Tag: Dhenkanal

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 […]

Dhenkanal: After a massive operation, Forest Department officials rescued an elephant calf that had slipped into an open well at Jamujhara village in Baruan.K panchayat under Kamakshyanagar area of Dhenkanal district late on Friday night. Locals spotted the four-year-old elephant inside the well in the wee hours today and alerted the officials of forest department. […]

Bhubaneswar: At least nine persons were injured in two separate road mishaps in Cuttack and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha on Friday. Driver and passenger of an Indigo car were severly injured after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a Tiffin shop at Bagadharia village under Kanpur police limits in Cuttack district. The injured […]

Dhenkanal: A minor girl was allegedly thrashed and injured by an Excise official during a raid at Baisinga village in Kamakshyanagar block of Dhenkanal district. As per sources, the Excise Department had conducted a raid on the house of one Bijay Behera on charges of hoarding liquor. It has been alleged that the officials thrashed […]

Dhenaknal: Panic gripped Latadeipur village under Sadangi forest range of Dhenkanal district after three villagers were critically injured in an elephant attack on Thursday. The injured – Sanjib Kar, Sabita Satpathy and Bhuta Mallick – were rushed to the Dhenkanal District Headquarters Hospital for treatment. Later Kar was shifted to the SCB Medical College and […]

At least three persons were killed and four others sustained critical injuries following two separate bomb explosions in Nabarangpur and Dhenkanal districts on Monday. The first mishap occurred near Mundibeda Benasa village under Raighar police limits while three daily wage laborers were returning home in a tractor after finishing their work Monday evening.

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 […]