Tag: Deogarh

Deogarh: Vehicular traffic on NH-49 was disrupted today due to a road blockade agitation by oustees of Rengali dam at Barkote and Thianala over three-point charter of demands. The agitators under the aegis of Rengali Basachyuta Surakhya Samiti have been sitting on a 12-hr dharna on NH-49 since 7 am. They want a compensation of […]

Deogarh: Tension prevailed after two persons were killed, including a minor girl, and two others injured in a wall collapse at Rengalbeda Seva Ashram in Riamal block of Deogarh district today. While one deceased has been identified as Kajal Mahar (10), daughter of a female worker employed in the Seva Ashram, the identity of other […]

Deogarh: Locals of Kuroda village have staged a road blockade on NH-49 presenting a four point charter of demands here in the district today. According to reports, demands of the locals include widening of the National Highway passing through the area, probe into land acquisition irregularity, involvement of locals in land acquisition and development of […]

Puri: In a major breakthrough in rape and murder of a woman in Delang here on August 1, Puri Police today arrested the accused and found his involvement in similar rape and murder of four other girls. The accused serial killer, Buddhadeba Behera of Bhinnahaja village under Kundeigola police limits, was nabbed from Deogarh after […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall besides thunderstorm with lightning in the next 48 hours, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places in north Odisha during the next 48 hours,” the IMD said in its bulletin. It also said that thunderstorm with lightning is […]

Dhenkanal: Four persons of a family from Deogarh were killed while two others critically injured when the Bolero vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a truck on NH-55 at Nadhara in Dhenkanal district. The family belonging to Landijhara of Deogarh district were on their way to Burla from SCB Medical, Cuttack when the […]

Cuttack/Deogarh: Villagers at Lalitgiri in Mahanga Tehsil of Cuttack district staged a road blockade and burnt effigy of Health and Family Welfare Minister Pratap Jena protesting water scarcity in the area today. The villagers alleged that despite sanction of money from MP Baijayant Jay Panda’s MPLAD fund for construction of bore wells, the work has […]

Deogarh: Two brothers were killed and two others injured after the bike they were travelling on skid off Kalajira old bridge near Balam village in Deogarh district today. According to sources, the two deceased and one injured were cousins, identified as Bhaskar Lohora, Punu Lohora and Bishnu Lohora. The identity of the other injured is […]

Deogarh: Two persons were killed when a Bolero car in which they were travelling was crushed between two speeding trucks at Golbandha square in the district on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Puspanjali Nanda, wife of Bonai forester Debadutta Nanda and their driver of the vehicle. The mishap occurred when driver of […]

Bhubaneswar: On the basis of the results of the three-tier Panchayat polls, BJP is all set to form eight Zilla Parishads (ZPs) in Odisha while Congress has to remain content with only one Zilla Parishad in Jharsuguda district. It is likely that the BJP may get Gajapati Zilla Parishad seat as a bonus, which will […]

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are completed for the third phase Panchayat polls in Odisha beginning tomorrow in 30 districts. Briefing media persons here today, State Election Commission (SEC) secretary Rabindranath Sahu said a total of 53,234,993 people would exercise their franchise for the election of 1394 Panchayat Samiti members and 18,859 Ward Members in 175 Zilla Parishad […]

Panic has gripped Deogan block in Bolangir district following the death of five persons in Malaria in two villages in the last two weeks

The district unit of Congress today observed a bandh demanding fulfillment of a 10-point charter of demands

The Forest staff of Rampur Forest Sub Division have successfully brought out python hatchlings from 13 eggs without incubator

Carcasses of three elephants, including a calf, were today found in a forest in Deogarh district, a forest official said