Tag: Rayagada

Rayagada: Rail traffic has been badly affected as trees fell on the railway tracks due to strong winds and heavy rains under the impact of cyclone Titli in the district. According to reports, train services have been disrupted on Ambadala-Dahikhala railway section of Rayagada district. As per reports, Santragachi-Chennai Express is halted at Muniguda station, […]

Rayagada: One student was killed and five more were critically injured after being attacked by honey bees in Rayagada district on Wednesday evening. As per reports, the incident occurred when a group of children of the Karubai Ashram School went to the nearby forest to collect leaves for the Ganesh Puja celebrations today. While collecting […]

Rayagada: Irregularities in allocation of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) have surfaced in Kharjoda village under Kalyansinghpur block of Rayagada district. It is being alleged that persons paying bribes are allocated houses while actual beneficiaries are being deprived. Villager Angad Mahanandia alleged that his name was in the annual PMAY 2018-19 beneficiary […]

Rayagada: Residents of Gunupur in Rayagada district are a worried lot owing to lack of proper drainage system in the town. Moreover, the lackadaisical attitude of the local administration has made life of the people miserable. As per reports, in many wards of the municipality drains are lying defunct which lead to splashing of polluted […]

Rayagada: A person was arrested after locals caught him stealing silver ornaments including a crown of goddess Bimala inside the Jagannath temple near Rayagada municipality office. According to reports, the accused managed to loot the crown when other officials including priest were busy in performing other rituals at the temple. A frantic search operation was […]

Rayagada: Tension erupted at Badahuma School in Godari village of the district after locals locked up a teacher inside the school building for allegedly misbehaving with a girl student today. According to sources, the teacher Rabit Bidika had allegedly misbehaved with the girl of the village when she was alone in the school yesterday. After […]

Rayagada: Intensifying its crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking, a joint team of police and forest department officials arrested five persons and rescued a Pangolin from their possession near Gunupur bus stand in the district today. The breakthrough came after the police team intercepted a car after getting information regarding the movement of the gang. “After […]

Gunpur: Body of a woman was recovered from a well near Jaltar village under Putasingh police limits in Rayagada district today. The deceased has been identified as Nalita Raju (20), a resident of Jaltar village. The matter came to light after locals spotted the body floating in the well. Later, the village sarpanch informed the […]

Koraput/ Malkangiri/Rayagada/Nabarangpur: Demanding a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in undivided Koraput district the Joint Working Committee (JAC) is observing a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh in Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Nabarangpur districts today. Despite inclement weather under the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Phethai’, the members of the committee were seen picketing on highways and in […]

Raygada/Nabrangpur: Following allegations of sexual harassment at Dream Centre shelter home in Beltikiri of Dhenkanal, administration continues to raid its other shelter homes spread across various districts. According to sources, a team including officials of children protection unit, children welfare committee and police led by the sub-collector conducted a raid at a branch of Dream […]

Rayagada: A day after Maoists targeted Odisha government and released an audio tape, anti-Maoist posters were recovered from different places in Muniguda town of the district today. The hand-written posters under the banner of Hinsa Mukta Abhiyan condemned the act of violence by the Maoists in Odisha. Besides, the outfit has also opposed the rebels […]

Rayagada: A youth drowned in Nagavali River in Rayagada after he slipped off the hanging bridge on the river while taking a selfie today. The deceased has been identified as T. Gangaraju, a resident of Kotabalsar in Andhra Pradesh. His body was recovered by fire brigade personnel from the river. Gangaraju along with his 13 […]

Mayurbhanj: Akin to several regions in the state, Mayurbhanj district has also not been spared of the devastating effects of the severe cyclonic storm Titli which made landfall on Odisha-Andhra coast early morning on October 11. Flood situation triggered in Budhabalanga and Gangahar River due to torrential rain has resulted in inundation of nearly 100 […]

Rayagada: Maoists put up posters in three tribal villages of Rayagada district have sparked off panic in the region. The posters put up by the CPI Maoist BDN divisional committee, asked the locals to stay off from police and CRPF. As per reports, posters were put up at the Anganwadi centers of Muniguda and Rajulguda […]

Rayagada: Thousands of farmers in three panchayats under Bissamcuttack block of the district are left in lurch after a portion of a canal built for irrigating their agricultural land collapsed following heavy rain over the past few days. As per reports, the canal near Malisipur village here was built last month to supply water to […]