Tag: Nayagarh

Nayagarh: Two students were injured after a cracker inside a school bag exploded during their tuition class at Kachera Sahi in Khandapada of Nayagarh district today. The two students identified as Suryakant Jena and Ranjan Das of Pathria village were admitted to the Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Sources said, the cracker kept inside a […]

Bhubaneswar: Flagging concerns over the safety of elephants in Odisha, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the State government to initiate urgent measures to prevent illegal activities in the elephant corridors that are posing major threat to the wild animal. The green court also expressed anguish over non-submission of reports related to elephant corridors. […]

Nayagarh: In another heartbreaking incident mocking the healthcare facilities in the rural areas, a pregnant woman was carried on a cot for more than one kilometer through dilapidated roads to board an ambulance in Rathipur village of the district on Sunday. The woman, Durpaj Nayak’s wife, a resident of Rathipur Mathasahi village in Takara Panchayat […]

Nayagarh: An imposter has been nabbed for making fraudulent calls to Nayagarh Superintendent of Police (SP)  posing as IG Punjab police. The accused has been identified as Ashok Naik of Daspalla area. According to reports, Ashok had approached the Nayagarh SP over phone to get some work done for one of his friends. suspecting his […]

Nayagarh: In a saddening incident, a man and his son died after coming in contact with a live wire in Gambharidihi village under Itamati block of the district during wee hours today. The mishap occurred when the villager, identified as Anath Mohapatra, going towards his farmland came in contact with the live electric wire that […]

Nayagarh: Around 20 students were injured after a school bus carrying them overturned at Golagola in Nayagarh district on Wednesday. All the injured including ten critically were admitted to District Headquarters Hospital. The children who sustained minor injuries were discharged after first aid treatment. The incident took place when the bus driver lost control over […]

Nayagarh: Four car passengers including a woman and child sustained critical injuries after the vehicle in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside tree and caught fire. The four injured of Champeswar area of Cuttack were rescued by the fire services personnel. The victims were admitted to the district headquarters hospital for treatment. Following […]

Nayagarh: Tension erupted today in the Nayagarh town after family members of a boy, who died at the district headquarters hospital, blocked the National Highway alleging medical negligence and even manhandled a police official. The 12-year-old boy of Damasahi was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition after a snake bite this morning. After […]

Nayagarh: A mini truck was set on fire after a school student was killed in a road mishap at Gadabanikilo village in Nayagarh district here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Smruti Ranjan Behera (9). According to reports, Behera was killed after he was hit by a speeding stone-laden truck. Irate over the […]

Nayagarh: Three police personnel were injured in an attack by villagers of Gudupangi over construction of a road in their locality today. The work is in progress for the last few days. The police deployed at construction site of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana road connecting Balabhadrapur and Dhipamal faced the wrath of villagers at […]

Nayagarh: Rather than going to a correctional facility, Bulu Biswal of Bhutadihi village under Itamati Police limits of Nayagarh district has spent 14 years in jail. During a visit to the Ranpur sub-jail, the Juvenile Justice Board has found such a brazen blunder and is planning to move the Orissa High Court. Accourding to sources, […]

Nayagarh: In a sight that could shock many passersby, three students were seen kneeling near NH-57 of Pandusara village in the district today. The three students were in school uniform and reportedly belonged a private school in Pandasura area. The reason behind the punishment and the one who ordered it is yet to be confirmed. […]

Nayagarh: A woman in Nayagarh has waged a battle against her in-laws for allegedly not accepting her ‘dead child’. Protesting ill-treatment over an ongoing family feud, the woman identified as Lipi Sahu has sat on a dharna outside her in-laws house which is locked, at Barabati area under Nayagarh town police asking them to conduct […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu requesting for more trains via Nayagarh. The CM also reminded the Union Minister about pending railway projects and a daily Bhubaneswar-Khurda-Mumbai train named after legendary Odia warrior Buxi Jagabandhu. CM Naveen first thanked Railway Minister Prabhu for the new rail connectivity to Nayagarh […]

Nayagarh/Balasore: Three persons were killed and seven others critically injured in two separate road accidents in Nayagarh and Balasore districts today. Two persons were killed and three others sustained grievous  injuries when driver of a car, they were travelling in, lost control and rammed into a roadside tree on NH-17 near Nuagaon in Nayagarh district. […]