Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: Carcasses of a female elephant and its calf found in apaddy field at Bakati village in the district today. The jumbos are suspected to have come in search of foods as the paddy harvesting season is on. The reason of the death has not yet been ascertained, said forest officials who rushed to the […]

Bolangir/Baragarh: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated a slew of welfare projects in Bolangir and Baragarh districts. During his one-day tour to the western districts, Patnaik unveiled the hostels for the girl students at Padmapur women’s college and Bindhyabasini College in Paikamala. Similarly, the CM also inaugurated the hostel at Nrusinghanath High School. Patnaik laid […]

Phulbani: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated projects worth around Rs 60 crore and also laid the foundation stone of various other developmental initiatives during his 1-day visit to Kandhamal district. The CM visited the district headquarters town Phulbani and then Baliguda areas in the district where he inaugurated the projects. Patnaik also addressed a public […]

Bolangir: The Town Police today detained six persons for allegedly thrashing an auto-rickshaw driver who succumbed to his injuries at Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Hospital (VIMSAR) in Burla late on Wednesday night. Informing the media today, IIC of Town Police Station Prashant Patnaik said the deceased, identified as Chaitanya Suna was on the […]

Bolangir: Tension ran high over animal sacrifice at the Mathakhai temple, on the outskirts of the town today after a group of non-tribal people opposed the move of the tribals of sacrificing animals. A face-off between the two groups occurred at the temple following which police faced a tough time to pacify the groups. The […]

Bolangir: The Jal Satyagraha, launched by the Lower Suktel Action Committee on Monday in protest against the alleged apathy of Odisha Government towards the lower Suktel project displaced, was later called off in the night on the assurance of the district administration. On Monday night, the Bolangir ADM assured the members of the committees to […]

Bolangir: Protesting the alleged apathy of Odisha Government towards lower Suktel project displaced, the Lower Suktel Action Committee started its indefinite ‘Jal Satyagraha’ from Khagsabahal in Bolangir. The committee demanding compensation to displaced according to 2013 rehabilitation and resettlement policy and completion of the project in stipulated time, decided to go on with its stir […]

Bolangir: At least eight activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained by the police for allegedly hurling eggs at the vehicle of Odisha Agriculture minister Pradeep Maharathy near a level crossing here on Tuesday. Sources said, the party workers are being interrogated by the police. The incident happened when the minister was on his […]

Rayagada: Police arrested Jiten Deep, a gang member of dreaded criminal Timan Kumbhar of Bolangir district, from his hideout in Rayagada district. A special police team arrested Jiten from his relative’s house at Therubali village in Rayagada district last night. The Bolangir police would forward him to court after reaching Bolangir. Notably, Timan and his […]

Bolangir: The vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested the executive engineer of Rural development department on his way to Angul with hefty sums allegedly acquired illegally. RD engineer Debendra Patnaik was going to his house in Angul in a scorpio vehicle with Rs 4.58 lakh cash. The anti graft sleuths seized the money after the accused […]

Bolangir: A manager of a liquor unit was killed and four others were injured in an attack by some armed dacoits at Patrapalli under Khaprakhol block in the district last night. The dacoits barged into the manufacturing unit and asked the staff to hand over the treasury key. When Manager Nikhilesh Meheta and others resisted […]

In a bizarre incident, four persons have been arrested for allegedly forcing two college students of opposite sex to have sexual intercourse, shooting them in the act with mobile camera and circulating the video clip of the intimate scene via multimedia messaging service (MMS) in the district

Bolangir/Titilagarh: A month after the allegation of fraudulent land deals levelled against him by Aam Admi Party (AAP), BJP legislature party chief and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo today landed in a soup again when his sister-in-law and BJD leader Prakruti Devi brought a similar allegation of irregularities in purchase of land against him. Hundreds […]

One woman was killed and two others injured while making crackers at Bhalera village under Puintala block of the district today

Bolangir: In a shocking incident, a labourer was killed and four others injured critically in an explosion while they were making fire crackers at Bhaler village under Puintala block in Bolangir district today. The injured labourers are undergoing treatament at district headquarters hospital.