Tag: Keonjhar

Anandpur: A group of unemployed young girls have allegedly been duped on promise of jobs through a skill development training programme at Anandpur in Keonjhar district. The girls met Anandpur sub-Collector alleging that a private institute after providing nursing and tailoring training had placed them at various organisations in Bhubaneswar. However, after reaching Bhubaneswar the […]

Keonjhar: The headmaster and cook of Gobindpur Primary School in Joda Block of Keonjhar district have been arrested after students and parents brought sexual harassment allegations against them. Parents of the school hostel inmates had alleged that headmaster Surendra Kumar Rana and cook Ramakanta Nayak were sexually harassing the girl students and threatening them not […]

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl from Odisha’s Keonjhar district who landed in a prostitution racket in neighbouring Jharkhand was rescued today. The matter came to light after a team of Sakchi police had detained the minor girl from Barbil in connection with a mobile theft case. According to preliminary investigation, the victim had eloped with a […]

Keonjhar: Traffic on NH 20 was disrupted for long hours following a scuffle between private bus owners association and staff of newly inaugurated Hassanpur Toll Plaza here on Thursday. According to reports, few members of the local bus association opposed the toll tax collection at the plaza, demanding concession in fares. Trouble erupted soon after […]

Keonjhar: Three bikers were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit the bike they were riding on National Highway-215 near Angulia Square under Champua police limits in the district. The deceased were identified as Ranjit Nayak, Amarnath Pati and Satyajit Mahakud.

Keonjhar: A couple were murdered at Rangmatia village in Phuljhari panchayat under Nayakot police station in Keonjhar district today. While Bhamia Pradhan and his wife Gangi were killed, their son Mangal Singh and daughter Sumitra were critically injured. The siblings were admitted to District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Keonjhar. Cut injuries and arrow attack marks were […]

Baripada: A woman was hacked to death by nephew on suspicion of practising sorcery at Thakursahi village under Kaptipada police limits last evening. When the deceased, identified as Gumi Murmu, had gone to a local market, nephew Rupal Murmu called his aunt to nearby river bank and slit her throat with a sharp weapon. Cops […]

Keonjhar: Anandpur sub-divisional hospital here today witnessed an unpleasant scene as a dead body remained unattended for over 20 hours since doctors declared him dead. The family members of the deceased alleged that they have not been handed over the body in absence of police. “We are waiting till police reach the hospital. We spent […]

Keonjhar: A 25-day-old infant, who was undergoing treatment at District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Keonjhar after being branded with hot iron, succumbed to the injuries today. Earlier on July 29, the newborn boy was branded with hot iron to cure stomach ailments at Kharba village under Harichandanpur block in the district. The matter came to light […]

Keonjhar: Tourists can now spend a day amidst forest to enjoy the scenic beauty of Sana Ghagara, Kandhadhara water fall and other places in the district as Forest Department today inaugurated an Eco Tourism centre at Anjara near Sana Ghagara water fall in a bid to boost tourist inflow. The tourism centre set up at […]

Bhubaneswar: Even three days after the Supreme Court judgment directing 100 per cent penalty on illegal mining, the State government is still in the dark on the amount of fine to be imposed on the lessees and analysing legal aspects of the order to finalise the amount. The delay in issuing notice to the illegal […]

Keonjhar: In yet another display of superstition-based inhuman behaviour in the rural areas, a five-year-old boy was branded with hot iron by family members to cure stomach ailments here in the district on Friday. This is 11th case reported in a span of two months. According to sources, the incident occurred in Kundurupanu village under […]

Bhubaneswar: Lightning claimed six more lives in State today taking the toll to 40 in last four days. Two from Balasore district and one each from Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Keonjhar district were among the casualties. Lightning struck while most of them were working in fields. Sambhunath Muduli of Odasala in Balasore district was killed […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall besides thunderstorm with lightning in the next 48 hours, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places in north Odisha during the next 48 hours,” the IMD said in its bulletin. It also said that thunderstorm with lightning is […]

Keonjhar/Bhubaneswar: That the healthcare services in Odisha have been far less than what is desired was once again proved after three  different cases of ambulance failure and medical negligence were reported from Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar. In Keonjhar, one Etwa Munda had to carry his seriously ailing wife, Samtara in a trolley rickshaw to a hospital […]