Tag: Nuapada

New Delhi: The Centre will convene a joint meeting between Odisha and Chhattisgarh on July 29 to discuss the sharing of Mahanadi water, which has snowballed into a major row between the two neighbouring states after Chhattisgarh embarked on a host of projects in the upper catchments of Mahanadi. The announcement about the Centre-brokered meeting […]

Nuapada: Four days after a similar shocking incident in Sambalpur district, a woman in Keshrajpur village under Boden police limits in the district killed her three babies by drowning them in a well today. The police have detained the accused mother and are interrogating her. Police said Lochani Majhi, wife of Kalyan Singh Majhi, was […]

Fed up with a series of barbaric killings of innocent tribals by Maoists, the most recent ebing the murder of a tribal college student, a tribal body in Nuapada district on Saturday staged a road blockade in the district and warned the left wing ultras of retaliation if any such incident takes place in future

Nuapada: A farmer of Kerameli village under Kodameri panchayat ended life by hanging himself on Saturday allegedly due to crop failure and debt burden. The deceased has been identified as Sahadeb Majhi (45). Family members said Majhi was a sharecropper and had cultivated paddy in 2.5 acres this year for which he had borrowed a […]

Bhubaneswar: The sunstroke death toll in Odisha went upto 63 even as monsoon covered the entire state by third week of June. The collectors of different districts have so far confirmed deaths of 63 persons due to sunstroke in recent months, a communication from the special relief commissioner’s (SRC) office said today. “The collectors sent […]

Nuapada: In an unfortunate incident, three persons were killed and two others injured in a lightning strike at Kulekela village under Boden police limits of Nuapara district. The injured have been admitted to Boden hospital. The incident occurred in an orchard when some people went to collect fallen mangoes after a squall. Lightning struck when […]

Two Jawans including a Special Police Officer (SPO) and one District Voluntary Force (DVF) were killed in a fierce gun-battle between Maoists and security forces in Sunabeda sanctuary of Nuapada district on Friday night.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Director Bijay Panigrahi on Saturday attributed the rise of Covid-19 cases in Nuapada to the existing strain of the virus. The district registered 71 fresh cases of infections today. “The existing Covid strain is spreading rapidly. As Nayapada shares border with Chhattisgarh, the infection rate is higher there. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) of Odisha on Thursday announced dates for the Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman and vice-chairman elections in two left out places in the state. The ZP chairman polls will be conducted on April 26 in Malkangiri and Nuapada districts, a notification issued by the SEC said. Polls for the posts […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD today claimed that the Odisha state BJP president and two of its union ministers have been rejected by the people of their respective districts in the three-tier panchayat elections. “BJP state president Basant Panda, union ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan, have been rejected by the people of Nuapada, Sundergarh and […]

Police on Monday claimed to have busted an inter-state fake currency racket with the arrest of two persons and seized fake notes with face value of Rs 2.20 lakh in Nuapada district

Nuapada: Three youths were killed after their motorcycle fell off an under-construction bridge near Darlimunda village under Jonka police limits of Nuapada district late night yesterday. Two among the three deceased have been identified as Chain Singh Majhi and Punitram Majhi of nearby Khaliapani village. According to reports, the trio was returning home late night […]

Nuapada: At least 10 persons were injured after a wild bear attacked them at Karangmala village under Boden police station in Nuapada district on Sunday. According to reports, the bear strayed into the village yesterday morning and attacked the villagers. While eight injured were rushed to Kharial Hospital, two others were shifted to District Headquarters […]

Nuapada: Chaouban Majhi, a resident of Sanbahal village is now running from pillar to post after he lost all his savings to a ponzi company. Majhi, who was reportedly displaced by the Lower Indra project, had deposited the compensation money in Vista Management Services Limited. “I had deposited Rs 2 lakh in Vista after its […]

Nuapada: At a time when large scale deforestation is leading to ecological imbalance and global warming across the globe, a couple in Nuapada is working relentlessly towards restoring green cover. Lalmani Harijan and his wife Ghasen Harijan converted an unproductive barren patch of land into a forest. It is only due to their effort that […]