Tag: Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal: Tension gripped Tumusingha area of Kamakhyanagar today after a labourer was electrocuted to death while 2 others sustained grievous injuries after coming in contact with an 11-KV live wire in the district. The deceased has been identified as Srikant Behera, a resident of Harijan Sahi in Dhobabahali of Dhenkanal district. According to sources, the […]

Dhenkanal: Farmers of Jagannathpur village in the district are facing a tough time during the paddy procurement process owing to a dispute with rice millers over fair average quality (FAQ) norms. During the last two days tonnes of paddy brought for sale by farmers from distant villages are lying outside the mandis. Moreover, farmers are […]

Dhenkanal: A man sustained critical injuries after being attacked by a tusker at Kandarsingha village under Mahabirod forest range of Dhenkanal district today. According to sources, the jumbo strayed into the human settlement and reportedly attacked one Jugi Nayak. Locals, after discovering him in a critically injured state, immediately rushed him to the Parjang health […]

Raygada/Nabrangpur: Following allegations of sexual harassment at Dream Centre shelter home in Beltikiri of Dhenkanal, administration continues to raid its other shelter homes spread across various districts. According to sources, a team including officials of children protection unit, children welfare committee and police led by the sub-collector conducted a raid at a branch of Dream […]

Dhenkanal: A mutilated body of a youth was recovered from a jungle in Dhenkanal district today. According to sources, the deceased has been identified as Bidyadhar Pradhan, a Plus-III student of Siminai College in the district. He was missing since last two days and his body was traced by some locals in a jungle near […]

Dhenkanal: A man was allegedly beaten to death by four unidentified miscreants at Govindpur area in Dhenkanal on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Mallick. According to reports, the miscreants forcibly barged into the house and attacked Mallick with wooden planks. Though the exact reason behind the killing is unclear, it is suspected […]

Dhenkanal: A youth was brutally hacked to death inside his house at Minabazaar of Dhenkanal town today. The deceased identified as Mantu Patra was the owner of a jewellery shop in the town. Mantu’s body was first spotted by his son who informed other family members.”When I entered the room, I found my father lying […]

Dhenkanal: Tension ran high near Gondia bus stand after locals detained four cattle-laden trucks in Dhenkanal district today. As 300 cattle were allegedly being transported illegally in trucks, locals detained the vehicles. Fearing attack, drivers of all the heavy vehicles fled the spot. Following the incident, police reached the spot and have started investigation into […]

Dhenkanal: In yet another instance of Odisha government’s apathy towards people in remote areas of the State, a pregnant woman was carried on cot for almost three kilometres from her house in Kaitamati village under Kankadahada block of Dhenkanal district. As per sources, the incident occurred after the expectant mother, Rashmita Chatar, complained of labour […]

Dhenkanal: Forget about luxurious air-conditioned classrooms and colourful school buildings, with the unavailability of even a single room and an Anganwadi centre for children, primary education has taken a back seat in Kalada village under Kankadahada block of the district. As per reports, around hundred students of five classes of Kalada Primary School are forced […]

Dhenkanal: Unidentified miscreants thrashed president of Ranjagola village, Lingaraj Sahoo and also fired at him near Khajurikata Chhak under Balimi police limits of Dhenkanal district today. According to reports, while Sahoo had gone to the village market, some miscreants reached the spot in a car and waylaid him. They dragged Sahoo and beat him up […]

Dhenkanal: The carcass of a female elephant was found near Balua Sahi in Ichhapur under Sadar range in Dhenkanal district this morning. Though the exact reason behind death of the jumbo is yet to be established, it is suspected that the animal was electrocuted to death. According to reports, some locals spotted the body and […]

Dhenkanal: In another incident of man-animal conflict in Odisha, a daily wage labourer was killed in elephant attack at Gengutia under Sadar police limits in Dhenkanal district on Saturday. The deceased identified as Sushant Behera of Gengutia village was on his way to Dhenkanal town along with two other co-workers when a pachyderm attacked the […]

Dhenkanal: Tension prevailed at Khamar village under Sadar police limits in Dhenkanal district after unidentified miscreants hurled bombs and attacked two villagers with sharp weapons this morning following a dispute over construction of Rengali Left Bank Canal. The injured identified as Shankarsan Sahoo and Kalindi Barik are undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital. As per […]

  Dhenkanal: A woman in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district handed over her newborn son to another man expressing her inability to upbring the child up due to abject poverty. The incident was reported from Kankadahad Rupabedha village. The woman, Damayanti, wife of Bhushan Patra, had delivered a baby boy on May 9. However, citing poverty Damayanti […]