Tag: 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, […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Keonjhar: While the suffering of paddy farmers due to the pest menace is yet to get over, damage by pests is haunting tasar silk farmers in Kasia village of Malada panchayat under Jhumpura block here in the district. According to sources, majority of the villagers are tribal farmers and nearly 70 farmers of the village […]

Bhubaneswar: It has been a year since the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency denominations were scrapped as legal tender. Still huge number of banned notes continues to find way into donation boxes at major shrines like Jagannath Temple in Puri, Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon (Keonjhar) and some others in State. With deadline for exchange […]

Keonjhar: Absence of proper motorable road has once again hit basic healthcare services in Odisha with dire spectacle of patient carried on wooden basket once again questioning effectiveness of healthcare schemes and infrastructure development work boasted by the government. According to sources, Purnami Dangua of Luhajala village under Bansapal block in the district suffered labour […]

Baripada: Panic has gripped people in the Champua forest range in Keonjhar district after a herd of 36 elephants were seen in the area. Farmers are a worried lot as pachyderms are creating nuisance by damaging crops in villages of Champua. As many as 13 elephants were spotted in Kutugaon, Sanajoda and Haridajoda areas whereas […]

Keonjhar: A youth was rescued in a critical condition after attempting suicide to complete a task in the Blue Whale game in Anandpur of Keonjhar district on Saturday. Sources said, the youth identified as Ajay Patra (21) tried to end his life by consuming poison after completing third stage in the Blue Whale game challenge. […]

Bhubaneswar: Questions are being raised over the effectiveness of newly formed Tribal Development Councils in nine districts of the State as modalities are yet to be prepared by the State government. Though provision has been made for allocation of Rs 1.5 crore annually for the councils for 112 blocks under the nine tribal dominated districts- […]