Tag: Kamakshyanagar

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. […]

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 […]

Dhenkanal: A youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a newborn girl born out of wedlock in Surapratappur under Bhuban police limits in Kamakshyanagar. The accused has been identified as Silu Swain. According to reports, Silu was into a relationship with a girl of the same village for the past couple of years. With […]

Dhenkanal: At least 12 houses of four families were gutted in a fire mishap at Baunspal village in Kamakshyanagar of Dhenkanal district late on Saturday night. The incident took place at around 11 pm yesterday. Though no causality has been reported so far, properties worth around Rs 1.20 lakh have been reduced to ashes in […]

Dhenkanal: Family members of a youth bitten by snake on Tuesday engaged a sorcerer to provide some ‘additional treatment’ at the Kamakhyanagar hospital in the district.  The youth, Sanjay Nayak of Baisinga under Kamakhyanagar was admitted to the hospital after being attacked by a venomous snake. Although the doctors treated Sanjay, his family members sought help […]