Tag: 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 […]

Umerkote: A lady Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and three Odisha Armed Police Force (OAPF) personnel were injured after they were attacked a group of people in Kalarasahi village of Jamarunda block under Umerkote police station in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday night. According to reports, a team of Umerkote police, led by the lady ASI Jyoshnarani […]

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to reach out to the people over ruling BJD government’s failure, the Odisha unit of BJP kick started its ‘Jana Kalyan Yatra’ on Thursday from Chandahandi area in Nabarangpur district. BJP state president Basanta Panda inaugurated the yatra. “The State government has completely failed to take up the issues of the […]

Nabarangpur: Three police personnel of Jharigaon police station were injured when miscreants attacked them on Friday. The incident occurred when the injured cops – Constable Mahesh Patnaik, Home guard Ashok Kahali and Patiram Majhi – were patrolling in Kangara village. Suddenly the miscreants pelted stones at the three cops and attacked them with sticks. The […]

Rourkela: Another infant has fallen prey to the inhuman practice of hot iron rod branding. The victim, a one-month old baby of Deogaon under Raghunathpalli police limits in Rourkela, died while under treatment at the government hospital. The baby boy was admitted to the hospital after his condition deteriorated following hot iron rod branding by […]

Nabarangpur: In a tragic incident, the one-month old girl child who was branded with hot iron bangles at Kenduhuda village under Papadahandi block of the district on Tuesday, died at the district headquarters hospital on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment. The baby, who was suffering from some ailment, was branded by hot iron bangles by […]