Tag: Keonjhar

Baripada was followed by Nuapada which recorded 44 degrees, as per IMD reports. People in twin cities – Cuttack and Bhubaneswar – experienced sizzling heat today as the mercury soared to 41.4 degrees in the two cities.

As per the IMD, Bhubaneswar, temperature rose to 41.8 degrees in Hirakuda and Rourkela while it was 41.7 degrees in Sambalpur followed by 41.6 degrees in Bhubaneswar and Chandbali. Balasore recorded 40. 6 degrees.

A Jaundice outbreak was reported from a hostel with as many as 28 students of the Government College of Engineering in Keonjhar getting affected by the disease. It has triggered concerns among the college authorities as well as students.  

As per police sources, the concerned students were stealing bikes out of their passion for the vehicles and to make fashion statements.

Two weeks ago, the ED team raided 12 locations in Kolkata and Odisha as part of its investigation into the mining scam. The ED  seized a luxury car, jewelleries worth Rs 1.24 crore, Rs 30 lakh cash and froze bank accounts with Rs 1.23 crore deposits.   

On seeing the man, the miscreants fired into the air, abused him in Hindi and warned him against coming closer.  The person went back and told some other people about the incident. 

When contacted, Anandapur Sub-Collector Chitaranjan Mahanta said, “I have sought an explanation from the Tehsildar, and appropriate action in this regard will be taken.”

Local residents have expressed their resentment over the apathy by the administration.

As per reports, a man, a woman, and a five-year-old girl of Azad Basti of Joda area were on the bike. The bike was reportedly moving at breakneck speed and hit the truck from behind. 

As for the rampant sand loot, Subhendu Kumar Samal, ADM (Revenue) of Jajpur said, “The issues related to sand leasing and mining are the lookout of the steel and mines department. The deputy director of minor minerals will look into that. I will tell the deputy director of minor minerals to take up the issue with the district-level committee.” 

The famous shrine of ‘Sitabinji’ situated at Danguapashi village in Odisha’s Keonjhar is a place of great religious significance and home to many mythological stories from the Ramayana era. It is 6 km away from Ghatagaon.

Juang tribals alleged that though they apprised the block administration of the urgency for a pucca road and electricity in the past, no step has been taken.

An iron-laden truck was on its way from Keonjhar towards Pallahara. At that time, the tusker was crossing the NH-49 near Kantabahal when the truck hit the pachyderm.

The Odisha government has merged the second campus of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo (MSCB) University with Keonjhar's Dharanidhar University

The Forest Department came to know about the sick calf from the visuals recorded by a thermal drone camera.