Tag: Jharigaon

Nabarangpur: Three police personnel of Jharigaon police station were injured when miscreants attacked them on Friday. The incident occurred when the injured cops – Constable Mahesh Patnaik, Home guard Ashok Kahali and Patiram Majhi – were patrolling in Kangara village. Suddenly the miscreants pelted stones at the three cops and attacked them with sticks. The […]

It all sounds so eerily familiar. Three members of a tribal family die in a span of 18 hours after consuming a gruel made of fermented mango kernel in Mainapadar village in Jharigaon block of Nabarangpur district. And within an hour or so of the last of the three deaths, a minister is quick to […]

Nabarangpur: Irate locals of Kalegaon today gheraoed BJD’s Jharigaon Assembly seat candidate Prakash Majhi while he was campaigning in the village. The incident came to light after a video purportedly showing Prakash being opposed surfaced on different social media platforms. As per reports, Prakash, who is minister Ramesh Majhi’s younger brother, had visited Kalegaon for […]

Nabarangpur: A case was lodged against the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Jharigaon in Nabarangpur district for allegedly siphoning crores of funds allocated under Swachh Bharat Mission. As many as 100 beneficiaries led by Congress leader Pradeep Majhi lodged a complaint against BDO Devendra Bahadur Singh Dharua at Jharigaon police station. They alleged that Dharua […]