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Tuskers electrocuted in Odisha again

Angul: A few days after the death of seven elephants due to electrocution in Dhenkanal, two tuskers were killed today after coming in contact with live electricity wire in Handapa forest range of Angul district and Deuli forest range of Mayurbhanj. Sources said the pachyderm, who was killed in Handapa, is believed to be eight to […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Crime Branch begins probe into Dhenkanal elephant deaths

Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered a Crime Branch probe into death of seven elephants on Friday night, a four-member team of the State investigating agency today visited Dhenkanal and began a probe. As per reports, the team led by a DSP visited the office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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People want development in Odisha: Baijayant 'Jay' Panda

Dhenkanal: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today said people of Odisha especially youths want development in the state so that nobody will have to go outside the state in search of work. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of ‘Heijau’, an informal tea party organised at Ganesh Bazaar in Dhenkanal, Jay Panda said, “After […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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5-yr-old girl dies in wall collapse

Dhenkanal: A five-year-old girl was killed after the wall of her house collapsed on her in Gundurapasi village under Gondia block in Dhenkanal district last night. The mishap occurred when the girl, Itishree Bhoi was fast asleep with her mother inside her house. As per reports, the wall of her thatched house had become weak […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Ravenshaw University students make film on Baji Rout

Cuttack:  A group of students of Ravenshaw University have come up with ‘Baji Rout India’s  Youngest Freedom Fighter’, a short film on the courage and valour of Baji Rout, a martyr in the history of India’s freedom struggle. The British forces had gunned down Baji Rout, who was born in Dhenkanal district, after he had […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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12-hour bandh called in Bhuban and Paikmal

Dhenkanal/Bargarh: A 12-hour bandh has been called by the members of Regional Development Committee in Bhuban area of Dhenkanal district over lack of adequate facilities at the Bhuban government hospital. The protesters have also demanded appointment of permanent doctors in the hospital. The Committee members have reportedly staged a road blockade on National Highway 53. […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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School, hostel raided by administration in Berhampur

Berhampur: On the backdrop of allegations of sexual harassment against a shelter home in Dhenkanal; the administration is carrying out raids at various places to ensure safety and security of school children and hostel inmates. A joint team of the Ganjam district administration and Child Protection Committee today conducted a raid at Harabino School located […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Shelter home inmates allege sexual harassment by owner, caretaker

Dhenkanal: Raising concerns on the safety of girl students at shelter homes, some inmates of a shelter home in Beltikiri village under Sadar police limits of Dhenkanal have accused the owner and caretaker of sexual harassing them. The inmates of Dream Centre Shelter Home have also alleged that the accused harassed young boys as well.”I […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Women take up cudgels against setting up beer factory, scuffle with cops

Dhenkanal: In a show of strength hundreds of women of Balarampur village in the district scuffled with police personnel at Jhinkargadi forest protesting cutting of trees for setting up of a beer factory. According to sources, police personnel forcibly removed the protesters, mostly women, who guarded trees by wrapping their arms around the trees. Multiple […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Opposing beer factory, villagers guard trees in Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal: Call it their love for nature that an entire village has now come forward to save a forest in Dhenkanal. Moreover, the villagers mostly women are now guarding the trees inside Jhinkargadi forest where the Odisha government wants to set up a beer factory. According to sources, the proposed beer factory is expected to […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Let’s unitedly root out corruption & hooliganism, bring change: Jay Panda’s clarion call

Bhubaneswar: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant Jay Panda made a scathing attack on Odisha government by raking up the issue of corruption during Jana Samavesh organised at Gondia in Dhenkanal today. While addressing the public meeting, Panda alleged that corruption and hooliganism have increased under the present dispensation. Such hooliganism is furthered through the recently formed […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Patient death amid doctors' squabble: Police case registered against 2 doctors

Dhenkanal: A day after a patient died at the District Headquarters Hospital in Dhenkanal as he was allegedly left unattended amid a squabble between two doctors, police have registered a case against the concerned doctors following a complaint filed by the brother of the victim. Trailokya Sahu, had died yesterday allegedly after he was left […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Woman, daughter charred to death in Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal: A woman and her daughter were burnt alive after a gas cylinder caught fire in Bhuban of Dhenkanal today. The incident took place after gas started to leak when the girl was preparing tea at her home. The woman, who rushed in to save her daughter was also engulfed in the fire. Husband of […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Eggs, tomatoes hurled at Dhenkanal collector’s office

Dhenkanal: Agitating members of Dhenkanal District Lawyers’ Association hurled eggs and tomatoes at the office of the district collector today. Following the incident a scuffle broke out between the lawyers and the police. According to sources, the incident occurred when the lawyers were staging a protest demanding fulfilment of their demands and tried to barge […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Woman dies after being thrashed by son in Dhenkanal village

Dhenkanal: An elderly woman succumbed to her injuries today after she was thrashed by her son in Koi village under Kankadahada police limits of Dhenkanal. The incident took place when the woman Pohala Dehury tried to stop a quarrel between her two sons Bhagban Dehury and Jogendra Dehury. As per reports, Bhagban lost his cool […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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