Tag: Khurda

Panic gripped Khurda town this afternoon after a man fired at his father-in-law inside the chamber of an advocate critically injuring him in the process

Bhubaneswar: At least 30 people died and 36 more seriously injured in lightning in several places across Odisha today. Of the 30 killed, eight are from Bhadrak, seven from Balasore district, six from Khurda district, three from Jajpur, two from Nayagarh and one each from Kendrapara, Sambalpur, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts. Reports from Balasore district […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBI today conducted simultaneous raids on the offices of Microfinance Ltd, a chit fund company, at seven places in Odisha. Sources in the CBI said the raid was conducted on Microfinance offices at two places in Bhubaneswar, three places in Jaleswar and one each in Khurda and Balasore. Officials of the central investigating […]

Bhubaneswar: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today accorded in-principle approval to three investment projects worth Rs 874 crore. Approving the projects at the SLSWCA meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi directed the concerned departments to facilitate early take-off of these projects by expediting the process for various compliances. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, […]

After a lull of a few weeks, the spectre of farmer suicide has returned to haunt Odish again. A farmer in Paika Tigiria village near here allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his house today due to his failure to repay agricultural loans

Intensifying its search for missing boy wonder Budhia Singh, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Khurda district today served a notice to movie producer Subhamitra Sen regarding the matter and asked him to reply within three days

Bhubaneswar: In a tragic accident, three persons were killed and five others sustained critical injuries when a Scorpio in which they were travelling in lost control and hit a truck from behind on National Highway No 16 near Badapokharia area here on Sunday morning. According to sources, the incident took place while the ill-fated Scorpio […]

Panic gripped Khurda town after a man was shot at by unidentified miscreants near the Industrial Estate Outpost this morning

Tension ran high at Kaipadar village under Khurda Sadar Police limits following the brutal murder of two brothers of the village by a group of stone mafia last night

Khurda: In a gruesome act, a temple priest of Gediaoalli village under Begunia police limits was allegedly stoned to death by some unknown miscreants on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Debraj Mohapatra. It is suspected that the assailants killed Mohaptra while he going to the temple for puja in the morning today. […]

Khurdha: Hours after three bike borne miscreants looted Rs 6 lakh cash from a stamp vendor of Jatani sub-registrar office, police arrested one of them from Kalinga Nagar area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar and recovered Rs 3.5 lakh of the looted cash from his possession today. The miscreants looted the money from Benudhar Nayak […]

Khurda: In a tragic incident, an elderly man was charred to death inside a room after rescuing her daughter-in-law and grand children from a fire mishap at Narada slum in Balipatna area here on Friday night.

With the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) being relieved of its responsibility of guarding the Barbara forest in Khurda district, one of the largest Sal and Teak forests in Asia, the state Forest department has left no stone unturned to save this unique forest from the timber mafia

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants on Monday afternoon set as many as 60 houses of Adivasi Sahi in Dadhimachhagadia under Khurda Sadar Police limits on fire over the alleged murder of a crusher owner in the area two days back. Sources said tension erupted after one group of the village blamed another for the death of Sujit […]

Khurda: In a tragic road accident, three persons, including a couple were killed when a car in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a speeding truck near Naval Chhak at Balugaon in Khurda the district on Sunday.