Tag: Nayagarh

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 […]

Nayagarh: In a case of suspected food poisoning, more than 20 people fell ill after having dinner at a wedding function at Deuligaon village in the district on Sunday.

Bhubaneswar/Nayagarh: Two youths from Odisha are reportedly stranded in Dubai without proper food, drinking water, shelter and valid work permit cards while eagerly trying to find a passage back home. The youths have been identified as Abhimanyu Patasani and Bapuni Pradhan of Badakutuni village of Nayagarh district. As per reports, an agent named Sushanta Mohanty […]

Nayagarh: A court in the State has sentenced 67 people to two years’ rigorous imprisonment each for trespassing into the house of a woman and damaging it 11 years ago. Pronouncing the judgement here yesterday, district and sessions judge, Nayagarh, T K Chinnra also slapped a fine of Rs 4,000 on each convict, failing to […]

Nayagarh: A minor boy was found hanging from a tree near Karadabani UP School in Nayagarh district today morning. Though initial reports claimed it as a suicide, his family members have alleged that he has been murdered. As per reports, the minor boy studying in Class IX was missing since last seven days and a […]

Nayagarh: The artists of Itamati area in Nayagarh district have leveled serious allegations of irregularities in the distribution of pension under Mukhya Mantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana (MMKSY) to the actual beneficiaries. Bhagirathi Sahoo, a known brass founder and Basant Kumar Sahoo, who makes costumes for opera artistes of Itamati area, have alleged that they are […]

Nayagarh: Five persons of two families received critical injuries after some miscreants attacked them on Sunday allegedly for not attending a padyatra of BJD at Sankhei village under Itamati police station in Nayagarh district two days back. All the injured have been admitted to the Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) where they are undergoing treatment. […]

Nayagarh's Spring Girl Priya has made it to the record books. The body flexibility of this three and half year old girl is simply remarkable. Priya hails from Mathurapur village under Rajasunakhela in Nayagarh District. At such a young age, she has been recognised by the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records.

Nayagarh: In a heart-wrenching incident, a woman allegedly killed her 5-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter by throwing them into a pond after feeding them poison at Laxmiprasad village under Khandapada police limits in Nayagarh district on Sunday. The woman, identified as Kalyani Khuntia, later attempted suicide by consuming poison and jumping into the same pond. […]

Nayagarh: Dengue continued to grip Nayagarh district as reportedly more than 10 people from different places of the district are being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease on a daily basis. Official reports claimed at least 128 people have been tested dengue positive in the area so far, of which, the highest number of cases (45) […]

Cuttack: At least 16 persons including two students were injured in two different road mishaps in Cuttack and Nayagarh on Saturday. Six persons including two students were injured after a passenger bus rammed into an engineering college bus near Kathajodi bridge in Cuttack today. The incident occurred at around 9 am when the ‘Jay Durga’ […]