Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition

Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition

Irate residents of Padampur in Bargarh district, under the aegis of Jay Kishan Andolan, modified the signboard outside the sub-collector’s office on Monday, by removing the ‘sub’ to press for their demand

RDC Visits Sites To Set Up Collectorate Ahead Of District Status To Padampur

RDC Visits Sites To Set Up Collectorate Ahead Of District Status To Padampur

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement to accord district status to Padampur in Odisha’s Bargarh district moved a step ahead as the process for identification of the site for setting up collector’s office

CM approved the project ISS over Anga River in Bargarh

CM approved the project ISS over Anga River in Bargarh

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved the Mandiadhipa instream storage structure over the Anga River in Bargarh district and sanctioned Rs 104 crore for the project.

Truck Runs Over College Girls In Odisha’s Bargarh; 2 Dead, Another Critical

Truck Runs Over College Girls In Odisha’s Bargarh; 2 Dead, Another Critical

Two girl students of Larambha College were killed while another was critically injured after being run over by a truck near Kadobahal Chhak in Odisha’s Bargarh district on Monday.

Three held for dealing in fake fertiliser in Bargarh

Three held for dealing in fake fertiliser in Bargarh

Three persons were arrested on Sunday from Barpali in Bargarh district for their alleged involvement in manufacturing and selling spurious fertilisers in the area.

 

Bargarh News

Maoist leader nabbed in Bargarh

January 25, 2012   News

Bargarh police arrested a hardcore Maoist, in-charge of the Sambalpur-Deogarh-Sundergarh zonal committee, from his hideout on Tuesday. Bargarh SP Kabita Jalan said on Tuesday police got information about Girish Mahanto, alias Uttam, and arrested him along with one Shankar Munda from Attabira area of the district. “On Tuesday morning at about 5 am, district police

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Bandh in Padmapur over lecturer’s death

January 24, 2012   News

People of Bargarh’s Padmapur observed a bandh on Monday to protest against the mysterious death of a woman lecturer of Jaydev Institute of Science and Technology (JIST) recently. The lecturer, Mamtanjali Sarangi, had allegedly hanged herself from her hostel room. While the college management claimed that she was found hanging in her hostel room, her

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Ryots complain of sapling deaths on large-scale

January 23, 2012   News

A farmer, Rahasa Bihari Karna of Naikenpali village in Attabira block, has threatened self-immolation if the government did not compensate the huge losses that he had suffered following the death of paddy saplings. “Paddy saplings over 20 acres of my land have died. More than 50 per cent transplantation was over in our village and

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Saviour picket in peril now

January 23, 2012   News

Everyday essentials, including water, took priority over security for personnel deputed at Bargarh picket a day after the Maoist landmine explosion on January 21, a reminder that the demands of living had more urgent claims than the fear of death. Yesterday afternoon at the picket under Bhandaria in Garhwa, The Telegraph was eyewitness to jawans

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Cornered mukhiya of Bargarh panchayat pleads innocence

January 22, 2012   News

Four persons, including the mukhiya of Bargarh panchayat Ramdas Minz, have been detained in connection with the landmine blast that killed 13 security personnel yesterday in Salo forest, about 65km from Garhwa district headquarters in Bhandaria block, even as four persons abducted from the spot remained traceless. Though district superintendent of police Michael Raj S.

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Cornered mukhiya pleads innocence

January 21, 2012   News

Four persons, including the mukhiya of Bargarh panchayat Ramdas Minz, have been detained in connection with the landmine blast that killed 13 security personnel today in Salo forest, about 65km from Garhwa district headquarters in Bhandaria block, even as four persons abducted from the spot remained traceless. Though district superintendent of police Michael Raj S. would

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Innovative practice boon for sugarcane farmers

January 15, 2012   News

Farmers cultivating sugarcane under a new method Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) in Nayagarh, Ganjam and Bargarh shared their experience about the method in a recently concluded State level workshop organised by NIRMAN and AgSri. The SSI method was introduced by NIRMAN. Naba Kishor Das (48), a farmer of Khairapati, said that he earned Rs 5,200

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BJD, BJP aspirants join Congress

January 13, 2012   News

With the filing of nominations coming to an end on Thursday, polling offices in western Odisha saw last minute rush by the candidates to file their papers. Denial of party nomination saw surfacing of many rebels. The last day also saw the district BJD suffer a major setback. Phanindra Patnaik, district nominee of State Health

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Krishna arrives at Mathura

January 9, 2012   News

The scene of 11-day Dhanu Yatra finally shifts to Mathura with the arrival of Lord Krishna, Balaram and cohorts here to take part in the festival. After retiring for the night at Adimata Mandir at Khajurtikra on Saturday, Lord Krishna went around Mathura on Sunday morning. Earlier in Khajurtikra, Lord Krishna meets the washerman of

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