Tag: Nuapada

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 […]

We have set our bar really low. It is a measure of our extremely low expectation from officialdom that something that should have been par for the course is being hailed as an extraordinary act. This column by no means wants to berate Nuapada Collector Dr. Poma Tudu, who trekked 4 kms to reach Samadpadar […]

By Sandeep Sahu It has been just two days since the Supreme Court imposed a ban on liquor shops within 500 meters of national highways and we have already got a taste of the kind of problems the decision may lead to. There certainly is a lesson for the government in what happened in Nuapada […]

Bhubaneswar: With only a week left for the online registration of farmers for Kharif crops for the ensuing KMS 2018-19, the Co-operation department has raised concerns over the slow pace of registration process as only 65 per cent farmers in Odisha have registered so far. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies has reportedly shot a letter […]

Nuapada: The Khariar Police on Saturday arrested four persons from Arada area in Nuapada district and seized nearly 480 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup from their possession. Acting on a tip-off on the illegal transportation, a team of police personnel intercepted the accused while they were returning after unloading the drugs consignment from a bus. […]

Nuapada: The Special Operations Group (SOG) Jawans have busted a Maoist camp set up inside a forest near Katphar village under Boden police limits in the bordering areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, informed Nuapada SP Smith P Parmar on Wednesday. During the combing operation, the SOG jawans seized five tiffin bombs along with explosives, arms […]