Kenojhar, August 18 (Odisha.in) Police claimed to have identified all the ten persons involved in the shooting of congress legislature Dhanurjaya Sidhu in Orissa’s Joda-Barbil mining area on February 26 this year in which Sidhu survived, official said Saturday. Unidentified persons had shot at Sidhu’s vehicle when he was returning home with local Sarpanch elect […]
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Villagers spot half decomposed elephant’s body
Keonjhar, August 18 (Odisha.in) Villagers in Orissa’s Keonjhar district have spotted a half decomposed body of a female elephant from a forest, wild life official said Saturday. The body was found near Atei forest reserve near Bana Mahuldiha village under Patna forest range about 50 kilometers from here on Friday, divisional forest officer Dr. Pradip […]
Residents observe bandh protesting police excesses
Bargarh, August 18 (Odisha.in) Thousands of residents observed bandh Saturday in several towns and villages in Orissa’s Bargarh district protesting police excesses on them during a demonstration over the deaths of two minor students in their village school. At least 40 villagers were injured Friday after police resort to lathicarge on them when they refused […]
Utkal express rescheduled for today
Bhubaneswar, August 18 (Odisha.in) The Kalinga-Utkal Express that goes from Orissa’s Puri city to Hazrat Nizamuddin has been rescheduled for August 18, official said Saturday. According to the east coast railway authority this train which scheduled to leave Puri at 9.10 pm will depart at 11.10 pm two hours late on that day on account […]
PNB to set up farmers’ training centre in Orissa
Jajpur, August 17 (odisha.in) The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has decided to set up a Farmers’ Training Centre (FTC) in Orissa, its official said Saturday. PNB, the premier public sector bank in the country has already sent a proposal to the state government seeking land for setting up the proposed farmers’ training centre, zonal manager […]