Tag: Nayagarh

A youth was arrested by the district police on Tuesday for allegedly making calls to Dasapalla legislator Purna Nayak and asking him for Rs 25 lakh identifying himself as a Maoist

Nayagarh: Eleven days after the brutal murder of a college girl, police today arrested the prime accused and his associate.

Nayagarh: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested senior clerk of Odagaon block office Bijay Kumar Giri while he was taking a bribe of Rs 500. According to sources, one Kashinath Prdhan had done a construction work worth Rs 1 lakh under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD). Giri had asked Pradhan to give […]

Barely 24 hours after fire brigades, Forest staffs and local volunteers managed to bring the fire at Rukhi hill forest near Nayagarh town under control on Friday night, fire again broke out on two sides of the forest shortly before noon on Saturday

Fire brigade personnel doused the fire in the Rukhi hill forest near Nayagarh town late on Friday night

Nayagarh: A man was killed and four others sustained critical injuries after a bomb went off accidentally near a medicine store in Daspalla in Nayagarh district today. Kanhucharan Nayak was carrying the explosive in his bag, which accidentally exploded at Durga Bazar area killing him on the spot and injuring four others critically, police said. […]

Nayagarh: Nayagarh police on Sunday arrested seven persons posing as Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.

Odagan Police on Tuesday arrested two persons for fraudulently withdrawing cash from the account of a college teacher from an ATM counter

Nayagarh: A 14-feet-long King Cobra was rescued from a well at Pathara village in Odagaon in the district by a team of forest officials and People for Animal (PFA) on Thursday morning. According to sources, some villagers found the longest venomous reptile in an abandoned well near a piece of agricultural land and informed forest […]

Nayagarh: In a bizarre case, a newly-married man was detained by the police for ditching his wife by branding her as a Kinnar (transgender) after medical tests proved otherwise. The incident reported from Dimirijhari area in Nayagarh district has predictably led to a lot of chatter among the locals. The man identified as Anant Nayak […]

Police is on the lookout for an auto-rickshaw driver, who looted cash and ornaments from a woman and her daughter of Mahulia village after offering them spiked drinks on Saturday

Nayagarh: Police on Thursday managed to arrest an accused hours after his escape from their custody. Reports said police had arrested Surath Behera of Jharadapali village under Bolagarh police station limits in Khurda district in connection with a bike accident at Khandapada on Wednesday. As the accused was injured in the accident, police had admitted […]

Nayagarh: In a bizarre incident, a youth slashed his tongue inside the Lord Ladu Baba Shiva temple at Sarankul in Odisha’s Nayagarh district on Monday morning. Briefing the media about the incident, IIC of Sarankul police station Manoj Satpathy said a police team rushed to the temple and found the youth lying in a pool […]

Nayagarh: Tension ran high at Godipada area here after irate locals on Saturday ransacked a police van and hurled stones at the Godipada police outpost demanding arrest of the murderer of Ranka Nidhi Mohapatra whose body was found under a bridge on February 16. Police used tear gas and fire rubber bullets to disperse the […]

Nayagarh: Twist in murder of Nakula Bantha at Khairapati as wife and Kendudhipi Samiti Sabhya Puspanjali Bantha on Sunday alleged that husband of local sarpanch Shailajanandini Naik is involved in the crime. Puspanjali lodged a police complaint saying six persons of Khairapati village murdered her husband as per the directive of Basant Naik, husband of […]