Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: A social organisation ‘Right to Fight’ today resorted to rail roko at Kantabanji station demanding setting up of a rail wagon factory in the district. Supported by many other associations including the local traders’ body, hundreds of activists blocked the rail track following which the Puri-Ahemadbad express was detained for at least two hours. […]

Cuttack: The State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), which had passed an interim stay order on the Odisha government’s decision to annul the appointments of revenue inspectors (RIs) and Amins in Bolangir district, today asked the government not to take any stern action till the next hearing. The Tribunal had ordered an interim stay on the government’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Holding the Odisha government responsible for the custodial torture leading to the death of a youth in Bolangir two years back, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday directed it to pay an additional Rs 2 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The rights panel clarified that the amount will be over […]

Bolangir: Two kids, who were injured due to cooking gas cylinder blast in Laxminagar locality of the district on Friday, have succumbed to their injuries at Burla hospital in Sambalpur. Source said another injured kid in the blast is undergoing treatment at the Burla hospital and his condition is stated to be critical. Notably, seven […]

Bolangir: Following the macabre incident wherein a group of miscreants chopped off both hands of a youth at Raghabpalli village in the district yesterday over past enmity, three persons were arrested after questioning today. According to police sources, most of the accused have criminal records and were recently arrested in a separate case. Meanwhile, tension […]

Artatrana Singhdeo, one of the three convicts alive in the murder of Parsuram Satpathy way back in 1974, surrendered before the District and Sessions court here today

Jewllery and cash were allegedly looted from the residence of Utkal Gramya Bank manager Sarat Chandra Hota here

Bolangir: One more person died of jaundice as alleged by the family members of the deceased today. With this, the toll reached four in the district. The deceased Puran Rajput belonging to Gandhinagarpada area was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Raipur of Chhattisgarh. Meanwhile, chief district medical officer (CDMO) Rabi Narayan Tripathy said […]

Bolangir/Boudh: One more person succumbed to jaundice in Bolangir, notwithstanding the administration’s increased alertness to tackle the water borne disease. With these deaths, the total toll this year on account of jaundice has gone up to three in Bolangir district. The deceased have been identified as resident of the Sudhpara area. Today morning a woman […]

Two persons were today arrested on charges of their involvement in a cybercrime under which more than Rs 1 lakh was withdrawn in fake names through nrega.nic.in, the official website of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

Bolangir: In an open defiance of the government order, the tribal people of Khairaguda and Kamaria in the district today celebrated their annual religious ceremony ‘Sulia Jatra’ by sacrificing large number of animals and birds at two sacrifice spots- Sana Khala and Bada Khala, barely 30 km from the district headquarters. The district administration had […]

The office of the Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) here was burnt by locals on Saturday as tension ran high in the town of Bolangir district following death of a youth allegedly due to torture caused by police.

A day before the Sulia Festival of Khairaguda, Bolangir district administration has imposed section 144 of Cr PC at three sacrifice sites (Sana Khala, Bada Khala and Nua Khala) to ensure that large number of animal slaughter should not occur unlike previous years.

Balangir: After a brief lull, the Lower Suktel Action Committee once again stepped up its agitation demanding an expedition of construction work for the Lower Suktel project in the Balangir district.

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of animals were sacrificed as part of a tribal custom during the “Sulia Yatra” in Odisha’s Bolangir district on Tuesday. The sacrifice of animals was carried out to appease the gods. Hundreds of animals, such as goats and buffalos, were killed during the puja while the district administration and police remained mute spectators. […]