Tag: Jharkhand

Malkangiri: A Jawan shot himself to death at a Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Malkangiri this morning. The deceased has been identified as Pankaj Shah, a native of Jharkhand. Sources said the BSF personnel shot self in the neck with his service revolver at the camp. Though the exact reason behind the incident is […]

Rourkela: Five persons including two former Maoist cadres were arrested by Bisra police here on Monday for allegedly running an extortion racket in the name of Maoists. All the accused belong to Jharkhand, police said. Two out of five arrested were earlier associated with Maoists, but later they had left the outfit. A pistol has […]

Bhubaneswar/Ranchi: After losing to the home side Jharkhand by eight wickets, Anurag Sarangi-led Odisha crashed out of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy today. Bengal and Jharkhand topped the East Zone standings with 16 and 12 points respectively. With two wins against Assam and Tripura, Odisha remained at number three with eight points. Today, Jharkhand […]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) seized seven mobile phones from visitors on the temple premises here this morning. Police have detained seven persons in this connection. Sources said devotees from West Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana visited the 12th century shrine this morning. Some servitors caught the visitors with mobile phones and later handed […]

Balasore: A herd of 90 elephants from neighbouring Jharkhand today sneaked into Nilagiri area of Balasore creating panic among tribal populace of the area by destroying acres of paddy crops. Locals spent sleepless night yesterday fearing that the animals could destroy their huts. The jumbos of various sizes entered Gopalpur village from Dalaki forest under […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha and Jharkhand are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours as the depression over Gangetic West Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. As per the latest bulletin of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued on Monday, the deep depression is likely to move slowly […]

Keonjhar: Panic has gripped locals while officials of forest department are facing testing times as a herd of nearly 150 elephants from Jharkhand has been spotted close to Keonjhar district. It is for the first time that the jumbo herd is suspected to have deviated from its route as earlier the animals frequently used to […]

Rourkela: At least three members of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were gunned down and two other injured in an exchange of fire between security personnel and rebels at Kulatapu forest near here on Odisha-Jharkhand border on Sunday. The gun battle took place during a combing operation carried out by the joint team of […]

  Bhubaneswar: The mother of a Bhubaneswar-based vet-cum-businessman who was kidnapped in Jharkhand on August 23 sought the intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to get her son back. Prior to meeting the CM, the woman, talking to OTV, said, “I request the government to bring back my son, I will meet the Chief Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl from Odisha’s Keonjhar district who landed in a prostitution racket in neighbouring Jharkhand was rescued today. The matter came to light after a team of Sakchi police had detained the minor girl from Barbil in connection with a mobile theft case. According to preliminary investigation, the victim had eloped with a […]

Baripada: A person who allegedly duped Lakhs of rupees in the name of providing employment and loan was nabbed from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and handed over to Baripada police today. According to reports, the accused, Sanjib Kumar Chowdhury opened a non-banking organisation named ‘Ujjwal Odisha’ where he duped around 30 people in the pretext of […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the Mahanadi water sharing dispute with Chhattisgarh, Odisha is likely to run into similar dispute with neighbouring Jharkhand, believes BJP MLA Dilip Ray. The senior BJP leader on Friday raised an alarm over shrinking water level of Brahmani river. In a Facebook post, Ray has attributed the significant drop […]

Bhubaneswar: Stating the charges framed by the Special CBI court against him in the Brahmadihi coal block allotment case today as an outcome of political vendetta by the Congress-led UPA government, Rourkela BJP legislator Dilip Ray stated he has complete faith in the country’s legal system and urged for a speedy trial in the court. […]

BHUBANESWAR:  Alleging that the BJP has utilised money power to influence voters during the panchayat polls, the BJD on Monday said the saffron party leaders of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are distributing money among the voters of Western Odisha. The BJD had filed a complaint at the State Election Commission (SEC) in this regard on February […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra today claimed that the Negotiation Committee formed by the Water Resources Ministry cannot resolve the ongoing Mahanadi row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “There was no need for the Water Resources ministry to form the Negotiation Committee. A far as I know, the decision to be taken by the Committee […]