due to lack of Central assistance. “The state has been deprived of availing Central assistance of Rs 1854.05 crore per annum. Now the state has been deprived of such assistance as the Central government completely stopped at least eight […]

Bolangir: In another ghastly manifestation of superstition, a man on Wednesday hacked his sister with a sword to death and later went on to claim it was an act of human sacrifice to appease village goddess in Dangaghata village under Bolangir sadar police limits in the district. As per allegations, Tripura Mallick of Dangaghata village […]

Berhampur: At a time when the whole world was celebrating International Women’s day, a couple of incidents of women being subjected to violence came in from Ganjam and Bolangir districts. Sources said, in a mobile theft incident, a tribal woman of Paradhiapalli village under Bolangir Sadar police limits was allegedly beaten up by some villagers […]

Bolangir: As many as 55 students of Asbag Women’s college at Kutrapali today took to the street after they were deprived of appearing in +2 examinations, which is currently going on, due to non-issuance of admit cards. The guardians also accompanied them in the agitation. The road blockade halted the vehicular communication between Kutrapali and […]

Bolangir: In a shocking incident, stray dogs were found eating a newborn’s dead body near Thikadarpada chhak in Bolangir town on Friday. Though some locals chased away the dogs, the dead body still remained lying on the road unattended. Eyewitnesses said an unidentified person had thrown the newborn’s corpse at a bridge nearby late last […]

Bhubaneswar: The outcome of the first phase Panchayat polls in Odisha the unofficial results of which was declared yesterday, has become more disconcerting for the ruling BJD as the BJP, its erstwhile ally, has made inroads into its bastion. As per the unofficial results, out of the four Zilla Parishad seats in Narasinghpur block in […]

Bolangir: Police today recovered the body of a six-year-old boy from a well in Salepali village under Tusra police station limits. Reports said Dinesh Pradhan, a six-year-old boy of Salepali village had gone missing since February 6. As the family could not trace his whereabouts despite frantic search, Janak Pradhan, father of the boy, had […]

Bhubaneswar: The first phase panchayat polls which began in Odisha this morning, witnessed poll boycott in nine Gram Panchayats in eight districts. In Khurda district, villagers of Daruthenga panchayat on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar boycotted the elections demanding shifting of the dump yard. The villagers did not turn up for voting at 13 booths in […]

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said he was in Odisha to “clear the air” on the ongoing Mahanadi dispute between the two states and which is being “blown out of proportion by the ruling BJD government”. Addressing a gathering at Burda in Bolangir district, the Chief Minister said: ” I am here […]