Tag: Patnagarh

OTV impact: Helps pour in for Bolangir’s Septuagenarian woman living in termite mound-like hut
OTV impact: Helps pour in for Bolangir’s Septuagenarian woman living in termite mound-like hut

The local legislator and the administration, who had been in deep slumber till OTV carried a news showing the plight of Dukhadei, have now extended their helping hands to make the rest of her life comfortable. 

  • Sunday, 12 June 2022
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Village Erupts In Joy & Celebration After Getting Its First CRPF Jawans

This unassuming village of Jhulenbar under Patnagarh at Odisha’s Bolangir is basking in joy and celebrations.

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  • Wednesday, 01 December 2021
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Wedding gift blast case: Crime Branch submits 76-page final chargesheet

Bolangir: After investigating the Patnagarh wedding gift blast case for almost 11 months, the Crime Branch of Odisha Police today submitted the final chargesheet before the Bolangir Additional District and Sessions Court. The Crime Branch submitted a 76-page final chargesheet against the prime accused Punjilal Meher after examining 76 witnesses in the Patnagarh wedding gift […]

  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Atul Kulkarni to star in movie based on Wedding Gift Blast case

Bollywood actor Atul Kulkarni, of the ‘Rang De Basanti’ fame, has been roped in to play the role of Crime Branch IG Arun Bothra in the upcoming Odia film ‘Patnagarh’ based on the real life wedding gift blast case. It will be Kulkarni's first Odia film.

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: Accused Punjilal Meher's bail plea rejected

Bolangir: Additional District and Sessions Court of Bolangir, on Friday, rejected the bail application of Punjilal Meher, the prime accused in Patnagarh wedding gift blast case in which two persons including newly-wed Soumya Sekhar Sahu was killed on February 23. The Court had yesterday reserved the verdict after completion of the hearing on Punjilal’s bail […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: Bereaved newlywed Reema will stay with in-laws

Patnagarh: The lone survivor in the Patnagarh parcel bomb blast case Reema Sahu, who after being discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital on April 12 was residing with her parents, has now moved into the house of her in-laws in Patnagarh. When OTV reached out to Reema to know about her condition, she said […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: Accused Punjilal sent to another 5-day CB remand

Patnagarh: The Patnagarh Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) today allowed the Crime Branch to take Punjilal Meher – the main accused in the wedding gift blast case, on another five-day remand. Though the Crime Branch had sought remand of eight days, it was granted only five days of custody for further interrogation. Punjilal was produced […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Leopard found dead in Bolangir

Bolangir: A leopard was found dead in Gandhamardan Hills in Patnagarh of Bolangir district today. On getting information, forest officials rushed to the spot and brought the carcass of the leopard to Harishankar range office. Later, a post-mortem was conducted in presence of the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Forest Ranger and veterinary surgeons from […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Wedding Gift Blast: Hints of failed love affair surface

Bhubaneswar/Bolangir: Investigations into the ‘Wedding Gift Blast’ case took a new turn today after the father of the deceased groom Soumyasekhar Sahu claimed that his son had received a strange phone call threatening of dire consequences if he marries the woman, Rina Rani Sahu. The matter actually came to the fore after one of Soumyasekhar’s […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Wedding Gift Blast: Police records statement of critical bride

Bhubaneswar: In a major development in the ‘Wedding Gift Blast’ case, police today recorded the statement of the critical bride undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. As per sources, Patnagarh police recorded the statement of the newly-wed bride under Section 161 CrPC in presence of the magistrate and logged it […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: KV Singh Deo seeks CBI or NIA probe

Bhubaneswar: BJP legislature party leader and Patnagarh MLA KV Singh Deo today requested Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for CBI or NIA probe into wedding gift explosion that killed a newly-wed man and his grand-mother while leaving his wife seriously injured in Bolangir’s Patnagarh. In separate letters to the […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: Police clueless; SOP violated by Courier Company?

Bhubaneswar: Police seems to be groping in dark in connection with the wedding gift blast incident in which two persons including a newly-wed groom were killed four days back in Bolangir’s Patnagarh. Moreover, Raipur’s Skyking courier that had received and later delivered the ‘killer parcel’ at the house of the deceased Soumyasekhar Sahu is now […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: 'Killer' parcel sender's name revealed, critical bride shifted to SCB

Cuttack: In what could possibly determine the next course of investigation into the mysterious ‘wedding gift blast’ case, police on Sunday zeroed-in on the name of the sender. Sources said the parcel was sent from Raipur by one RK Sharma as revealed by Bolangir police after conducting a preliminary probe into parcel bomb explosion in […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Groom among two killed, bride critical after wedding gift explodes

Patnagarh: In a tragic incident, a wedding gift received by a couple exploded killing the groom and his grandmother while critically injuring the bride in Patnagarh of Bolangir district today. Earlier in the day, the elderly woman succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Bolangir hospital. Later the groom died on the way to […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Youth critical after being shot by air gun in Bolangir

Patnagarh: A minor argument turned fatal for a youth after he was shot allegedly by a group of miscreants over suspected political rivalry in Indapur village under Patnagarh area of Bolangir district on Thursday. The youth, identified as Lambodhara Mahakud, has been admitted to hospital in critical condition. According to reports, Lambodhara was shot by […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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