Tag: Sundergarh

Sundergarh: Three youths were burnt alive as their car caught fire after colliding with a tree at Sukhajor under Lephripara PS in Sundergarh district late on Tuesday night. As per an eye witness, the speeding car lost control and crashed into a tree. Its engine caught fire and suddenly engulfed the whole vehicle. The three […]

Bhubaneswar: The state is likely to witness rain and thunderstorm, specially in the coastal areas as well as some parts of western Odisha in the next 12 hours owing to a depression over Bay of Bengal. Wind speeds may reach up to 60 kmph said Met sources. The depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal is […]

Sundergarh: An exchange of fire took place between security forces and Maoists inside Lunga forest under Mahulapada police limits in Sundergarh district here on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of state police officials and special operations group (SOG) jawans led by Rourkela Superintendant of Police Anirudh Singh conducted raids inside the forest […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the new ministers were allotted various portfolios, BJD activists from Sundergarh revolted against the party and threatened mass resignation due to non-representation of their district in the fresh Cabinet reshuffle. “Non-representation will weaken the party base as well as welfare activities in the district. We are extremely disappointed as no MLA from […]

Bonai/Kalyansinghpur: In two bizarre incidents, a woman was beaten to death for mediating in a fight between two others in Bonai area of Sundergarh district while another man was shot at for interfering in a similar incident in Kalyasinghpur area of Rayagada district today. The woman died last night at Sanaraxi village near Bonai when […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the weather department predicted norwester rains in coastal and central regions of the state in next 24 hours, temperature in interior and western pockets today witnessed a marginal fall in comparison to previous day, which brings a brief relief from the scorching heat. The mercury continued to loom above 40 degrees Celsius […]

Sundergarh: Two persons including an official of CMS Company, which was entrusted with the job of loading cash in ATMs, were detained by police for their alleged involvement in loot of Rs 25 lakh from a SBI ATM at Gurundia near Bonai in the district yesterday. They are being interrogated, police said. The bank manager […]

Sundergarh: In a shocking incident, one of the supporters of Talsara Congress MLA, Prafulla Majhi has alleged that some miscreants tried to abduct and kill him. The supporter, Labanidhar Patel aka Bibek has accused one Dushmanta Sekhardeo of the attempted murder. As per the complaint filed at the town police station, Patel has alleged that the accused […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Congress MLA Prafulla Majhi alleged horse trading in which Rs one crore deal was struck to lure one of the party’s candidates to vote for BJD in the Sundergarh Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman post, BJP levelled similar charges against the Congress and BJD, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. […]

Sundergarh/Mayurbhanj: Two persons were killed while 19 others were severely injured in separate road accidents in Odisha on Friday. In Sundergarh, one person was killed and four others were severely injured when a barat party vehicle toppled over at Kinjirikela under Badgaon police limits. In another incident, a pick up van overturned injuring 9 persons at […]

Baripada/Sundergarh: Five persons were killed and four others seriously injured in two separate road accidents in Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts on Monday. Three persons died after a scooter collided head on with a car near Bankaban square near Amarda Road  in Mayurbhanj district late last night. The deceased have been identified as Gopal Krushna Das, […]

Rourkela: Former minister and senior BJD leader Sarada Prasad Nayak landed in trouble after a complaint was lodged against him at Jharipani police station in Sundergarh district on charges of cash for vote. The Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) chairman, Nayak along with his supporters was allegedly distributing money to voters at Jharipani panchayat under Bisra […]

Sundergarh: A herd of wild elephant today wrecked havoc in Lulukidhi village under Sadar range of the district. The herd destroyed seven thatched houses and trampled an elderly woman to death at the village. The forest department rushed to the spot and drove the animals away from the human habitation. Meanwhile, the local residents have […]

Rourkela: Shops, business establishments, educational institutions remained closed and vehicular communication came to a grinding halt as the Sundergarh district Congress and Rourkela organisational district of the party began a dawn to dusk bandh in the district protesting against the police forcing women to remove black stole at Chief minister’s rally recently. The Congress leader […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid repeated adjournments due to ruckus created by Opposition over stole removal incident, CM Naveen Patnaik today expressed deep concern over the matter in the Assembly. “I strongly share the concern of this august house on the issue of security personnel removing black ‘Odhani’ of girls in a government programme in Sundergarh district on […]