Tag: Nilagiri

Balasore: A Rogue monkey, who have so far attacked 13 people, including two children in Nilagiri area of Balasore district leaving the locals panicked, has finally been caught by a special team from Similipal. Earlier, forest officials along with locals of Mankadia tribal community laid traps and adopted other techniques to capture the animal. However, […]

Balasore: Superstition continues its grip on the State as a minor girl was beaten in the middle of the road with a stick by a sorcerer in presence of her family members and locals in Jaipur village under Nilagiri police limits here on Thursday. According to reports, the health condition of the girl continued to […]

Balasore: A man was critically injured after being attacked with an axe at Radhaballabhpur village in Nilagiri of Balasore district today. As per reports, Barada Prasanna Barik and neighbour Manath Barik had previous enmity in connection with a land dispute. Earlier today, Manath had hurled abuses on Barada while the latter was returning from his […]

Nilagiri: Vehicular traffic was disrupted and shops shut due to a dawn-to-dusk Nilagiri bandh called by the Nilagiri Surakhya Manch over fulfilment of a 14-point-charter of demands on Thursday. Members of the manch blocked roads by burning tyres near the Bypass Chhak and thereby vehicular movement was affected. Among others, the manch demanded transfer of […]

Nilagiri: After the State government directed the Balasore district Collector to probe into the incident of a man carrying the dead body of his son on a trolley due to unavailability of a Mahaprayan vehicle, the ADM and Sub-Collector reached the district headquarters hospital to probe into failure of Mahaprayan. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health and […]

Nilagiri: In yet another shameful incident, a father had to carry dead body of his minor son on a trolley from Nilagiri hospital in Balasore district today after he was unable to get a vehicle under the Mahaprayan scheme. According to sources, six-year-old Krishna, the son of Tunaram Singh, had been rushed to the hospital […]

Balasore: A youth lost his life to an explosion at Baripal village under Nilagiri police limits in Balasore district on Sunday, that had occurred around 2 pm near the village. The deceased youth was identified as Pratap Singh. He had already breathed his last when villagers found him covered with blood beside a pond and […]

Nilagiri: A major mishap was averted today when locals halted the Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express midway after noticing a crack on the railway track near Nilagiri Road station in Balasore district on which the train was running towards Bhubaneswar. The halted Bangiriposi-Bhubaneswar Express left towards its destination after the railway track repair was undertaken. All the passengers […]

Balasore: Tension erupted in Santaragadia in Nilagiri area of Balasore district following the death of boy after being hit by a truck this morning. Following the incident, irate locals stated a road blockade demanding compensation for the kin of the deceased. They also set the truck on fire and vandalised a nearby liquor shop. “The […]

Nilagiri: Prince of erstwhile Nilgiri princely state Janmejay Harichandan will tie the knot with the granddaughter of Kothi princely state king Raja Bahadur Govind Pratap Singh on January 22. The ‘Tilak Utsav’ or engagement ceremony was held in a traditional way on December 9 at the Nilgiri royal palace in presence of the Kothi prince, […]

Nilagiri: The Balasore district administration has asked fire officials to examine an area in Baunsabania village under Nilagiri police limits in the district after the people of the village found smoke billowing out of the earth last evening. Talking to media persons, Bikash Kumar Sahu, a resident of Baunsabania village, said some people of the […]

Nilagiri: Tension erupted in Nilagiri in Balasore district over comments passed to a Class-IX girl student of Ayodhya Marichi Bidyaniketan school. A local hotel owner and his nephew allegedly passed some comments on the girl after dashing her with their motorcycle. When asked about the incident, the accused abused the parents of the girl and […]

Balasore: Nilagiri police on Monday rescued an unidentified girl child, who was kidnapped from Allahabad station, from a mutt near Panchalingeswar temple in Nilagiri area here. According to sources, the child was abducted by two god men for human sacrifice. On being informed about the incident, the police detained the two god men with the […]

Bhubaneswar: Tiger census began across Odisha on Friday. According to sources, along with Kuldiha Sanctuary, census is being conducted at 27 units of Nilagiri and Soro forest ranges. In Nilagiri, census is being done across 5,904 hectares of reserve forests. In Nilagiri’s eight units, three foresters and eight forest guards have been assigned for the […]

Mayurbhanj: A week after a herd of elephants went on a rampage in Nilagiri in Balasore, more than hundred pachyderms have reportedly damaged property and standing crops in acres of land after entering the Rasagobindpur Forest range of Mayurbhanj district. More concerning, the district administration believes the hundred jumbos that strayed into the region from […]