Tag: Khurda

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.

Khurda: In yet another challenge to the police, unidentified miscreants looted Rs 10.72 lakh from a group of businessmen at Begunia Tikatala-Manibandha road under Begunia police limits in the wee hours of Sunday. According to sources, the incident took place at round 5 am today when the group of businessmen was on its way in […]

Students of different schools in Khurda, Angul, Subarnapur and Cuttack districts of Odisha fell ill after taking deworming tablets on the occasion of National Deworming Day on Wednesday

Khurda: A woman was allegedly stoned to death by an unidentified miscreant at Nirakarpur area here. Though the identity of the woman is yet to be ascertained, sources said she was working as a sweeper in the locality. The exact reason behind the murder is yet to be ascertained, sources added. Meanwhile, tension erupted in […]

Bhubaneswar: The rape of a nine-year old minor girl at Loko Colony in Jatni of Khurda district late on Wednesday night has sparked off tension in the locality with locals staging a road blockade and gheraoing Jatni police station today demanding opening of a Mahila police station in the area and stringent action against the […]

Bhubaneswar: The sunstroke death toll in Odisha went upto 63 even as monsoon covered the entire state by third week of June. The collectors of different districts have so far confirmed deaths of 63 persons due to sunstroke in recent months, a communication from the special relief commissioner’s (SRC) office said today. “The collectors sent […]

Khurda: In a heart-wrenching incident, two kids died after falling into an open well in Nuapada village under Mallipur panchayat of the district this morning. The deceased were identified as Soumya Ranjan (4), son of Fakir Behera, and Raja (3), son of Jyoti Ranjan Sahu. The kids are suspected to have fallen into the well […]

A Grand new road between the capital city and Cuttack for better connectivity will be a reality soon.

New Delhi: The central government has informed the Odisha government about confirmation of H5 N1 strain of Avian Influenza virus in village Keranga of the state’s Khordha district, an official statement said on Tuesday. “The samples from the said epicentre were sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, which confirmed […]