Tag: Nayagarh

Nayagarh: In a tragic incident, two women were killed and four women sustained critical injuries after a speeding car ran over them near Gania Tehsil office here on Friday afternoon. While the deceased have been identified as Upasi Behera and her sister-in-law bearing the same name, the injured persons have been identified as Patara Behera, […]

Nayagarh: A woman died and over 10 others were injured when a picnic bus carrying them collided with a truck near Maichheli village under Nuagaon police limits in the district during the wee hours today. The deceased was identified as Tuni Pradhan. Two critically-injured were shifted to Bhubaneswar. Sources said students, parents and teachers of […]

Nimapada/ Nayagarh: The BJP and Congress activists today protested CM Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Nimapada and Nayagarh for inauguration of a number of welfare projects. Some activists of the saffron party were detained by police while showing blag flag to the chief minister at a public rally at PTS ground in Nayagarh. BJP women wing […]

Nayagarh: The inventor of Odisha’s very own beloved sweet, ‘Chhena Poda’ (a sweet smoked cottage cheese pancake) Sudarshan Sahu passed away at the age of 86 today. Sudarshan breathed his last at his residence in Kacheri Bazaar. According to sources, Sudarsan was suffering from old age related ailments for the past two years. He is […]

Nayagarh: Some unidentified miscreants torched three vehicles parked on premises of district Excise office late on Tuesday night. According sources, the assailants set a bolero, a jeep and a bike on fire which were parked at the Excise office. Being informed about the incident, fire official rushed to spot and douse the flame, sources added. […]

Nayagarh: Two villagers of Balarampur were arrested and forwarded to a court by the Itamati police today for forcing a teacher of Baunsiapada to pass between the legs of one of the accused as a humiliation at a kangaroo court on October 16. Police sources said a manhunt has been launched to nab the other […]

Nayagarh: Tension ran high on premises of district headquarters hospital here on Saturday night after a patient undergoing treatment at the hospital died due to alleged medical negligence. The deceased has been identified as Jayanti Nayak of Khalamada of Dasapalla area. According to sources, Nayak, who was suffering from sickle cell disease, died at the […]

Nayagarh: In a tragic incident, a youth was electrocuted while plucking flower at Khandapada block colony here on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Khirod Acharya. According to sources, someone has allegedly connected the plant with live wire to restrict flower theft. Khirod came in contact with the plant while plucking flowers from […]

Nayagarh: The number of deaths in the Nayagarh crackers factory blast reached six today as four more persons succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia, each, to the families of the deceased […]

Nayagarh: The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police on Friday arrested four persons involved in the murder of four members of a family at Chandpur in Nayagarh district two years ago. The four arrested were hardcore dacoits of Ganjam and Jajpur districts. Notably, one Kasinath Patra, his daughter-in-law and two grand children of Shastri Nagar […]

Odagaon (Nayagarh): The 12-hour bandh called today by the Odagaon Bikash Parishad demanding NAC status for Odagaon has evoked good response from the public in the town. Normal life was thrown out of gear as vehicular movement at Odagaon came to a standstill while all shops and other business establishments remained closed during the bandh. […]

Nayagarh: As many as 12 persons were injured when a bus veered off road and fell into the Mahanadi river near Dankarisahi under Gania block of Nayagarh district this morning. All the injured were admitted to the Gania hospital following the accident. Out of the injured, five were later shifted to the Nayagarh district headquarters […]

Rajasunakhala/Bolagarh: The Railways completed another phase of the 289-km-long Khurda-Bolangir railway line project, extending it to Bolagarh in Khurda district with a trial run from Rajasunakhala station this afternoon. Railway authorities put a diesel locomotive on a trial run at about 3.30 PM, which successfully arrived at Bolagarh railway station covering a distance of about […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 30 people died and 36 more seriously injured in lightning in several places across Odisha today. Of the 30 killed, eight are from Bhadrak, seven from Balasore district, six from Khurda district, three from Jajpur, two from Nayagarh and one each from Kendrapara, Sambalpur, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts. Reports from Balasore district […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government today placed senior police officer Binod Das under suspension on graft charges. He was arrested in a bribery case on July 3. Das, the principal of Police Training School (PTS) in Nayagarh, was caught red-handed by vigilance sleuths while accepting Rs 75,000 from the in-charge ASI of the school. Nayagarh vigilance […]