Tag: Dhenkanal

Cuttack: The excitement of wedding day turned awful for a bridegroom after he was picked up by police while heading towards the marriage venue at Samasarpur village under Athagarh area of Cuttack district today. Cuttack SP (Rural) Radha Binod Panigrahi informed that the youth Prakash Swain of Talabarkote village in Dhenkanal has been arrested over […]

Bhubaneswar: With Coronavirus cases rising across Odisha, all efforts are directed towards tackling the pandemic. Ideas, skills, and equipment that can help fight the virus are being tired, tested and implemented thick and fast. A private firm in Dhenkanal has come up with a walkthrough disinfection kiosk, which helps in easy, quick and thorough decontamination. […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems straight out of popular romantic Odia song ‘Janha Raijare Jaga Te Kinichi’, sung by Suresh Wadkar which literally means ‘I have bought a piece of land in…

Dhenkanal: Four cousins, all minors, drowned in a pond while taking bath in the water body in Dhenkanal district on Monday, police said. The incident occurred when the four children, including two girls, had gone to bathe in the pond in Gobindpur Barabanka Sahi village in Dhenkanal Sadar police station area, its Inspector In-charge Sandhyarani […]

Dhenkanal: Two persons including a lady trainee pilot and her instructor died after their aircraft crashed in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on Monday morning. As per the initial reports, the trainer aircraft went down on the tarmac while undergoing flight training at Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI) at Birasala under Kankadahada police limits in the district. […]

Dhenkanal: A minor girl in Odisha ended her life by suicide after police allegedly did not take any action on the complaint filed against a youth who was repeatedly harassing her. The shocking incident has been reported from Bhapur area in Dhenkanal district. The family of the victim alleged that the youth from the village […]

Dhenkanal: Just 24 hours after a minor girl committed suicide allegedly over police inaction on the repeated harassment complaints she made against a local, the Superintendent of Police on Friday suspended Prashant Padhiary, in-charge of Bhapur Police outpost. Subsequently, the accused has also been arrested. The Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the same outpost, Padmanabh Sahu […]

Dhenkanal: Around 40 socially backward families were allegedly subjected to social boycott for over a fortnight after a 15-year-old girl plucked flowers from the garden of an ‘upper-caste’ man in Kantio Kateni village under Tumusinga police station in Dhenkanal district. Their ordeal however ended following the intervention of police and administration, an official informed. “Two […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking strong note of alleged ostracism of 40 families in Dhenkanal district by upper caste people, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the district administration to inquire into the matter. The commission after taking a suo motu cognizance of the case noted that ‘Social ostracism/boycott is an inhuman practice which requires serious […]

Dhenkanal: Physical disability does not deter the efficiency at work if it is backed by strong determination and never back down attitude and this statement aptly goes with Odisha’s Gokul Nayak who successfully carries out farming single-handedly despite being differently-abled. Some twelve years ago, Gokul Nayak, the 67-year-old farmer of Biswanathpur village under Gondia block […]

Dhenkanal: An elderly woman has approached the Kamakhyanagar Police Station in Dhenkanal district on Tuesday, complaining of harassment and torture to her and her mentally challenged daughter by elder son and daughter-in-law. The 70-year-old complainant identified as Rasa Nayak of Jirala village in the district has two sons and two daughters. While Rasa’s elder daughter […]

Dhenkanal/Balasore: At least two incidents of elephant attack have been reported in Dhenkanal and Balasore districts of the State on Saturday. As per reports, a woman was trampled to death by an elephant in Kamakhyanagar (western range) area under Dhenkanal Forest Division today morning. The deceased has been identified as Natramani, wife of Madhab Sahoo […]

On October 10, 1938, a 12-year-old boy was shot dead by the British troops in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district making him the youngest martyr of India’s freedom struggle. However, when names fighting for the country’s independence are recalled, history has probably failed to give its due to Baji Rout who took bullets on his head for […]

Dhenkanal: The forest department has flagged off ‘Airavat’ bus service in Parajanga block of the district, in what is seen as a measure to tackle the rising elephant menace in the area over the last few days. This apart, it will also ensure the safety and protection of the pachyderms. The specially designed Airavat bus […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Cabinet colleague & Railway Minister Piyush Goyal seeking his intervention into the issue pertaining to relocation/modification of RUB (underpass) in Dhenkanal, Odisha. The RUB at 8/600 km of Badakamar -Pangatira Road in Parjang which is being constructed to divert the PWD road has been experiencing a water-logging […]