Tag: Choudwar

Athagarh: Normal life was affected in Athagarh as vehicles stayed off the roads and shops were shut due to an eight-hour bandh observed by the local bar association demanding relocation of the sub-jail from Choudwar. The strike received support from local bus association and other social outfits as well. Members of the bar association demanded […]

Cuttack: With hundreds of workers continuing their stir in front of the plant of India Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA) at Choudwar in Cuttack protesting the order of the Odisha Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to ban mining at the Mahagiri and Sukinda Chromite, the company authorities today clarified that they had responded to the notice of […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking cognizance of the brutal physical torture of an undertrial prisoner (UTP) at the Circle Jail in Choudwar, Cuttack, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today sought a report from the authorities within 7 days. The acting chairperson of the rights panel, Justice B K Mishra directed the additional DGP-cum-IG of Prisons, Bhubaneswar to […]

Cuttack: BJD’s Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal was seen donning the role of police during the visit of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the State Maritime Museum at Jobra to inaugurate the state-of-the-art 4D-SFX theatre on Friday. Some residents of Maa Mangala Basti had arrived near the inauguration venue with placards to seek attention of […]

Choudwar: Congress leader and top class contractor Bapi Sarkhel, who had remained behind bars for the last five months in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping general manager Mahendra Swain in Paradip, today alleged that BJD vice-president and minister Damodar Rout is the main conspirator behind his arrest. “My prime political opponent Damodar Rout […]

Athagarh: In tragic road accident, a couple died while their minor son was rescued in a critical condition after the car in which they were travelling collided head on with a truck here near Kajalakana square on NH-55 in Cuttack district today. The identity of the deceased has not yet been ascertained. Police said the […]

Cuttack: The Choudwar Police arrested four members, including the leader of an inter-state truck looters’s gang near a petrol pump at Chandikhol today. Besides stolen trucks, the cops seized chrome worth Rs 12 lakh, fake number plates, RC books and driving licenses from the possessions of the accused. Sources said a truck from the Choudwar-based […]

Cuttack: More than 50 houses were gutted after a major fire broke out at Belda village in Choudwar area here on Saturday night. According to sources, the fire broke out in a thatched house in the evening yesterday and the flames engulfed the entire village in no time. The fire went out of control after […]

Bhubaneswar: Indian Metal & Ferro Alloys [IMFA] today said it was forced to shut down its four blast furnaces and a 60 MW power plant at Therubali and Choudwar after Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) revoked Consent to Operate [CTO] the chromite mines. OSPCB’s withdrawal of CTO resulted in making the industry non-operational and […]

Choudwar: Residents of Choudwar have welcomed the Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited’s (IMFA) corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the town. After a drinking water project by IMFA was inaugurated today at the Saraswati Sisu Vidya Mandir premises in Agrahata, people from all walks of life have said the move will benefit students of […]

Choudwar: The residents of Choudwar are now spending sleepless nights after an elephant herd was spotted near human settlement on Thursday. According to reports, the herd from Chandaka forest area has destroyed crops in several acre of agricultural land. “The elephant herd has damaged crops in over seven acre. Such things are happening more frequently,” […]

Cuttack: A gang of armed dacoits decamped with gold and Rs 13,000 cash after holding a family hostage in their house at Dwarabatipur village in Athagarh block of Cuttack district in the wee hours today. As per reports, around 5-6 dacoits armed with guns and sharp weapons barged into the house of one Ravindra Nayak […]

Cuttack: Two persons were arrested by the Choudwar Police for allegedly selling fake gold bar for Rs 5 lakh to a business in the area here. The two arrested persons have been identified as Bijay Behera of Tala Bazaar and Sangram Mohanta of OTM Colony in Choudwar area of the district. Mohanta natively hails from […]

Choudwar: Jumbo menace continues to haunt residents in several parts of Odisha with the death of an elderly man in elephant attack being reported from Kujibara village in Agrahat gram panchayat in Cuttack district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ratnakar Behera. According to reports, Behera had gone to cut paddy crops in […]

Cuttack: Three persons including a woman had a close shave after the car they were travelling in caught fire on National Highway 16 near Sardal in Choudwar area on Saturday. As per reports, the car caught fire moments after hitting a stray bull on the busy road. “We had just filled petrol from a filling […]