Tag: Sundargarh

Sundargarh: In an unfortunate incident, bodies of a man and his son were recovered under mysterious circumstances from an abandoned brick kiln in Bankibahal under Hemgiri police limits of the district today. The deceased have been identified to be Mohan Bhaisal and his son Anadi, residents of Podamundi village under Lefripada police limits of the […]

  Sundargarh: Farmers in Bania Tehsil area of Sundargarh district are facing a hard time with unseasonal rain damaging Litchi crop. Not only farmers but also traders have also been adversely affected by the unseasonal rain, informed sources. “Compared to previous years, Litchi production is a little less this year, but the unseasonal rains have […]

Rourkela: After the gruesome murder of a woman, accused of practising witchcraft, police arrested ten persons in connection with the incident that was reported at Ratakhandi village under Biramitrapur Tehsil in Sundargarh district. The 52-year-old woman, Jashoda Singh, was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of practising witchcraft in the village late on […]

Rourkela: Seven members of Peoples’ Liberation Front of India (PLFI) including Zonal Committee Member Arjun Rana and Koida-Barbil area commander  Karan Sai were arrested by Sundargarh police on Sunday. Senior officials informed that both the PLFI leaders were actively involved in a number of crimes in Keonjhar, Sundargarh, and neighboring Jharkhand.

Sundargarh: At least 15 persons were injured, three of them critically, in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck. The accident took place on Saturday morning when the ill-fated Rourkela bound bus from Bonai, collided with a truck at Biritola on NH-143. According to reports, the mishap occurred allegedly due to rash and […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to uplift the economic condition of tribals as well as provide quality education to them in Odisha while keeping their unique identity intact, the State Cabinet today approved a proposal to set up the Tribal Special Development Council in nine districts. The development council will function in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Kandhamal, […]

Sundargarh: Unable to bear the expenses demanded by villagers to help in performing last rites, a woman and her eight-year-old son, on Thursday had to wait for hours together before cremating the body of her husband in Ganua under Koida block. After the death of one Phagu Pethei, his wife Asha and son requested the […]

Sundargarh: The Plus II first year student who was allegedly gang raped by three seniors on the premises of Badagaon Panchayat College in Sundargarh district. today said the heinous act was recorded by another student. A student who was opposing the crime was forced to record the incident by the accused students, she said. The […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati lambasted senior party leader Suresh Routray for his remarks on party legislators, Talsara MLA Prafulla Majhi and Sundargarh MLA Jogesh Singh today questioned Suresh aka Sura Routray on his rights and eligibility to make such statements. Majhi said, “Who is Sura Routray? Is he a […]

Bonai: Residents of five villages in Bonai of Sundargarh district today staged protests in a novel manner over non-availability of a motorable road by planting paddy saplings on the existing 5-km thoroughfare. Though more than 1,000 residents of five villages depend on the road connecting Bijadihi and Saragadihi, the thoroughfare becomes hard to commute with […]

Sundergarh: Decomposed dead body of a college going girl, suspected to have been raped and murdered, was recovered from a haystack in Malipada village under Lefripada police limits of Sundargarh district yesterday. Deceased identified as Rasmita Meher, resident of Tikilipada village under Hemagiri police limits of the district, had gone missing since 20 June. A […]

Sundargarh: A man beat his daughter-in-law to death over family dispute and also killed self by jumping before a train in the district today in  Gireldunguri village. Two minor sons of the woman witnessed the whole episode and narrated the ordeal before their father. Based on the statements of the boys, husband of the dead […]

Berhampur: Six districts of Odisha has been selected by the Rural Development Ministry to receive the national award for significant achievement in completion of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Grameen – the rural housing scheme for 2016-17. Collectors of Ganjam, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh and Balasore will be felicitated in a ceremony held at New […]

Birmitrapur: A major fire broke out at a petrol pump situated near Rani Sati Temple in Birmitrapur of Sundargarh district during the unloading of fuel from a tanker today. Till last reports came in, three fire tending units have been deployed to douse the flames. People have been evacuated from nearby places as a safety […]

Angul/Sundargarh/Rayagada: Three persons including a 7-year-old lost their lives and three others were injured due to elephant attacks in different parts of Odisha today. An elderly man, identified as Sundur Dehuri of Basantpur village under Chhendipada police limits of Angul district was trampled to death by a wild elephant this morning while going to a […]