Tag: Nabarangpur

Nabarangpur: With the detection of new COVID-19 cases, Nabarangpur district administration on Saturday decided to clamp shutdown restrictions for two days from August 25. “In view of the requests from senior citizens on account of Ganesh Chaturthi today and Nuakhai tomorrow, we have not ordered shutdown today. But keeping in view the rising COVID-19 graph, […]

Nabarangpur: Instances of pregnant women being carried in slings and cots to hospitals for delivery due to lack of motorable roads in several interior pockets of the State seem to have become a regular affair. Another such incident has come to the fore on Wednesday when villagers had to use a cot as a stretcher […]

Nabarangpur: At a time when Odisha government is boasting of handling the COVID pandemic situation better than many States in the country, an incident reported from Nabarangpur district allegedly points at the glaring lapses. It’s been two days that a youth of Tentulikhunti area here has been waiting for a response from the administration with […]

Nabrangpur: As many as 196 contractual health workers in Nabarangpur staged a dharna in front of the Collector’s office on Tuesday over their termination from work in the middle of their official tenure. They demanded that the district administration should reengage and allow them complete their full tenure. According to reports, following the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

Nabarangpur: Days after a minor girl from a remote village in Nabarangpur district was brutally thrashed, police on Wednesday arrested three persons in this connection. The arrests were made after a video of the incident went viral on the social media. In the viral video, some youths were seen mercilessly beating and kicking the minor […]

Nabarangpur: More than 20 people including a forest guard suffered injuries after a clash erupted between village groups over a dispute pertaining to forest land in Kosagumuda area of the district. The brawl occured near Ghadadhanua village during a public meeting of locals from several nearby villages and forest office staff. As per sources, plantation […]

Nabarangpur: Villagers of Sargiguda under Kodinga police limits in the district strapped two drunk youths to poles and thrashed them for breaking the rules of the village on Thursday. According to sources, locals of the village who are very strict against sale of liquor and entry of anyone into the area in drunken state caught […]

Nabarangpur: Unidentified miscreants looted a mobile phone shop located at Jharigaon block of Nabarangpur district late last night. According to sources, the robbers gained entry into the mobile shop by digging a hole on the wall. Shop owner Gauri Shankar claimed that over 20 handsets have been stolen from his store. Not just phones, the […]

Nabarangpur: Two women were killed while at least 15 others sustained multiple injuries after an autorickshaw they were travelling in overturned near Chandahandi Ghat in Nabarangpur district on Monday. All the persons were reportedly on their way to attend the 10th day ritual of a person who had died in the village. As per reports, […]

Nabarangpur: Papadahandi police in the district on Sunday arrested three youths on charges of stealing cash of Rs 1.10 lakh from the bank account of another youth who happens to be their friend. As per sources, the main accused in the case, Jaydas Hial, of BM Semla village had clandestinely stolen the SBI ATM card […]

Nabarangpur: Carrying out a stupendous job, some surgeons of Odisha have successfully operated and removed a tumour weighing a whopping 30 kg from a woman’s body on Sunday. As per information, Phulmati, a resident of Raighar area in Nabarangpur had been carrying a huge abdominal tumour inside her body. Due to excessive growth of the […]

Nabarangpur: The image that crosses one’s mind at the very thought of a politician is that of a Khadi clad ‘Neta’ moving around in expensive vehicles or leading morchas in the streets. However, Nityanand Gonda, the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the tribal heartland of Umerkote in Nabrangpur district is an abrasion. These […]

Nabarangpur: At a time when everyone is running after material pursuits, it may sound a bit strange that a young lady is performing austerity and meditation in quest of God in a deep forest of Podagada area under Umerkote block in Nabarangpur district. The woman identified as Nirabati from Dhamanaguda village is doing rigorous sadhna […]

Nabarangpur: In a broad daylight heist, two unidentified miscreants allegedly looted Rs 6.5 lakh from a businessman near LIC office in Nabarangpur district on Saturday. The victim has been identified as one Ramesh Parekh of Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur. According to reports, Parekh was talking over phone near the LIC office when two bike-borne miscreants snatched away […]

Nabarangpur: Delight knows no bounds for people of the tribal-dominated district after Odisha government announced to construct a high-level bridge on Indravati river in order to provide a much awaited connectivity between Nabarangpur and Rayagada. As per government declaration, plans are afoot to construct a 720 metre-long bridge on Indravati. The project is likely to […]