Tag: Nuapada

Bengaluru: A total of 31 migrant labourers along with their children of Nuapada district were rescued by the Bengaluru police from a brick kiln in Yelahanka area in the city on Saturday. The migrant labourers, who were kept hostage at the brick kiln in Yelahanka, alleged there were being tortured while daily meals were not provided […]

Nuapada: A four-year-old boy was allegedly mauled to death by a leopard in a forest near Haladi village of Nuapada. The animal had earlier dragged the boy while he was sleeping beside mother late last night, sources said. According to reports, the family members of Hiralal Pandey were sleeping in the verandah due to excess […]

Nuapada: Vehicular movement on Sinapali-Dharmagada route was disrupted today after locals blocked the road at Chalana by keeping a villager’s dead body protesting police inaction on a complaint filed over an attack on the villager a week back. The deceased, identified as Ujala Jal of Chalana village, was injured critically after he was beaten up […]

Bhubaneswar: At least 6 persons were reported to have lost their lives in thunderstorms and lightning at various places across Odisha today. In Rayagada district, three persons were killed in separate incidents at Kalyansinghpur and Ramnaguda block. Heavy rain with thunderstorm struck Shanti Nagar village under Pujariguda panchayat in Kalyansinghpur at around 1.30 pm. A […]

Nuapada: Vigilance sleuths today raided establishments of Dhanoram Sahu, panchayat executive officer of Uruamunda gram panchayat in Nuapada district, on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. A team of Nuapara, Bhawanipatna and Rayagada anti-corruption units raided Sahu’s residence at Nuapada and Mahora village. As per reports, the team is at present checking details of bank accounts in […]

Nuapada: Grudging over growing alcoholism among local youths and other anti-social activities, an irate mob ransacked and later set fire to two liquor units at Gadtor and Sakhator villages in Nuapada on Sunday. According to reports, the agitators attacked a licensed Indian Made Foreign Liqour Shop at Gadtor under ward number 2 of Nuapada NAC. […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the Zilla Parishad chairperson elections today, BJD was able to grab the position in Sundargarh and Nabarangpur district. Including it the party has formed Zilla Parishads in 18 districts while the BJP has formed it in eight districts. On the other hand hopeful of securing the chairperson post in Rayagada, Congress will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid fresh allegations and counter allegations of forgery in counting and discrepancy in the declaration of the three-tier panchayat poll results, the BJP today has alleged that the ruling BJD has snatched away 34 Zilla Parishad zones from the former. Demanding suspension of an Election Officer, alleging him of felicitating the victory of a […]

Nuapada/Bhubaneswar: Vigilance on Thursday raided house and office of Khariar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sarat Chandra Panda on charges of accumulating  assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The sleuths are conducting raids at the DFO’s residence in Bhubaneswar and office at Khariar in Nuapada district. As bank deposits of Rs 4 crore in […]

Bhubaneswar: Income Tax (IT) officials continued their raid at the house and office of Khariar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sarat Chandra Panda on the second day today. Panda is booked under charges of tax evasion. The house of Panda at Gouri Nagar in Bhubaneswar and another house at Anantapur under Soro block in Balasore district […]

Bhubaneswar: The outcome of the first phase Panchayat polls in Odisha the unofficial results of which was declared yesterday, has become more disconcerting for the ruling BJD as the BJP, its erstwhile ally, has made inroads into its bastion. As per the unofficial results, out of the four Zilla Parishad seats in Narasinghpur block in […]

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada/Chitrakonda: Voting for first phase of the five phases three-tier panchayat polls ended today in Odisha amid cases of poll violence reported at different parts of the State. In Jagdalpur panchayat of Patakura, some miscreants looted ballot box from the booth no 14 and threw it into a river nearby. In Reng village under Bureshwar […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) has made adequate security arrangements in 29 districts including the Maoist prone districts where the first phase Panchayat polls will begin tomorrow. Informing the media here this afternoon, SEC secretary Rabindranath Sahu said “Out of the 189 Zilla Parishad Zones in the Odisha Gram Panchayat elections, election for Zilla […]

Berhampur/Balasore/Malkangiri/Cuttack/Nuapada: At least three persons, including a woman, were killed and 97 others injured, 11 of them critically, in five separate road accidents in five districts of Odisha today. In the first incident, a 50-year-old woman was killed and 58 injured, eight of them seriously, when a bus dashed against a roadside tree at Baunsakata […]

Jajpur: In a major breakthrough, police arrested four persons and seized fake denominations worth Rs 27.46 lakh from their possession. Talking to media persons here today, IG, Central Range, Soumendra Priyadarshi said acting on a reliable information at about 4.30 PM on Friday a team of Kaliapani Police led by IIC Yubaraj Swain raided Kingola […]