Tag: Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal: Tension prevailed after an elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kauriapal village under Sadar forest range here in the district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Satyabati Swain. The incident occurred when Swain, who had gone to attend nature’s call, came in the way of the elephant. […]

Dhenkanal: Dhenkanal district witnessed the fifth elephant attack this week after an elderly man was trampled to death by a jumbo this morning at Bangrusingh village under Sadar police station. Following the incident, the forest officials issued an alert asking locals in the area to remain indoors during evenings. According to reports, the deceased identified […]

Dhenkanal: Three members of a family were killed when the car in which they were travelling collided head on with a truck on National Highway 55 near Navbharat square under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district last night. The deceased have been identified as Gobind Tripathy, his wife Monalisa Tripahty and their 25-year-old son Sourav […]

Dhenkanal: In yet another incident of man-animal conflict in State, a labourer was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Goudakateni canal under Motanga police limits in Dhenkanal district today. The deceased has been identified as Gobinda Chandra Debata, a resident of Brahmapur village in Banki in Cuttack district. Gobinda was engaged in some […]

Dhenkanal: Police today arrested Subash Khuntia, a close aide of Rakesh Nath-the main accused behind killing of the district’s BJD youth wing president Jasobant Parida on March 25 last month. Khuntia was nabbed from Kainbila village at Kamakshyanagar in Dhenkanal district. Police also seized a mobile phone from his possession. Earlier on April 5, police […]

Dhenkanal: Two persons were trampled to death by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Dhenakanal district today. The deceased have been identified as Niranjan Mohanty of Damodarnali village under Gandia police limits and Achyuta Rout of Chaulia village in the district. Mohanty who had gone out into the field to relieve himself, was attacked […]

Dhenkanal: Police claimed to have cracked the murder case of BJD youth wing’s Dhenkanal district president Jashobant Parida by arresting eight persons including prime accused Rakesh Nath today. “Eleven days after the incident, police nabbed Rakesh from West Bengal. He had hired a few contract killers to eliminate Parida over some tender fixing and extortion […]

Bhubaneswar: Voting for elections to the Hindol Notified Area Council (NAC) in Dhenkanal district and Attabira NAC in Bargarh district concluded today amidst elaborate security arrangements. As per sources, the polling at Hindol NAC recorded a voter turnout of 85.7 percent. A total of 55 candidates are contesting for 16 wards of the NAC. Voters […]

Cuttack: A trip to Dhalabewar or even to Choudwar and Dhenkanal from Cuttack will now be a smooth ride as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the much awaited ‘Madhusudan Setu’ on Mahanadi river on Sunday. Patnaik dedicated the newly built bridge named after Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das, the architect of modern Odisha to the […]

Kamakhynagar: BJD youth wing’s Dhenkanal district president Jashobant Parida died in a firing and bomb attack by unidentified miscreants near Gandhi Mandir in the town today. Parida sustained bullet injuries on his head and was rushed to the SCB Hospital in Cuttack where doctors declared him brought dead. “While Parida was returning from his house, […]

Rourkela: Sarpanch of Kaimati panchayat and Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) President of Dhenkanal district, Mitanjali Swain was killed last night in Rourkela after being hit by an unidentified vehicle. As per sources, Mitanjali along with her father and mother had boarded an auto from Rourkela railway station and was heading towards her paternal house […]

Dhenkanal/Rairangpur: In yet another case of man-animal conflict, a villager of Jakka under Kamakhyanagar police limits in Dhenkanal district was trampled to death by an elephant today. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Gadadhara Moharana had gone to a nearby forest to collect woods near Kusumajodi village when the elephant attacked him. Demanding compensation […]

Dhenkanal: Around 50 houses of Kandarasinga village under Kamakhyanagar block in the district were reduced to ashes in separate fire mishaps that have occurred at regular interval for last ten days. Though the reason behind fire mishaps is yet to be established, villagers believe that goddess is angry upon them for some reason for which […]

Dhenkanal: Movement of several trains were disrupted for long hours following a rail roko agitation at Denkhanal. Demanding a halt of newly introduced Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, several outfits had staged the demonstration on Saturday. Hundreds of activists including members of bar association detained the Rajdhani Express for nearly an hour at the railway station […]

Dhenkanal: Over 50 families were rendered homeless after their houses were reduced to ashes in a series of fire mishaps in the last six days in Kandarasinga village under Kamakhyanagar police limits in the district. In a span of six days, as many as 40 houses of more than 50 families have been reduced to […]