Tag: Sonepur

Bhubaneswar: With the onset of winter, minimum temperature continued to plummet in Odisha as 11 places in the State recorded temperature below 15 degree Celsius for the second consecutive day on Sunday. The minimum temperature fell below 10 degree Celsius to 9.6 degree Celsius in Sonepur, making it coldest town in the State, informed the […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha saw a dip in mercury with at least five places in the state recording below 11 degrees Celsius. Sonepur was the coldest in the State recording its lowest night temperature of 9.2 degree Celsius, the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department informed Tuesday. As per the weather department, the […]

Sonepur: A minor boy died while his uncle suffered critical injuries after being electrocuted by a live wire laid on the roadside to hunt wild boars near Silati village under Binika Police limits in Sonepur district. The deceased Trilochan Sathua is a 17-year-old from Salepali village under Bheden block in Bargarh district. His uncle, Manoj […]

Sonepur: A Tehsildar was arrested by the vigilance sleuths on charges of accepting bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person at his official residence at Tarabha in Sonepur district on Monday night. Tarabha Tehsildar Subrat Kumar Behera, who was also in-charge of Tarabha sub-registrar, demanded illegal monetary gratification from one Kanhu charan Das of Ghatakaintara […]

Sonepur: Naveen Bag, a farmer in Sonepur district got the biggest shock of his life recently. The farmer, who ekes out a living by toiling in his one acre agricultural land, recently received a notice for alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion to the tune of a whopping Rs 10 crore. Naveen felt the […]

Bonai/Binika: A herd of wild elephants created havoc in Bonai area under Jarada forest range in Sundargarh district on Sunday. The animals have caused enormous damages to the standing crops at Lachhada, Kundeidiha, Tankasahi, Balia areas in the district. Locals said that the herd has stayed at Barghat forest area and sneaked into the human […]

Sonepur: A herd of 60 wild elephants have been creating havoc in Binika area of Sonepur district reportedly since the last two weeks causing damage to property and destroying standing paddy crops in several acres of land. Locals said that due to the fear of the jumbos, they were forced to sleep on the terraces […]

Sonepur: Villagers in Binika block who are spending sleepless nights as a herd of 60 elephants continues to terrorise the area for the last 15 days, alleged apathy of forest officials towards their plight. They have now demanded compensation from the department for the losses they have suffered due to the wild menace. According to […]

Sonepur: A pall of gloom descended on Sonepur on Friday after two persons were killed when their boat capsized in Mahanadi River. The deceased have been identified as Suleman Khan (48) and his six-year-old son Azlan Khan of Binika. The mishap occurred when both of them along with several others from Sonepur were returning from […]

Sonepur: A retired revenue inspector (RI) and a revenue supervisor were arrested by the Vigilance sleuths on charges of taking Rs 10,000 bribe from a person in Sonepur district. The accused duo has been identified as Nagendra Mahakud, revenue supervisor of Birmaharajpur tehsil and Babaji Charan Sahu, former RI of Subalaya. According to sources, the […]

Sonepur: A 35-year-old contractor allegedly attempted to end his life by setting himself on fire inside the Binika police station on Friday. Sources said the attempt on life by the contractor was over alleged non-payment of dues towards a road construction work which he undertook around 10 years ago at Jharbahali village under Ulunda block […]

Sonepur: The Sonepur police on Tuesday arrested five persons in connection with last week’s sensational dacoity case where miscreants snatched away Rs 21 lakh cash from an ATM Officer (ATMO) at Bhagalpur square under Birmaharajpur Police limits in the district on March 17 after holding him at gun point . The accused have been identified […]

Bhubaneswar: Holi celebrations turned tragic for some people in Odisha on Monday with deaths of two persons including a minor in drowning while four others were killed in separate road mishaps. The drowning cases were reported from Sonepur and Keonjhar district while the road accidents that claimed four lives took place in Dhenkanal and Sambalpur […]

Balasore/Sonepur/Sundergarh: Herd of elephants has wreaked havoc after sneaking into human habitation in search of food, damaging several houses and standing and harvesting crops at different places of Odisha on Wednesday night. Three elephants went rampage at several villages in Kuldiha sanctuary area in Nilagiri of Balasore district. The pachyderms destroyed huge quantities of paddy […]