Tag: Nabarangpur

Nabarangpur: A complaint has been filed with police against three persons including the contractor, Junior Engineer and Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) in connection with the collapse of an under-construction bridge over Negi River near Talapadar in the district that claimed one life and left four others injured. The Executive Engineer, Santosh Saamal has lodged the FIR […]

Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur Police on Sunday arrested Assistant Engineer Asit Patra in connection with the collapse of the under-construction bridge near Talapadar village under Umerkote block in the district in the evening of January 10. With this, the number of arrests in the case rose to two. Reports said, Patra, who was absconding since the […]

Umerkote: Unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked a trader with swords and looted Rs 4 lakh from him in a broad daylight in Nabarangpur district on Monday. The incident occurred near Chakalapadar village under Jharigaon police limits in the district. The trader, Rajendra Yadav, suffered injuries in the attack and was admitted to a hospital. According to […]

Nabarangpur/Kandhamal: Two government officials from Odisha have landed in Vigilance net on graft charges in two separate developments in the State in the last two days. Vigilance officials on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at the houses and office of Himanchal Bagh, Gram Rozgar Sevak of Singhsari GP under Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district for allegedly […]

Nabarangpur: Back-to-back incidents of loot at two separate places on Thursday night have thrown an open challenge to police in Nabarangpur. As per reports, four miscreants attacked a businessman with a knife and looted gold and silver ornaments worth over a whopping Rs 11 lakh from him near Bharsundi village under Raighar Police limits in […]

Nabarangpur: An FIR was lodged against two ruling BJD leaders today in connection with a confrontation during inauguration of a farmer information centre in Nabarangpur district on Tuesday. BJP leader Gourishankar Majhi lodged the complaint against the State Planning Board deputy chairman Sanjay Das Burma and Jajpur MLA Pranab Prakash Das at the Nabarangpur police […]

Nabarangpur: Two days after the death of an undertrial prisoner in Puri, an inmate of Nabarangpur sub-jail died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ramadhara Bhotra of Dasapaiguda village under Kodinga police station. According to sources, Bhotra fell ill on Monday evening following and was admitted to […]

Nabarangpur: A six-month-old infant suffering from pneumonia died after he was administered an injection which was prescribed by the doctor allegedly using ‘Google search’ at Dabugam Health Centre in the district on Thursday. Prasant Bisoyee of Badaolama village under Dabugam block in the district took his critically ill son to the Dabugaan health centre after […]

Nabarangpur: Three days after the night curfew in the district that was imposed by the Nabarangpur district administration on March 25, 2021, the restrictions have been lifted on Sunday, March 28, 2021. As per reports, the decision to lift the night curfew was taken after the daily reported cases of COVID 19 reduced these days. […]

Nabarangpur: The tall claims of Odisha government of providing quality healthcare seem to be falling flat as non-motorable roads continue to pose a hindrance to the ambulance services in rural belts of the State. In absence of a pucca road, as many as three patients of Patakhalia area under Chandahandi block of Nabarangpur district reportedly […]

Kalyansinghpur: The tall claim of Odisha government providing quality healthcare services have fallen flat once again after a pregnant woman was carried in a sling for around four kilometres to reach ambulance in absence of non-motorable road. The incident took place at Godibali, a tribal dominated village under Kashipur block here in Rayagada district on […]

Nabarangpur: In a broad-day light heist, miscreants looted lakhs of rupees from a businessman in Umerkote area in Nabarangpur district. The incident took place at 12 noon on Monday. The loot scene has been recorded on a CCTV camera. Police sources said Sanjay Kumar Tripathy, a shopkeeper at Gulipatana had come to Umerkote to buy […]

Nabarangpur: Vigilance officials on Thursday detained Sarat Kumar Majhi, In-charge Executive Engineer of Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Nabarangpur and two other Executive Engineers of the department named Baikuntanath Behera and Pramod Kumar Pradhan on charges of carrying unaccounted cash in their official vehicle. Acting on a complaint, sleuths of the anti-corruption agency intercepted a […]

Nabarangpur: A septuagenarian woman from the town willed her three-storey ancestral house, worth over Rs 1 crore, to Lord Jagannath five days prior to her death in an extraordinary gesture of devotion for the Lord of the Universe. Baijayantimala Sahu breathed her last on December 2 after battling cancer for a protracted period. She is […]