Tag: Rayagada

Rayagada: Police have seized fake currency notes worth Rs 2.30 lakh from Tikiri area of Rayagada district and arrested one person in connection with the case. According to reports, all the currency notes are of Rs 2000 denomination. After getting a tip-off, police raided the residence of the accused Jogendra Nayak in Tikiri area and […]

Rayagada: On a day when people were busy celebrating Kartik Purnima, two youths died in two separate incidents of drowning while performing the Boita Bandana rituals in Rayagada district on Tuesday. One Suman Behera, a student of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Institute of Technology (UGMIT), Rayagada, was swept away by water after he accidentally slipped and […]

Rayagada: At a time when the State’s excise department has proposed to open more Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) shops and reward successful licensed traders, women of Dumaguda and Mariguda villages under Rayagada Sub-Division are leaving no stone unturned to crackdown the liquor menace. Reportedly, the women members of the self-help groups (SHG) of both these […]

Rayagada: In a single day, multiple incidents of chain snatching have been reported in Rayagada sparking serious concerns on the security of people in the city. Reports said unidentified bike-borne miscreants snatched away chains from Sushila Mohaptra of New Colony, Bulubala Behera of Indira colony and K. Kanakadurga of Nehru Nagar in three different incidents […]

Rayagada: In yet another instance of blind faith and superstition in Odisha, some girl students of Upper Primary School of Chatikana under Bissamcuttack block of Rayagada district were seen receiving treatment by a local priest after they started to behave abnormally on Friday. As per reports, the students had gone outside the school and later […]

Rayagada: Inordinate delay in paddy procurement due to the non-issuance of tokens has triggered widespread resentment among the farmers of Kolnara and Bissamcuttack blocks in Rayagada district. Several farmers in Kolnara block are left in the lurch as they are forced to wait at different market yards in the block with their produce lying open […]

Rayagada: Hundreds of tribals of Rayagada on Sunday took out a rally and staged demonstration outside the SP’s office demanding CBI enquiry and immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the murder of local tribal leader and former councillor of Rayagada municipality Bhagirathi Mandangi in December 2010. The members of Adivasi Mahasangha also submitted a […]

Rayagada: Kalyansinghpur police in the district on Sunday detained three minor boys for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The boys, all below 15 year, reportedly kidnapped the minor girl by gagging her mouth and took her to a paddy field where they raped her in turn on the night of January 1. The girl was […]

Rayagada: A group of over 60 suspected Maoists allegedly thrashed workers and burnt several vehicles engaged in a road construction work near Gumma village under Kalyansinghpur block of Rayagada district late Tuesday night. Posters, bearing the name of the naxals of Rayagada division, opposing the road construction project were also found from the spot. Sources […]

Rayagada: In an incident which will bring shame to a mother’s unconditional love, a woman allegedly branded her own step son with hot iron rod for pooping his pants. The matter came to fore after a photograph of the child’s body branded with hot iron rod went viral in various social media platforms a few […]

Rayagada: The skeletal remains of a person suspected to be of a missing CRPF jawan, were recovered by the police from Nuasahi hill near Anjiapeta Chhak in Rayagada district on Sunday. As per reports, the police officials also found a uniform of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan and an identity card near the skeleton. […]

Rayagada: At a time when the entire government machinery is focussed on battling the COVID-19 ordeal gripping the State, cases of rise in dengue has now evolved as a new challenge. As many as 61 people have been identified positive for dengue pilling up more worries for the administration in Rayagada district. According to sources, […]

Rayagada: Four accused, including the complainant himself, were arrested by Rayagada police on Friday in connection with Rs 24 lakh loot reported on August 10, 2020. As per reports, an FIR was registered in Rayagada Police Station on August 10 regarding robbery of Rs 24 Lakh from an employee of a private finance company. However, […]

Rayagada: The district administration of Rayagada reported a massive spike of 495 Novel-Coronavirus infections on Friday out of which 157 positives were from the Rayagada sub-jail alone, informed the sub-jailor of the prison. Similarly, Gunupur sub-jail under Rayagada district also reported 61 positive cases on Friday taking the total number of infections in jails in […]

Rayagada: Due to the lack of a bridge and road connectivity, residents of a remote village in Rayagada district reportedly had to carry a patient on their shoulders to cross a river in a bid to reach the hospital. According to sources, Sagar Kohla of Khilimisiguda under Kereda panchayat fell sick on Saturday. The village […]