Tag: Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal/Nabarangpur: After claiming an incredible 40 lives and leaving 50 others seriously injured on Saturday, the fury of lightning returned to add to five more to the toll on Sunday. Three of the victims of lightning were from Dhenkanal district: Abhiram Dehuri (50) of Santhasara village in Gondia block, Sadananda Dhal (47) of Ganjeidihi village […]

Bhubaneswar: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today accorded in-principle approval to three investment projects worth Rs 874 crore. Approving the projects at the SLSWCA meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi directed the concerned departments to facilitate early take-off of these projects by expediting the process for various compliances. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, […]

Kamakhyanagar: At least 10 passengers were injured when a bus in which they were travelling dashed against a culvert at Turadanali under Mahabirod police limits in Kamakhayanagar sub division in Dhenkanal district this morning. Reports said a private bus, Hara-Parvati, was on its way to Talcher from Telkoi when the driver lost control of the […]

Kamakhyanagar: Two persons were killed when lightning struck them at Haladikundi Chhak in Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district this morning. Reports said two persons—Chulia Pradhan of Haladikundi village and Nidhi Tisku of Kainya Sahi village of Balikuma panchayat – were out on some work in the morning. While they were on the way, heavy rain came […]

Dhenkanal: Two unidentified miscreants fired at an employee of a petrol pump near Balaramprasad village on National Highway-55 and looted Rs 8 lakh cash from him this morning. Reports said Pratap Prusty, an employee of Nilamadhab Filling Station at Gudiakateni, was going on a bike to the State Bank of India (SBI)’s branch at Hindol […]

Protesting against the non-fulfillment of their demands, hundreds of irate people of Talabahali village today locked the main gate of Bhushan Steel Ltd this morning

Dhenkanal: A day after BJD workers protested the visit of two Union ministers – Santosh Gangwar and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti – to Bargarh and pelted stones damaging the Union Textiles Minister’s vehicle, Dhenkanal police on Saturday detained 50 BJP workers ahead of chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Gandia. The 12 BJP workers had been […]

The Vigilance sleuths of the Dhenkanal wing today conducted simultaneous raids on the office and houses of Shankarsan Khuntia, Assistant Engineer, Sadar Block

Dhenkanal: Panic gripped Thokara village under Balimi police station here after a youth of the village was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Sanjeev Majhi. Though the exact reason behind the murder is yet to be known, past enmity is suspected as a possible motive for […]

Bhubaneswar: A 70-year-old man was today trampled to death by a tusker in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. Divisional forest officer(DFO), Dhnekanal, Pradipta Kumar Sahu said the lone tusker came across the old man and trampled him to death at Pallikateni village. The department of forest and environment has already paid an assistance of Rs 10,000 to […]

More than Rs 60 lakh are looted from two different banks located in Odisha on Thursday

Dhenkanal: Tension ran high in Mahulapala area in Kamakhyanagar area in the district after locals took to the streets and staged a road blockade on the Dhenkanal-Kamakhyanagar main road on Saturday protesting against the government’s failure in providing drinking water in the area. Hundreds of women from the village blocked the main road by placing […]

Kamakhyanagar: Two persons were killed in a road accident near Parjang under Kamakhyanagar sub division in Dhenkanal district late on Tuesday night. Reports said a coal laden truck was on its way toward Pallahara from Talcher when it collided head-on with a speeding truck carrying plastic bottles from the opposite direction at Rangathali Chhak near […]

Dhenkanal: A dalit leader was attacked murderously by miscreants here today over some political rivalry. Grievously injured Baidhar Nayak has been shifted to SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack from Dhenkanal headquarters hospital after his condition deteriorated. The incident took place when Nayak was returning from peace committee meeting, which was convened by police […]

In a novel protest that should serve as a warning to other officials, two engineers, including an executive engineer, were dragged out of their office and taken on a walk by women of Ward nos 14,17 and 18 to show the pathetic state of water supply in these areas