Tag: Phulbani

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Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi reborn in Odisha!

Phulbani: Whether cinema imitates life or life imitates cinema or life imitates life? Many didn’t even know that someone in flesh and blood could literally ‘move mountains’, until the movie ‘Manjhi: The Mountain Man’ hit the silver screens depicting the life of a poor labourer Dashrath Manjhi, who with the chisel of his perseverance and […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Cold wave affects normal life in Phulbani

Phulbani: Normal life was thrown out of gear today as mercury plummeted in different parts of the State coupled with incessant snowfall at scattered places. People spent sleepless night and kept close to hearth to warm themselves. Daily wage labourers and makeshift shopkeepers were the worst affected due to severe cold in interior parts of […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Cold wave prevails in Odisha, Phulbani coldest at 4.5 deg C

Phulbani: Normal life has been hit as intense cold wave conditions continue to prevail in most parts of the State. Like every winter, Daringbadi of Kandhamal district experienced snowfall with a light layer of snow covering the region. Phulbani recorded a minimum temperature of 4.5 degrees Celsius, the lowest so far this winter in the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Constable tonsured, forced to ingest faeces

Phulbani: In a bizarre incident, a constable of Pasara outpost under Chakapada police limits was tonsured and allegedly made to eat faeces by another constable of India Reserve Battalion (IRB) here in Phulbani district officials over suspicion of practicing sorcery. The victim, Goura Chandra Kanhar, is reportedly a resident of Bidangi Sahi under Phulbani Town […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Maoists claim responsibility for abduction of ‘Gaon Sathi’

Phulbani: Posters of CPI (Maoist) Bansdhara-Ghumsuara-Nagabali (BGN) Divisional Committee were found today at Durgapanga village near Kotagada in Kandhamal district claiming responsibility for the abduction of a ‘Gaon Sathi,’ Basant Bhatt. In the posters, the ultras claimed they kidnapped Bhatt but did not mention any reason behind their act. “Maoists have put up posters stating […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
ITI lecturer, four others held for gambling in Phulbani

Phulbani: An ITI lecturer and four others were arrested by police on charges of gambling at the residence of the former in Master Pada under Phulbani police limits in Kandhamal district on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, police raided the house of the lecturer and seized Rs 28,000 from the five. The other arrested […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Ganja smuggling racket busted, 4 held

Phulbani: The Excise department officials on Thursday busted a Ganja smuggling racket in Phulbani in Kandhamal district and arrested four persons in this connection. Acting on a tip off, the officials raided suspected spots in the city and seized about 35 kg of ganja worth around Rs 5 lakh from four peddlers. The arrested have […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Juvenile Justice Board awards 'service' punishment to minor convict

Phulbani: In an exemplary verdict, the Juvenile Justice Board has directed a minor rape convict to serve inmates of Gopabandhu Bal Ashram- an orphanage at Phulbani, for a year. The court pronounced the sentence while conducting a hearing via video conferencing on Thursday in a case pertaining to molestation of a three-year old girl by […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Minor rape accused to serve orphans for a year

Phulbani: Juvenile Justice Board, Phulbani in a trendsetting judgement on Thursday sentenced a minor rape accused to a one year stay at Gopabandhu Children’s Home in Phulbani. The board ordered that the 14-year-old accused of raping a 3-year-old girl in 2014, in Daringbadi of Kandhamal district, will have to serve the inmates of the Children’s […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Eardrum of JNV student ruptured after alleged ragging by seniors

Phulbani: Eardrum of a student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Tudipaju, under Phulbani Tehsil in Kandhamal district, has ruptured after alleged beating and ragging by seniors. Plus Two students of the school had allegedly thrashed a ninth class student due to which the latter was severely injured and his eardrum was ruptured. He has also […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Gumudumaha firing: Inquiry Panel holds 10th phase hearing of witnesses

Phulbani: The 10th phase hearing on the Gumudumaha firing incident in Kandhamal district was held at Phulbani district court today. Witnesses presented their statements before the Justice Janab Mohammed Ajmal Commission of Inquiry. While two witnesses shared their experience of the incident and were also cross-examined, 20 affidavits were filed before the Commission. Talking to […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Mahaprayan fails again in Odisha, probe ordered

Phulbani: Failure of the Mahaprayan scheme in Odisha once again came to fore after the dead body of a minor girl was seen carried on a stretcher by her family members at Phulbani in Kandhamal district today. The minor girl, a resident of Benangapaju village under Khajuriapara police limits of the district, had drowned while […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Man held for abducting, raping minor sister-in-law

Phulbani: A 23-year-old man was arrested in Kandhamal district for allegedly kidnapping his own sister-in law and raping her through the course of a week, police said today. The accused, identified as Sangram Gantayat of Dasapalla in Nayagarh district, was arrested on Monday after an FIR was lodged by the girl’s mother, said Gochhapada police […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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CMO responds to SOS tweet, five minors rescued

Bhubaneswar: Setting a trend for ensuring speedy justice, Odisha Government responded to ‘SOS’ by a person on social media which resulted in the rescue of five minor children while they were allegedly being trafficked on a bus. All the five minor children hail from Ganjam and were being escorted by three agents on a bus […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Bus topples over in Phulbani, 10 injured

Phulbani: As many as 10 persons were injured, two of them critically, as a bus carrying them met with an accident on NH-157 near Ranipathar Ghati in Kandhamal district late last night. The injured were immediately rushed to the district headquarters hospital, Phulbani. Two critically injured were shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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