Tag: Nayagarh

Nayagarh: A patient suffering from respiratory related ailments died due to the alleged medical negligence of doctors at Basant Manjari Health Centre in Chandapur under Ranpur block of Nayagarh district on Wednesday. As per reports, Bhimasen Swain, a resident of Shandhapur village in Khallikote area of Ganjam district was rushed to the health centre after […]

Nayagarh: It sounds like a plot of a Bollywood movie where the men-in-khaki net criminals using bait. This tried and tested method proved successful for Nayagarh SP who managed to nab a middleman who was operating in a clandestine manner outside the Regional Transport Officer’s (RTO) office. As per reports, SP Sashibhusan Satpathy roped in […]

Nayagarh: A recruitment racket which duped aspirants of money on the pretext of providing jobs abroad was busted in Nayagarh district of Odisha following the arrest of 3 persons today. As per reports, one Rabi Padhi had opened a recruitment consultancy called Swaradhan at Laxman Nagar in Nayagarh town. Padhi reportedly collected Rs 60,000 each […]

Nayagarh: In an ugly turn of events following a brawl during a community feast, a woman died after she was attacked by a youth at Bhatasahi under Odagaon Police limits in Nayagarh district late last night. The deceased Mani Singh’s husband Nirajan, who also sustained critical injuries in the attack, is now battling for his […]

Nayagarh: The myth of King Midas golden touch is well known. But in Odisha’s Nayagarh, a myth doing rounds is a Class VII boy has developed a touch of the other kind – whatever objects he touches they get smeared with human excreta. The situation has turned so worrying that the minor boy was abandoned […]

Nayagarh: Yet again, a Block Development Officer (BDO) has courted controversy, this time allegedly by beating a man with a stick after the latter reportedly requested to clear his pending bills. The latest government official in question is Nayagarh’s Nuagaon BDO Pramod Dalbehera. As per the allegations, one Jitendra Pradhan had engaged his private vehicle […]

Nayagarh: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch busted an animal skin smuggling racket and arrested two persons from Gania area in Nayagarh district on Monday. The arrested persons have been identified as Pratap Kumar Nayak of Sakin village and Kishore Chandra Dehury of Dedhasura village under Daspalla block in the district. The […]

Nayagarh: An ancient temple, believed to be around 500-year-old in Nayagarh district, which had been submerged in the waters of Mahanadi River has emerged again. A survey team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has located the temple in Mahanadi waters near Padmabati village under Bhapur block of Nayagarh. Archaeologists believe […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch claimed breakthrough in leopard skin smuggling racket by arresting the mastermind from Ranpur area of Nayagarh district. Two leopard hides and bones (30 pieces) have been recovered from the possession of the accused identified as Laxmidhar Nayak. STF officials informed that Nayak was arrested when he […]

Bhubaneswar: An expert team comprising members of IIT Bhubaneswar and two archaeologists from Rohilakhand University, Uttar Pradesh today visited Nayagarh district where an ancient temple, which had been submerged in the waters of Mahanadi River, resurfaced again recently. Archaeologist Arup Ranjan Mishra informed that a detailed documentation and research will be conducted on several aspects […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pardhan has sought the intervention of the Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel in directing the Archaeological Survey of India for restoring and relocating the 500-year-old Lord Gopinath Temple that re-emerged in the middle of Mahanadi River near Baideswar in Padmavati village in Nayagarh district recently. In a letter to […]

Bhubaneswar: With the relentless surge in cases of Covid-19, the Ganjam district on Wednesday sealed the border of the district adjoining Khurda and Nayagarh to limit the movement of people to and from the region. Taking to Twitter, Ganjam district authorities informed that no person will be allowed to go to Bhubaneswar as the border […]

Nayagarh: Deep in the woods of Sankhajodi forest reserve under Ranpur Division in Nayagarh, remains of a temple which is a reminiscent of Shaiva tradition with rich history and architecture of ancient Odisha has now come to limelight. No one knows much about its history of inception, but folklore says ‘Gangeswar’ temple dedicated to Lord […]

Nayagarh: As many as 15 families of Ragadimada village in Odagaon block of Nayagarh district have been forced to take shelter in a bus stop since last Friday after a local kangaroo court allegedly banished them from the village. Reportedly, the village court ordered the families to leave their homes and settle elsewhere over some […]

Nayagarh: Odisha Police has come under harsh criticism as all the efforts to nab the accused behind the alleged kidnapping and brutal murder of a minor girl in Jadupur village of Nayagarh district have not yet yielded results even after 14 days of the incident. As per reports, frantic search and raids by police in […]