Tag: Udala

Udala: Baria Soren, the former ward member of Badaliya Ghingasahi under Khunta police station in Mayurbhanj district, was allegedly set on fire by some unknown miscreants on Friday. Soren was the former member of Ward-8 of Badaliya Ghingasahi. Police recovered his dead body from a mango grove at Badaliya Ghingasahi. Soren’s hands were tied while […]

Baripada: In a tragic road mishap, seven persons were injured as a bus in which they were travelling lost control and hit a road-side tree near Kankumura square at Udala in Mayurbhanj district late on Thursday night. According to sources, the incident took place when the private bus-Nisamani was on its way Sarat from Udala. […]

Baripada: The students of a college under Kaptipada block in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday paraded government officials on bare foot in muddy road, to make them realise the poor condition of roads in the area. Sources said, Kaptipada block development officer (BDO) Yudhisthir Nayak and an assistant engineer of Rural Development department faced the ire […]

Protesting against unscheduled power cuts, civil society organisations (CSOs) and the people at large observed an Udala bandh today disrupting normal life in the town

Baripada: Udala police on Saturday found a half-burnt body of a woman near Chandan Pokhari area in Radho village the district here. The deceased has been identified as Jamuna Khatua, wife of Rabindra Khatua of Radho village. Police have detained Rabindra Khatua for interrogation. Meanwhile, family members of the deceased have termed the death as […]

Bhubaneswar: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today accused his Odisha counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik of lacking required knowledge in the Odia language and its culture. “How can Odisha progress when its chief minister does not have knowledge in local language and the state’s culture,” Das told reporters after addressing a […]

Mayurbhanj: From mid-day meals to free books and uniforms, the State Government is doing it all to boost primary education in Odisha. But such schemes fail to reach the beneficiaries due to callousness on part of officials on the field. The Siripur Primary School in Udala area of Mayurbhanj district is the glaring example of […]

A court has directed police to inquire into a complaint of rape...

Baripada: Yet again concerns have been raised over the safety and security of girls in the schools as a Class IX girl student of a residential school under Udala police limits was found pregnant today. The matter came to fore after the headmaster of the school filed a written complaint at the Udala police station. […]

Mayurbhanj: A woman sustained critical burn injuries after a fire broke out in her house at Baunsapal village under Udala block in Mayurbhanj district late Saturday night. The woman, identified as Dharitri, was initially rushed to Udala Hospital and then shifted to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada after condition deteriorated. Dharitri […]

Mayurbhanj:  A government-run residential school was locked up by parents and guardians of the students at Udala in Mayurbhanj district today after over the alleged impregnation of a girl student. According to sources, the enraged parents locked up the main gate of the residential school and staged a protest outside the school demanding action against […]

Baripada/Khordha: Two persons were allegedly thrashed to death in two separate incidents in Odisha on Saturday. The first incident was reported from Asurkhal village under Kaptipada police limits in Mayurbhanj district where one Rabindra Nayak was allegedly beaten to death by his brother-in-law, KartikNayak over a dispute involving an Ox. As per reports, Rabindra had […]

Baripada: A team of forest officials seized eight ivories weighing around 45 kg and arrested two poachers from Angarapada village under Udala forest range here in Mayurbhanj district. The team conducted raids at the village in the guise of customers and nabbed Paghuram Hansda and Ramachandra Hansda allegedly involved in several elephant poaching cases. “We […]