Tag: Koraput

Koraput: Despite tall claims of Odisha government about its efforts to provide basic healthcare facilities to tribals living in remote locations, patients continue to be shifted to hospitals in cots and slings in Koraput district. For the residents of Turli village under Narayanpatna block, such traditional methods are the only source to shift critical patients […]

Rourkela: The  team engaged in rescue operations at the Rourkela Steel Plant today fished out two more bodies from the plant’s discharge tunnel taking the total death toll to four. The retrieved bodies are yet to be identified. As the operation spanned on to the seventh day today, officials of the Rourkela police, Odisha Disaster […]

Jeypore: The body of the JCB operator, trapped inside the stone quarry near Bariput since May 31, was recovered after 14 days of rescue operation today. The deceased has been identified as Ghanashyam Guru. Though the body of Guru, a resident of Deogarh, was first spotted on June 10, the rescue team was able to […]

Jeypore: The Jeypore police on Monday, arrested three persons from Bandhugaon area in Narayanpatna on charges of extorting money from contractors by posing as Maoists. The arrested persons have been identified as S. Muralikrishna of Paralakhemundi, Talathu Hueika and Lokanath Pangi of Kelubada village. As per reports, the trio had demanded Rs 20 lakh each […]

Koraput: Congress Koraput MLA Krishna Chandra Sagaria today expressed his displeasure on Meenakshi Bahinipati being reappointed as the District Congress Committee President. Terming it “worthless,” Sagaria pointed out that Meenakshi had not supported the party during elections. Tara too, after being denied a ticket by Congress had jumped to BJP, but was later re-inducted in […]

Koraput: Koraput Town Police on Saturday started investigation into a fraud to the tune of Rs 2 crore at Union Bank. Former branch manager Amrita Priyadarshini Patra is accused to have committed the fraud by issuing the amount as loan to several members of her family during the financial year 2016-17. The matter was recently […]

Koraput: The family members of the two labourers who are still trapped under the debris after a portion of a hill collapsed at Bariput in Jeypore yesterday, lodged an FIR at Ranigarh police outpost today against the construction company. As per the complaint, the families of the two trapped labourers, Ghanshyam Guru of Deogarh district […]

Jeypore: A police case has been registered against Congress’ Koraput MLA, Krishna Chandra Sagaria for allegedly making caustic remarks about a particular religion. According to sources, a case has been registered against four persons including Sagaria at Laxmipur police station on the basis of a complaint filed by social activist, Gangadhara Nanda. On the other […]

  Koraput: Congress MLA from Koraput Krushna Chandra Sagaria and his family members formally embraced Buddhism today at a special function at Burja village under Laxmipur block of the district. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of devotees from Koraput and Buddhist monks from Chhattisgarh, Raipur and Nagpur. Apart from Sagaria’s family, 100 more families […]

Koraput: The Commission of Inquiry today started hearing in the Kunduli gang rape and suicide case. Inspector-In-Charge of Pottangi police station Deb Kumar Gamang and Inspector of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) Mamata Panigrahi today deposed before the Court of District and Sessions Judge in Jeypore of Koraput district in connection with the case. Earlier […]

Jeypore: Congress MLA from Koraput Krishna Chandra Sagaria today said that he will be embracing Buddhism. The legislator will convert from Hinduism to Buddhism at the two-day Dharma Kranti Samaroh starting tomorrow at Burja in Laxmipur of the district, informed sources. “I will convert to Buddhism along with my family members and some other people […]

Koraput: Maoist posters threatening to kill Border Security Force (BSF) informers were found at Badadural village along Koraput-Malkangiri border today. The posters were released in the name of Malkangiri Koraput Vishakhapatnam Border (MKVB) committee of the CPI (Maoist). In the posters, the Maoists have threatened contractors engaged in various construction works in the area to […]

Koraput: A youth sustained critical injuries after he slipped 50-feet down a waterfall while posing for photograph in Potangi block of Koraput district. The injured- Subrat Nag who had sustained serious injury on his head and legs, was rescued by fellow picnickers. He was admitted to the Pottangi Community Health Centre (CHC)  first and later […]

Koraput: Staying true to the Hippocratic Oath in which a doctor pledges to uphold the highest ethical standards that their profession demands, Bhupati Bhusan Jena, a medicine specialist in Koraput District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) has set an example. According to reports, one Mani Golari (27) of Doraguda village of Boipariguda tehsil in the district was […]

Koraput: The Commission of Inquiry probing into the Kunduli gang rape and suicide case today visited Musaguda village and questioned the family members of the victim. The three member team also visited the crime spot, where the minor girl had been allegedly gang raped by “four persons in uniform”. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in February, […]