Tag: Umerkote

Umerkote: At least 40 Congress workers, including women, courted arrest while hundreds of party workers gheraoed the Umerkote police station today demanding immediate release of former MP Pradip Majhi from Umerkote Sub Jail in Nabarangpur district. According to reports, the Congress workers led by Gajendra Nayak took out a rally in Umerkote in the morning […]

Nabarangpur: Demanding immediate release of former MP Pradip Majhi from Umerkote sub jail, some Congress activists pelted eggs at the residence of the district collector during the 12-hour Nabarangpur bandh today. Police has detained two Congress workers in this connection. Vehicular traffic came to a grinding halt while all trading establishments remained closed in Nabarangpur […]

Umerkote: Resenting the poor success rate in the annual CBSE Plus Two Science examination, students of Sri Aurobindo Plus Two Science College at Umarkote and and their guardians gheraoed the college alleging that authorities had taken Rs 25,000 each from the students to ensure that they pass. However, out of the 40 students who appeared […]

Two persons were arrested on charges betting in IPL matches following a raid at a house on Umerkote-Raighar road on Thursday evening

Umerkote: A lady Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) and three Odisha Armed Police Force (OAPF) personnel were injured after they were attacked a group of people in Kalarasahi village of Jamarunda block under Umerkote police station in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday night. According to reports, a team of Umerkote police, led by the lady ASI Jyoshnarani […]

Umerkote: Vehicular traffic came to a standstill here today following a rift between two bus owners’ associations.

Nabarangpur: One person was killed and another critically injured after the bike they were riding rammed into a truck from the rear near petrol pump in Raighar road under Umerkote in Nabarangpur district late Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Ranjit Bepari of Badakumari village under UV-1 in the district. The injured whose […]

Nabarangpur: Tension that erupted yesterday between two villages of Raighar block over a burial ground continued today after agitators closed down markets, shops and disrupted vehicular traffic by staging road blockade. Earlier yesterday, tension was reported when a deceased woman of Patrakoti village was being taken to the burial ground and it was opposed by […]

A special team of the Odisha police has just returned from Andhra Pradesh after interrogating surrendered Maoist leader of Chhattisgarh Jane Salem, one of the alleged masterminds in the killing of the then ruling BJD MLA of Umerkote......

Bhubaneswar: With an associated low level circulation persisting over Odisha, very heavy rainfall is predicted at places like Umerkote in Nabarangpur district, many places in districts like Kalahandi, Sonepur, Boudh and adjoning areas of Kandhamal. The precipitation will amount to over 204 mm today. However, the heavy rainfall will not trigger any flood, though high […]

Bolangir: In a tragic incident, a brother-sister duo was killed in a road accident at Mahipur Square under Tushura Police Limits of Bolangir district, today morning. The deceased have been identified as Mantu Benia and his sister Sanju of Phangania village under Muribahal block. Reportedly, Mantu was going to drop Sanju at her school after […]

Nabrangpur: More than 40 people escaped unhurt after the wheels of a bus in which they were travelling came off near Mahendri village under Dabugaon block in the district on Wednesday. According to reports, the freak incident took place today morning, when all the four rear wheels and axle of the private bus of MSB […]

Nabrangpur: Despite tall claims made by the Odisha government of carrying out developmental work in the State, broken and pothole-peppered State Highway no. 46 in Nabarangpur district narrates a different tale. The road connecting Umerkote-Raigarh-Kundei has reportedly developed large crack and knee-deep potholes which has turned into a danger zone for the daily commuters with […]

Umerkote: Two children were killed while four others critically injured after a pick-up van loaded with onion and groceries rammed into a roadside house at Jharabahal village under Chandahandi Block in Nabarangpur district on Monday morning. The critically include a child who has sustained serious injuries in the accident. As per sources, the pickup van […]

Nabarangpur: Four families at Uv-11 village under Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district have been socially boycotted by the village committee for allegedly acquiring government land for shelter. According to reports, families of Paritosh Mandal, Goutam Mandal, Biren Haldar and Deepak Haldar have been shunned from the village over building permanent shelter on the land they […]