Tag: Bolangir

Bolangir: A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide at Kamemunda under Turekela block in Bolangir district on Monday. As per reports, the deceased farmer Sarat Majhi had taken loan from private money lenders to cultivate his 1 acre of land. However, he suffered crop loss and was in immense mental agony since then. […]

Bolangir: The Crime Branch today filed a 300-page chargesheet against Punjilal Meher- the sole accused in the sensational wedding gift blast case at the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court in Patnagarh. The chargesheet mentioned that Punjilal had hatched the conspiracy to settle his personal scores with Sanjukta- mother of deceased Soumyashekhar after she took over […]

Bolangir: People in the periphery of Badmal and nearby areas under Titlagarh of Bolangir district are spending sleepless nights due to a leopard which has been spotted in the area. The residents are in a state of panic after the leopard was spotted moving around the Titlgarh Ordnance Factory a few days back. Earlier, a […]

Bhubaneswar/ Cuttack: A day after Odisha government urged the agitating lawyers of western Odisha to end their cease-work agitation; a delegation comprising legislators from Western Odisha met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today and requested him to look into the demands of a permanent High Court bench in the region. The delegation however failed to meet […]

Sambalpur: It is now almost two months that the lawyers are on a cease-work agitation pressing for a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in Western Odisha. The situation is likely to worsen things on the ground as the Central Action Committee (CAC) of the All Western Odisha Bar Association has already threatened to continue […]

Khurda: Body of a woman with her throat slit was found near Tikatala on Khurda-Bolangir Road of national highway-57 under Begunia police limits of Khurda district today. On being informed senior police officials reached the spot and have started an investigation. As per reports, the deceased has been identified as Diptimayee Sethi of Bhoisahi in […]

Bolangir: Taking cognizance of a spurt in criminal activities, Patnagarh Police today arrested seven miscreants involved in a series of loot incidents. One pistol, five mobile phones, four motorcycles and other sharp weapons have been recovered from the possession of the criminal gang that had unleashed terror in the region. Senior police officials informed that […]

NHRC asks report from Karnataka and Odisha govts on child labourer torture incident

Police detained about 150 people including about 50 women...

After a high drama, all three members of a family were rescued by police and fire services personnel from the captivity of a youth at Santipada area in Bolangir Town on Tuesday.

“Over 1000 trees felled PM Modi’s helipad in Odisha.” “Hundreds of trees felled to make space for PM’s helipad.” “Irreparable loss: 1000 trees cut in Odisha to build a helipad for PM Modi’s arrival.” The screaming headlines suggested that an ecological disaster of sorts had just taken place in Bolangir. The source for all these […]

Perhaps the most significant takeaway from BJP President Amit Shah’s speech in Bhawanipatna on Wednesday was his refusal to mention the party’s ‘Mission 120’ that was launched amid great fanfare during his last visit in September last year. The explanation today that the omission was deliberate because the party expects to win even more seats […]

By Sandeep Sahu India has come a long way since the time bees and flowers were all that one got to see by way of love making on the silver screen. With the advent of the internet – and, not to forget the ubiquitous, all-purpose mobile phone – sex is now all over the place […]

Bhubaneswar: With only a week left for the online registration of farmers for Kharif crops for the ensuing KMS 2018-19, the Co-operation department has raised concerns over the slow pace of registration process as only 65 per cent farmers in Odisha have registered so far. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies has reportedly shot a letter […]

With Coronavirus pandemic unleashing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude, shocking reports of denial of a dignified farewell to victims continued to pour in from various parts of Odisha