Tag: Nayagarh

Nayagarh: The first regular passenger train to Nayagarh Town on the Khurda Road-Bolangir railway line project was flagged off by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu through video conference today in presence of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhubaneswar MP Prasanna Patsani at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. While train on this […]

Nayagarh: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will flag off the first regular passenger train on the newly constructed track between Bolagarh Road and Nayagarh section of the Khurda Road-Bolangir railway line project on June 19, sources from Ministry of Railways said. Prabhu will also inaugurate the public halt at Bolagarh through video conference. “It is a […]

Nayagarh: The Saranakul Community Health Centre (CHC) of Nayagarh district witnessed protests following death of a patient due to alleged medical negligence. The deceased has been identified as Bansidhar Gahana of Sikharpur. However, the protestors were pacified only after police and district administration officials held discussion with the local villagers and family members. According to […]

Bhubaneswar: Speed trial of a train on the newly constructed track between Bolagarh Road and Nayagarh of the Khurda Road-Bolangir railway line project will be conducted by the Railways today to check if the section is fit for running passengers trains. Earlier on May 11, a trial run of an engine had been conducted on […]

Bhubaneswar: Several BJD and Congress leaders ditched their parties for the BJP today joining the saffron party in presence of Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Odisha BJP president Basant Panda and other senior party leaders here at the state headquarters. Well known Sukinda BJD leader Pradeep Bal Samant alias Tutu Bal, who had unsuccessfully contested […]

Nayagarh: The Nayagarh district and sessions judge court today acquitted eight suspected Maoists in connection with the 2008 Maoist attack and loot of weapons in the district. The court acquitted the suspected accused of being involved in the brazen attack due to lack of evidence against them. The acquitted include Kamalakant Sethy and Chandrabati Tukuruka […]

Nayagarh: Demanding closure of an aluminium factory at Nabaghanpur village under Town Police limits in Nayagarh district, locals today detained seven persons including the owner of the factory, following which tension is prevailing in the area. Alleging the aluminium factory is illegal the villagers have been demanding closure of the factory since many labourers have […]

Nayagarh: Tension ran high at Bahada Chhak in Nayagarh district today when some angry villagers thrashed a cop while protesting the death of a person in a road accident. According to sources, the villagers were staging a road blockade on the Khandapada-Bhapur road alleging death of one Prabin Das in a road mishap during police […]

Nayagarh: As a rampant practice, gullible people in Nayagarh are being persuaded by middlemen to feed milk to Indian Cobras for blessings of Lord Shiva. Such has been the extent of craze,  people don’t mind paying anything between Rs 200 and Rs 1000 to appease Lord Shiva through a snake. As news of such practice […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 80 houses of nearly 40 families were gutted in a fire that broke out on Tuesday in Badabandha village of Athamallick block in Angul district. Soon after receiving information, senior officials of district administration including BDO and Tehsildar rushed to the spot while it took almost an hour for the fire personnel to […]

Nayagarh: In a bizarre incident a woman died and her two sons are battling with life after consuming poison in Godisahi of Odagaon,  Nayagarh district. Suspected to be a fallout of family quarrel, the woman made her two sons consume the poison before she consumed it. While the woman, identified as Banabasi Sahu, died, the […]

Odagaon(Nayagarh): The body of a baby elephant was found in Chemedi forest under Odagaon forest division of Nayagarh district on Thursday. The carcass was later buried in the forest in presence of Nayagarh DFO, ACF and Odagaon ranger after a post mortem was conducted. The forest department officials said, the baby elephant, expected to be […]

Nayagarh: A ninth class girl was allegedly raped and the incident was filmed and was made viral by some youths in Nayagarh district. The youths had filmed the act for blackmailing the minor girl. The incident came to light after some villagers saw the viral video. They caught the main accused yesterday and handed him […]

Nayagarh: Allegations of verbal abuse to a bureaucrat came to forefront at Khandapada block in Nayagarh on Sunday with the local Block Development Officer (BDO) accusing an unknown caller of assaulting her over phone. As per sources, BDO, Sipra Sethi said that some unknown person had been calling abusive words and threatening her by phone. Anxious […]

Nayagarh: A 10-feet king cobra was recovered by the Snake Helpline from a tree in Gudupangi village in Nayagarh district today. With the help of the Forest department staff, the king cobra was sent back to the forest as per the latest reports.