Tag: Kamakhyanagar

The Anganwadi centre has been locked up since 2020 after its completion. The contractor, Kumar Patra decided not to handover the building to the administration and locked it up after the administration allegedly failed to clear the pending dues of Rs 4 lakh to Patra.

Women of Kamakhyanagar, Dhenkanal teamed up to put an end to alcohol consumption problem in their village. The women allege that men indulge in domestic violence under the influence of alcohol; hence, they decided to take control over the situation.

Two persons, including a woman were arrested by the Kamakhyanagar Police on Monday for allegedly stealing a nine-month-old child from his parents in Jiridimali village under Kanapura Gram Panchayat in Dhenkanal district.

Dhenkanal: Contaminated water seems to have taken a toll on the villagers of Bhaliatilla in Kamakhyanagar of the district as 15 people have allegedly died within 3 years due to kidney-related ailments. Locals alleged that the health condition of many villagers has deteriorated over a period of time by consuming iron particles containing water from […]

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 […]

Kamakhyanagar/Jagatsinghpur: After MIL, English, Mathematics and Science subjects, question paper of Social Science of Matriculation examination went viral on social media in Kamakhyanagar and Jagatsinghpur on the last day of the exam. As per reports, photographs of Social Science question paper were circulated on WhatsApp within one hour of the commencement of the exam. Barring […]

Dhenkanal/Rairangpur: In yet another case of man-animal conflict, a villager of Jakka under Kamakhyanagar police limits in Dhenkanal district was trampled to death by an elephant today. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Gadadhara Moharana had gone to a nearby forest to collect woods near Kusumajodi village when the elephant attacked him. Demanding compensation […]

Dhenkanal: Around 50 houses of Kandarasinga village under Kamakhyanagar block in the district were reduced to ashes in separate fire mishaps that have occurred at regular interval for last ten days. Though the reason behind fire mishaps is yet to be established, villagers believe that goddess is angry upon them for some reason for which […]

Dhenkanal: Over 50 families were rendered homeless after their houses were reduced to ashes in a series of fire mishaps in the last six days in Kandarasinga village under Kamakhyanagar police limits in the district. In a span of six days, as many as 40 houses of more than 50 families have been reduced to […]

Dhenkanal: Kamakhyanagar Police on Saturday informed that the prime accused in two murders committed on June 5 and November 24 has been arrested. Police have also arrested two others in this connection. As per reports, prime accused identified as one Purshotam Sahu of Patharakata village along with his two associates allegedly murdered Deepak Biswal and […]

Dhenkanal: Unidentified miscreants looted ornaments and valuables worth lakhs of rupees from Ram Mandir in Malpura village under Kamakhyanagar police station of the district late Thursday night. The incident came to light a day later when the temple priest came to open the temple early today. Shocked after finding the locks and the grills of the […]

Dhenkanal: Tension prevailed in Kamakhyanagar block of Dhenkanal district after activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party today blocked the NH-53 near Baunsapal Chhak protesting death of a farmer and demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased. According to sources, Basu Hembram, a farmer of Lembupal village in Baunsapal panchayat here had consumed poison on […]

Dhenkanal/Phulbani: Scanty rainfall has raised drought apprehension in Dhenkanal and Kandhamal districts even as the farmers are eagerly waiting for good downpour to expedite agriculture work. Several parts of the districts have received below average rainfall this year which halted the tilling activities. Less than expected rainfall in July has left the fields completely dry […]

Dhenkanal: A minor boy was allegedly beaten black and blue by the villagers in Jiridimali under Kamakhyanagar police limits after he was caught stealing from a shop here on Monday. As per the sources, the villagers complained of theft from a shop near Jiridimali Chhak on Saturday night. Later, they somehow managed to nab the […]

Kamakhyanagar: A newborn baby boy was found abandoned amid a bush near Kantapala village here under Kankadahada police station in Dhenkanal district in the wee hours of Monday. The baby, presumably a day or two old, was spotted inside the bush after his wails were heard by one Mangala Dehury of the village. The infant […]