Tag: Sundergarh

Sundergarh: Police today detained as many as 25 people of Baneilata village under Hatibari police limits in Sundergarh district for ransacking police vehicle and holding seven cops hostage while the latter had gone to arrest a warrantee. Acting on a warrant issued by a court, the Hatibari police went to the village to arrest the […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Centre is going gaga over achieving 100 percent electrification, Odisha government has also joined the bandwagon parroting similar claims. Even though electricity still eludes 17 lakh families in the State, Odisha Energy Minister Sushant Singh claims that all the villages have been electrified. “As per available statistics, all the census villages have […]

Nuapada: Residents of Sargimunda and Runibasa village in the district are in panic after a herd of elephants are on move in hamlets close to the Khariar forest division. We spotted seven elephants comprising four tuskers and three elephant calves, informed a few locals. Forest officials who rushed to the spot after the information said […]

Sundergarh:  A heavy exchange of fire took place between police and Maoists during a raid on a camp of the red rebels near Lunga hills of Bonai under Sundergarh district. According to reports, the exchange of fire took place at around 11 pm on Saturday and continued for nearly five hours. Several Maoist articles including […]

Sundergarh: A Sundergarh-based youth, working in America, has allegedly cancelled marriage with his fiancée after maintaining sexual relationship with her. A case in this regard was filed by the girl at Town Police station on Wednesday. As per the complaint, the youth identified as Manas Ranjan Patel of Dengibhadi in Sundergarh district was engaged with […]

Bonai: Alleging molestation some students of Jemamani High School under Tikayatpali police limits in Bonai lodged a police complaint against the school’s headmaster on Sunday evening. In the complaint, the students stated the headmaster had molested them on February 23 after showing obscene videos. The incident occurred while the students were staying at a rented […]

Bhubaneswar: Mystery shrouds the death of a youth was found lying in a pool of blood near Tetelpada under Hemgiri police limits in Sundergardh district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Sahadev Shah of Kanika. Locals had spotted Shah’s body and informed police about the incident in the wee hours today. Though the […]

Bonai: Protesting heavy losses being incurred due to low freight rates for transportation of minerals, truck owners in Bonai of Sundergarh district resorted to an indefinite strike from today. The diesel rate is increasing day by day while the State Government is imposing various taxes for transportation, the truck association alleged. As a result, the […]

Rourkela: It seems that the practice of branding women as ‘witches’ and torturing them continues unabated in remote areas in Odisha. This was again evident after a 52-year-old woman was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of practising witchcraft at Latakhandi village under Kuanarmunda police limits in Sundergarh district late on Friday night. […]

Sundergarh: Two children were critically injured in an explosion after a vehicle of Forest department carrying crackers caught fire in Deokarana village under Biramitrapur police limits in Sundergarh district today. The children were rushed to the Rourkela government hospital by locals following the mishap. Sources said crackers used to drive away elephants were stashed in […]

Rourkela: An ex-Sarpanch was trampled to death by a tusker at Harpali village under Kuanrmunda Forest Range in Sundergarh district this morning. The deceased identified as Ramka Oram, former Sarpanch of Kacharu Gram Panchayat, was the member of a squad formed to drive away pachyderms. The incident occurred when he was driving away an elephant […]

Sundergarh: Five Tata Magic vehicles were reduced to ashes after a massive fire broke out in a garage at Rani Bagicha in Sundergarh town today. Two fire tenders were pressed into action to control the blaze. After an operation which lasted for hours, the fire fighters were able to bring the flames under control and […]

Sundergarh: One more student fell ill allegedly after being injected with Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine at Podajalanga UG High School in Sundergarh district. The girl student, identified as Suchita, and her school mates were administered the vaccine at the school on Monday. Half an hour after taking the vaccine, she complained of illness and was admitted […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress MP from Odisha Frida Topno died at the age of 92 at her residence in city on Tuesday. She died of old age at Vishnupriya Apartment in Jaydev Vihar here. Her last rites will be performed at her native village Rungaon under Bargaon Tehsil of Sundargarh district, said sources. Topno was a […]

Sundergarh: Police today recovered the mutilated body of a newly-wed woman from a forest in Bonai area of Sundergarh district. The deceased, identified as a resident of Kunjar village under Gurundia police limits in the district, had reportedly married a man from the same village after falling in love with him. Meanwhile, it is suspected […]