Tag: Nayagarh

Nayagarh: Employees had a narrow escape after an unidentified miscreant hurled a petrol bomb at a filling station in Singapada area under the Khandapada police limits of the district on Friday morning. According to reports, the miscreant had visited the filling station on Thursday night to buy petrol. However, he got into a heated exchange […]

Nayagarh: The case pertaining to the alleged abduction, rape and murder of a five-year-old girl from Nayagarh took a curious turn on Friday when a RTI disclosure raised some serious questions over the State government’s claims that it has sought the appointment of a sitting High Court judge to monitor the SIT probe. The disclosure […]

Bhubaneswar: The students of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya at Notar in Nayagarh district have once again grabbed the headlines for a valid cause. The school students, who have garnered many accolades in the past by creating awareness videos on various social issues, this time have set internet on fire with their latest creation on traffic awareness. […]

Nayagarh: In a shocking incident, a woman teacher sustained grievous injuries after a youth allegedly stabbed her with a knife before attempting to kill self by slitting his throat at Godipada under Sarankul police limits in the district on Saturday. Both the victim and the alleged attacker have been admitted to district headquarters hospital in Nayagarh […]

Paradip: At least two persons including an eight-year-old boy were killed while four others reportedly sustained critical injuries in separate road mishaps in Odisha on Wednesday morning. As per reports, an eight-year-old boy was killed and three of the family members sustained critical injuries after a Bolero they were travelling in collided with a trailer […]

Nayagarh: Science and prudence took a back seat at Singarpur village under Sarankul Police limits in Nayagarh district where villagers resorted to superstition to revive a dead man even after…

Nayagarh: Police personnel busted a major sex racket by visiting a house in the guise of customers in Nayagarh district. As per reports, a team of police raided the house located at Akharia village soon after striking a deal with the owner who was allegedly operating the prostitution racket. The raid was conducted following allegations […]

Nayagarh: Three persons were killed and two other sustained critical injuries after two motorcycles collided with each other near the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) office in Sarankula area of Nayagarh district late on Thursday night. The three deceased have been identified as Krushna Chandra Nayak and Muna Nayak of Jagannathpur area while Shyam Sundar Sethi […]

Nayagarh: Several studies and reports have found that local communities play a big role in conservation, sometimes bigger than the government agencies. A great reminder of this is the Chipko Movement, where women resisted deforestation in Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand). Or, how a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh has prevented the critically-endangered Bugun Liocichla songbird from […]

Nayagarh: BJP leader Irani Ray on Monday alleged that she was attacked by some of the BJD workers while she had visited a temple at Bhata Sahi to attend a religious programme there on Sunday evening. Her car driver and one of her associates were also attacked by the BJD members, she alleged. Ray said […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the Sarpanch at Laxmiprasad village in Nayagarh district, Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, to seek protection from Superintendent of Police (SP) within 15 days time. The direction of the court came in response to a petition filed by Pradhan seeking protection after an audio tape containing his purported conversation […]

Nayagarh: At a time when the mysterious kidnapping and murder of five-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh has created shockwaves in Odisha, another girl from the district has reportedly gone missing. As per reports, the three-year-old girl was last seen playing near her house at Dadhipatna village under Ranpur block in the district on Friday afternoon. […]

Jajpur: A team of Congress delegation led by president of women wing of the party, Bandita Parida on Saturday came down heavily on the police for their lackadaisical approach in handling the case of two-year-old girl ‘Pihu’ who had gone missing four months  ago while playing in her village Madhusudanpur  under Binjharpur police station in […]

Nayagarh: Police have intensified its probe to trace three-year-old girl Swati, who has gone missing since the last three days from Badhipatana village under Sarankul block of Nayagarh district. A complaint in this regard was lodged by Swati’s father Sanjay Kumar Sahoo at Rajsunakhala Police Outpost on December 11. Investigating the case, Sarankul SDPO along […]

Cuttack: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday submitted an affidavit  before the Orissa High Court over the progress of the investigation in the dastardly murder of five-year-old- Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’. The SIT submitted the status report to the Court in a sealed envelope. The Advocate General informed the court […]