Tag: Nayagarh

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.

Nayagarh: Four students of Aurobindo Sikhya Kendra were injured when a bus carrying 15 students of the school overturned near Ambarpur in Odagaon of the district today. The injured students were rushed to the Odagaon community health centre (CHC) by the locals for treatment. Sources said the mishap occurred as the bus driver lost control […]

Nayagarh: A six-member committee on Friday reviewed the Jagannath Bana Prakalpa (Jagannath forest project) in Nayagarh district. It may be mentioned that the project was launched by the state government in 2000 to supply timber for making chariots. The panel members visited various forest projects and worried over the non-availability of dhaura and asana saplings […]

Bhubaneswar: A four-months-old girl child became victim of a family quarrel at Godipalli under Odagaon police station in Nayagarh district yesterday. According to sources, the father of the girl, Shatrughan, had a fight with her wife, Mamali, after a quarrel. Vexed on it, the father of Shatrughan attacked Mamali with a wooden stick when it […]

Calicut/Bhubaneswar: A group of Odia labourers working in Kerala alleged that they were tortured and threatened by the locals without any reason. Even they accused the police of taking sides with the local people instead of coming to their rescue. The labourers from different areas of Nayagarh, Ganjam, Puri and Khurdha districts have been working […]

Bhubaneswar: The second phase panchayat polls, which is currently underway at 175 Zilla Parishad zones in 29 districts, also witnessed poll boycott in various places today. In Bhadrak district, villagers of Kumarkhani under Rambhila panchayat boycotted the polling alleging lack of basic amenities. Voters of two villages under Katikela panchayat in Jharsuguda district also did […]