Tag: Nuapada

Nuapada: Palpable tension prevailed in Khasbahal panchayat under Khariar block of the district after farmers along with the locals staged a 12-hour road blockade today over various demands including drought-hit status to their panchayat. According to sources, road communication between Khariar and Bhawanipatna was severely disrupted due to the protest staged near Dohelpada village, which […]

Nuapada: Two persons were critically injured in a bear attack in Komna block of Nuapada. The injured have been identified as Jadu Biswal and Binash Kumar Niyal. According to sources, both Jadu and Binash had gone to the forest to attend nature’s call when they were attacked by a bear. Initially, the injured were admitted […]

Nuapada: At least six persons were injured in a mishap during a ‘Maut Ka Kuan (the well of death)’ stunt show at Sinapali of Nuapada district today. The incident occurred at around 8: 30 PM when a portion of the elevated platform created for viewers collapsed. As a result, 6 spectators who were watching the […]

Women in the Khudapeja village of Nuapada district are using tiny golden grains of paddy to craft a better future for themselves. At least 30 women from this little known hamlet are weaving magic using un-skinned rice grains to create impressive products and earn themselves a decent income.

Nuapada: The future of at least 350 students has been pushed into darkness as water in the Lower Indra Irrigation Project will now submerge at least five schools in four villages of Nuapada district. According to sources, 353 students of four project schools and an upper primary school at Konabira, Raghupalli, Sanabahali and Bodapadar have […]

Sundergarh/Nuapada: At least five people were killed in two separate road mishaps in Odisha on late Friday night. According to reports, three persons died after a truck rammed into a roadside juice shop in Kutra Bazaar area of Sundergarh district late Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Brijesh Souria, Jiledar Sonakar and Udar […]

Nuapada: Two suspected Maoists cadres were reportedly injured in an exchange of fire between security personnel and red rebels near Kholibhitar inside Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district on Tuesday. The injured rebels identified as Chatur Chinda and Bidya Chinda of Kholibhitar area in the district, have been admitted to the Raipur Hospital at Chattisgarh. […]

Nuapada: Protesting unscheduled power cuts and poor mobile network, youths of Sinapali in Nuapada district today called for an indefinite bandh throwing normal life out of gear. Vehicular movement in the town was disrupted after angry activists staged a road blockade at the Sinapali Square. The Sinapali town has remained cut off from Khadial, Boden, […]

Bhubaneswar: With older projects such as the Lower Suktel in Bolangir and Lower Indra in Nuapada remaining unfinished, fate of the seven new projects on the Mahanadi river basin have raised apprehensions. While cost of these projects have crossed Rs 72,000 crore, land acquisition and rehabilitation of displaced have become thaws in completion of the […]

Bhubaneswar: A Class-8 student sustained critical injuries after a mobile phone exploded while he was charging the electronic gadget in his house at Kalimeta village under Komana police limits of Nuapada district on Monday. According to reports, the victim student Krutibas Majhi has sustained nearly 80 percent burns to one of his eyes and is […]

Nuapada: Residents of Sargimunda and Runibasa village in the district are in panic after a herd of elephants are on move in hamlets close to the Khariar forest division. We spotted seven elephants comprising four tuskers and three elephant calves, informed a few locals. Forest officials who rushed to the spot after the information said […]

  Nuapada: A 12-hour bandh was observed today in Nuapada’s Boden block demanding 4G services in the area. According to sources, the cellular company that provides services in the Left Wing Extremism-affected district doesn’t have 4G services. Hence, the locals staged a protest today demanding such services at the earliest. Sources informed that normal life […]

Nuapada: A class X student, Baibhav Saraf was brutally murdered on March 30 after he failed to repay Rs 7,000 which he had borrowed from two persons, Nuapada police revealed today. According to sources, two persons including a juvenile have been accused of executing the gruesome murder. One of the accused has been identified as […]

Nuapada: More than a hundred Maoist posters demanding immediate release of three red rebels from jail were found in Nilaji and Karlakhamar villages under Sinapli police limits in Nuapada district today. The posters claimed to have been put up by the Menpur-Nuapada Divisional Committee of CPI (Maoist) have sought release of Sumitra Dharua, Makran Paharia […]

Nuapada: Odisha police on Friday busted a major fake currency racket by arresting five persons from Nuapada and Kalahandi districts. 112 fake notes of Rs 100 denomination have been seized from the gang. The racket was busted by Nuapada police after it nabbed two persons and seized nearly 45 fake notes of Rs 100 denomination […]