Tag: Nuapada

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: In the back drop of Sushant Nayak’s murder at Bankual village and forged withdrawal of nomination in Penthapala panchayat of Pattamundai in Kendrapara district, the State BJP today accused the ruling BJD of backing all such incidents triggering law and order situation in State. “Now, violence has become the main weapon of BJD to […]

Nuapada: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will visit Nuapada district on Wednesday. During his visit to Nuapada, the chief minister will lay foundation stones of many developmental projects and distribute various things to beneficiaries. According to sources, Naveen will attend various programmes at Khadial and two other places in the district. Also read: CM inaugurates slew […]

Nuapada: In a tragic incident, a middle-aged farmer of Bhuliasikuan village under Khadiala block in the district allegedly ended his life by consuming pesticides due to crop loss on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Santosh Meher (43). According to sources, Meher had grown rice in 12 acres of land. But, he suffered heavy […]

Nuapada: In a tragic incident, at least three Bol Bam devotees (Kaudias) were killed and two others sustained serious injuries when a Tata Magic dashed them near Chaulabaji under Khaprakhol block in Nuapada district late on Sunday night. The deceased persons were from Ghaghara village under Belpada block in the district. The incident took place […]