Tag: Keonjhar

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Two Odia kids to receive bravery award for saving lives

Bhubaneswar: Ashanti Dalei of Kendrapara and Pankaj Mahanta of Keonjhar will be conferred with national bravery award at a special function in New Delhi on January 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will award four-year-old Ashanti and 14-year-old Pankaj for their bravery to save lives of four persons in separate incidents. . While Ashanti rescued her […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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BJP protests diversion of Baitarani water to companies

Keonjhar: The district unit of BJP today took out a protest rally demanding protection of river Baitarani in the interest of farming community. Around 10,000 activists from 42 mandals took part in the rally and staged demonstration in front of the Collector’s office. They alleged the government has betrayed the farmers as it diverted their […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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2-year-old dies after being branded with hot iron

Keonjhar: A two-year-old boy died after being branded with hot iron rod at Binija under Pandapada police Station in the district. The mother of the child branded him with hot iron with the help of neighbours to cure his stomach ache. The baby sustained critical burns on stomach. As his condition deteriorated, his parents rushed […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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45 hurt in 3 separate bus accidents in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: At least 45 people including 15 school students were injured in three separate bus accidents in different parts of Odisha on Saturday. Twenty-five passengers were hurt following a collision between two buses near Traffic chhak in Nayagarh. All the injured have been shifted to hospital while the condition of five passengers is said to […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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2-month-old becomes victim of hot iron branding, again

Keonjhar: A two-month-old baby was allegedly branded with hot iron rod by his parents to cure him of stomach ailments here in Keonjhar district on Wednesday. This is the 12th such case reported in a span of just four months that goes on to reiterate the superstitious beliefs that rule the roost in rural areas […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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‘Mysterious’ animal kills 2 sheep in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: The mystery behind the killing of sheep deepened with two more sheep deaths reported from Kasia village under Jhumpura block of Keonjhar district today. According to reports, the unidentified animal reportedly killed two sheep and injured three others.  The sheep belonged to a villager identified as Sidhu Munda. Following the incident, Revenue Inspector of […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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4 killed in road mishap in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: At least four persons were killed and five others critically injured after the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in collided with a trailer near Dangapani in Keonjhar on Wednesday. The mishap occurred at around 9 am when over seven labourers from Danla village were on their way to Keonjhar in the auto-rickshaw. According to reports, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Miscreants rob gold jewellery worth Rs 20L

Keonjhar: Two bike-borne miscreants looted gold ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh from a jeweler at Dhenkikote market under Ghatagaon police limits in Keonjhar today. According to reports, the incident occurred when the owner of Kailash Jewellers was opening his shop this morning. The miscreants came on a Pulsar bike and snatched away a bag containing […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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5 Child Labourers Rescued In Keonjhar

Police and Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials today conducted raids at Magurgadia, Dhobadiha, Baniapat and College Road areas of the Keonjhar district and rescued five child labourers. Out of the five rescued children, two children were engaged as domestic help in houses of government officials.

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Suicide
ITI girl student found hanging in Odisha's Keonjhar

Keonjhar: Body of a girl student of Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was recovered under mysterious circumstances from her hostel room here at Barbil in Keonjhar district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Sridevi Mahakud and it is suspected that she committed suicide. According to reports, Sridevi was a third year student of […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Elderly couple living in toilet lays bare govt's failed promises

Keonjhar: An elderly couple of Harshapur village under Raisaina panchayat in Keonjhar has failed to get a house under government schemes for the past five years and is living in a 4ft x 3 ft toilet. Naku Naik aged 70 and wife Sumati Naik have been spending their lives in a toilet built under the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Students made to slog in paddy fields of teacher!

Baripada: School students being employed in sundry works by school teachers has become a trend of sorts in the State with one more case of a teacher asking girl students of her school to work in fields coming to fore. Three girls of class six Gulugulia Primary school in Thakurmunda were allegedly made to work […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Women block NH-53 demanding alcohol ban in Keonjhar

Keonjhar: Women leading an anti-liquor movement staged a road blockade on National Highway 53 in Anandapur of Keonjhar district today demanding ban on sale of alcohol in the region. Moreover, the agitating women visited all the shops in the area as a part of their awareness campaign to stop sale of liquor. The protestors have […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Khurda registers maximum accidents, Keonjhar most fatalities

Bhubaneswar: The number of fatalities due to road accidents in a span of eight months from January to August 2017 spiralled to 3,184 with average 398 deaths recorded in a month in various districts of Odisha. While Khurda registered the maximum number of accidents, Keonjhar topped number of fatalities in such mishaps. According to reports, […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Electricity dept furious over non-acceptance of coins by bank

Keonjhar: An office under electricity department in Keonjhar on Thursday lodged a complaint against a local bank for not accepting coins as deposit. According to information, Subrat Kumar Sharma, an electricity department staff on Thursday went to deposit collected amount of Rs 10,000, all in coins at Ghatgaon based Bank of India (BoI) branch but the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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