Tag: Keonjhar

These visuals are from Golabandha village under Telkoi block of Keonjhar district. Wondering what is happening? Due to rainfall deficit, locals are performing traditional ritual of ‘benga nacha’ or frog dance to appease the rain gods.

A private bus travelling from Rourkela to Keonjhar caught fire around 3AM today, near Kanjipani Ghat in Keonjhar. As per sources, while driving up the ghat, the driver noticed smoke coming out of the engine.

The deceased patients have been identified as Dama Munda, a resident of Kandarapasi village and Muni Sahu of Raisuan Sahi under Sadar block in Keonjhar district. 

The team comprising Shivaram Krishnan, Regional Director of NCST, V Ashok Vardhan and senior advocate Radhakanta Tripathi visited the affected areas of the reservoir such as Chamakpur, Murusuan, Shankarpur etc. and interacted with the displaced to understand their problems. 

The deceased’s son said his father had been suffering from cold, body ache and headache for some days.

Wild bear dies after getting caught in electric trap laid by poachers. Incident reported from forest on Pallahara-Keonjhar border. 4 poachers were arrested when they ware transferring the bear carcass in a tractor.

As a part of anti-liquor protest, a large group of women reportedly ransacked an off-shop at Telkoi block of Odisha’s Keonjhar district. Thousands of women barged into the shop, collected all the foreign liquor worth lakhs of rupees and smashed them one by one. Watch this video.

Forget commuting by a bus or any other vehicle, even walking seems difficult on this muddy road connecting Telkoi block and Harichandanpur block of Keonjhar district.

This unassuming couple is a victim of regressive practices that still haunt the rural areas of Odisha. This tribal family has reportedly been ostracized in Purunapani village under Ghasipura police limits of Keonjhar district.

Tension ran high at Banshapani Railway Station in Keonjhar district after villagers in the area vandalized the station and attacked railway officials, following the death of a youth on Tuesday night (Oct 12).

BJP MLA from Keonjhar Sadar constituency, Mohan Majhi had a narrow escape when some unidentified miscreants on Sunday (October 10) hurled crude bombs at the legislator’s vehicle and fled the scene.

A huge python was spotted on the roadside near Karamangi village under Telkoi Forest Range in Keonjhar district of Odisha. The python was found lying inactive without any movement reportedly after preying.

After a two-month hiatus, Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district reopened for devotees today (August 10).

Keonjhar: More than 40 patients undergoing treatment at the Surgery ward of Keonjhar district headquarters hospital (DHH) had a narrow escape after a fire broke out in the ward this morning. As per reports, relatives of the patients spotted smoke emanating from the store room of the Surgery department and raised an alarm. Along with […]

Keonjhar: Exposing the sordid condition of rural healthcare and infrastructure in Odisha, a pregnant woman was carried on a cot in the absence of ambulance services in the remote areas of Keonjhar district on Tuesday. As per reports, the woman of Chhadadihi village under Banspal block in the district underwent labour pain following which her family […]