Tag: Nabarangpur

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its protest against the ongoing construction of Polavaram multi-purpose dam in Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today staged demonstrations in seven districts in Odisha. The demonstrations were staged in front of the collectorate in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts. While former MLA and minister Rabi Narayan […]

Nabarangapur: Police arrested a youth of Raighar in Nabarangpur district on Thursday allegedly for keeping physical relationship with a minor girl and uploading the video clip of the same on the internet. As per an FIR lodged at the Raighar police station, one Pranab Chakraborty kept physical relationship with the 14-year-old girl of his neighbour […]

Koraput: Demanding a CBI probe into the links of senior Congress leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradip Majhi and his family with the Seashore Group, a chit fund company and their arrest, the ruling BJD today staged demonstrations in several areas in the undivided Koraput district. While Commerce and Transport minister and Jharigan MLA Ramesh […]

Umerkote: In a bizarre incident, two persons were killed and another injured in a group clash over the trivial issue of planting saplings on forest land at Telegan village in Nabarangpur district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Phaganu Bhatra and Baliram Harijan. The injured person, identified as Gurubaru Bhatra, is undergoing treatment […]

Nabarangpur: Demanding immediate release of former MP Pradip Majhi from Umerkote sub jail, some Congress activists pelted eggs at the residence of the district collector during the 12-hour Nabarangpur bandh today. Police has detained two Congress workers in this connection. Vehicular traffic came to a grinding halt while all trading establishments remained closed in Nabarangpur […]

Nabarangpur: Normal life came to a standstill in Nabarangpur and Kandhamal districts due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the Congress to protest against the arrest of former Congress MP Pradip Majhi. Members of the party blocked roads at many places bringing vehicular movement to a grinding halt in the district. The agitating members were […]

A day after the arrest of former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi and 16 others for ransacking the Raighara ranger officer and beating up forest and police staff, the Nabarangpur district unit of Congress today decided to observe bandh on Tuesday in protest

Fifteen Congress activists, including former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi, were arrested today and forwarded to a court for allegedly ransacking the Raighara range office and beating up forest and police personnel

In the latest incident of its kind in a series of such cases in this tribal dominated district over the last few weeks, a two-month old was branded with hot iron at Khuntiaguda village under Tentulikhunti block of the district. A woman quack was arrested after the matter came to fore

Nabarangpur: Police today busted a fake currency note racket at Bharamajhiguda village under Tentulikhunti police limits in the district. The fake notes worth Rs 72,000 were seized and an accused allegedly involved in the illegal trade was arrested. The notes are denomination of Rs 500, police said. The accused, Sadasiv Majhi, will be produced in […]

A labourer died on the spot and two others were seriously injured while they were unloading glass panels from a truck near Goramunda bandh on the outskirts of Nabarangpur town today

Nabarangpur: In a tragic incident, three members of a family were killed in a lightning strike at Gandadihi village under Raighar block in the district on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Raghu Harijan, Upendra Harijan and Bijay Harijan. According to sources, the incident took place when the trio was tending their goats at […]

Nabarangpur: Just two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Odisha and laid emphasis on the healthcare of pregnant women and infants in the state, a pregnant woman in tribal dominated Nabarangpur district delivered a dead baby while being taken to the hospital on a bicycle because there was no ambulance available. According to reports, […]

When the pictures of dead bodies being carried on a trolley rickshaw or a bicycle are carried in the media, it invites outrage among the people in the rest of the state. But such sights are more the norm than the exception and hardly raise any eyebrows in the backward, poverty-stricken, tribal dominated Nabarangpur district

Nabarangpur: In a tragic incident, a woman and her daughter were electrocuted at Dabugaon near Tutiguda area in the district on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Bati Bhatra and her daughter Jema. According to sources, the incident took place when the duo was cleaning utensils at their home. They came in contact […]