Tag: Keonjhar

Keonjhar:  Demanding construction of flyover on national highway (NH)-215 at Pipilia in Keonjhar district, locals have been staging a mass dharna since last five days. The agitators claimed that there is direct road connection between tourist place Sitabinji, Patana and Karanjia. Besides vehicles, local people commute on the NH. Since road accidents occur on the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a woman and her daughter were hacked to death for allegedly practising witchcraft in Ragadisahi of Telkoi in Keonjhar district. The deceased have been identified as Kalabati Dalanaik (55) and her 15-year-old daughter Seema. Kalabati’s husband Bhubana and son (22) have also been injured after the family was attacked by […]

Keonjhar/Bargarh: One person was killed and as many as 23 houses were reduced to ashes in two separate fire mishaps in Keonjhar and Bargarh districts today. According to sources, a person was burnt to death when three houses at Station Road in Barbil of Keonjhar district caught fire this morning. The deceased is yet to be identified. […]

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident three persons were arrested including a minor for gang raping a 12-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Ghatagaon area yesterday night when the survivor was at a village function (Badi Pala) and the accused abducted her and allegedly committed the crime. Also Read: Patrapur minor gangrape: Key accused nabbed; CM […]

Keonjhar: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the revenue inspector of Raisuan panchayat in Keonjhar district and his office peon for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 for demarcation of a land. A seven-member team of the anti-corruption wing, led by Keonjhar Vigilance DSP Harekrushna Majhi, caught the accused persons redhanded while taking bribe from one […]

Keonjhar: Villagers of Nipo under Bansapal block of Keonjhar district are moving out of the state in search of work as they have been facing hardships to feed their families. Blaming the non-implementation of schemes launched by the state government and meant for the poor, the villagers are ready to sweat out as bonded labours […]

Keonjhar: At least three workers were injured following an explosion at the Arya Iron & Steel Company Pvt Ltd (AISCO) at Bolani in Keonjhar district on Friday. The injured were immediately admitted to the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) hospital here. Besides, two other labourers of the company have gone missing. Meanwhile, police have […]

Keonjhar: Bargarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Solaram Marandi was detained by Vigilance officials today, while he was travelling in a bus near Judia Ghati in Keonjhar district with Rs 1.0075 lakh in his possession. The money has been seized. Marandi was travelling from Keonjhar to Bhagbandh village under Tiring police station in Mayurbhanj district when […]

A total of 18 child labourers, 15 girls and three boys who were missing for eight months, have been rescued from Delhi. “He had told to engage us in dress showrooms in Bhubaneswar. We were not aware that he would take us to Delhi and force us to work as housemaids.

Anandpur: Five workers have a narrow escape when an under-construction bridge at Raki in Purunaghati in Keonjhar district collapsed late last night. After the bridge over a canal connecting Anandpur and Hadagada caved in the under-construction stage, the five workers nearby sustained minor injuries without any grievous casualties. Meanwhile, tension erupted in the Raki area […]

Keonjhar: In a tragic incident, at least two persons were killed in head-on collision between auto rickshaw and truck near Haladiatangiri on NH-215 in Keonjhar district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Nurchand Sheikh and Mithu Sheikh of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The duo, travelling in the auto rickshaw, succumbed to their injuries on the […]

Keonjhar: Family members of two minor boys, who had just appeared their matriculation examinations, approached the Keonjhar District Collector today alleging that the police have jailed their children. The boys were said to have been jailed with some persons involved in a poll violence incident. The boys identified as Akshya Munda and Mohan Parihal of […]

Keonjhar: Odisha denizens especially who are living in far flung remote areas will now be able to avail free of cost and good quality high-tech health care facilities and see top health experts with first of its kind digital dispensaries about to come up in Keonjhar district. As per sources, three modernized digitalised dispensaries based […]

Keonjhar: The Vigilance sleuths today raided houses and office of Palasapanga panchayat Village Level Worker (VLW) Brahmananda Barik on charges of amassing disproportionate asset. Simultaneous searches were made by the Vigilance at the VLW’s houses located in Naranapura and Tantidihi in Kanjipani and office at Palasapanga. Briefing newsmen about the raid, Vigilance DSP Harekrusna Majhi […]

Keonjhar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Tuesday arrested Keonjhar district’s Jaroli railway station manager Subash Chandra Bhukta from his office for allegedly accepting bribe from a transport agency. According to sources, a CBI team of Bhubaneswar conducted a raid and caught the station manager red-handed while he was taking Rs 7000 bribe from […]