Villagers protest water crisis in Gaisilet
Sambalpur: Residents of Gaisilet block protested with pots and vessels at the block office to demonstrate acute shortage of water. The crisis intensified after authorities banned the use of borewells More...
Villagers block road after woman is run over by van | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Villagers on Thursday staged a blockade on NH-257 at Luhabadi in Kandhamal district after a 35-year-old woman from the village died when a pickup van ran over her. The deceased, Satyabhama More...
Case against villagers for locking up three schools | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Police on Tuesday registered a case against villagers in Gajapati district’s Gangabad panchayat for locking up three primary schools at Champapur, Manikpatna, and Sagadia since Monday, in protest More...
Villagers lock up schools, blame teachers for poor studies
Berhampur: Villagers continued to lock up the three govt-run primary schools in Gangabad, a panchayat located on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in Gajapati district, for the second day on Tuesday More...
Erosion-hit Satabhaya villagers stir over ‘delay’ in relocation | Bhubaneswar News
Kendrapada: Residents of erosion-hit Satabhaya gram panchayat, including women, began an indefinite hunger strike outside the Kendrapada district collector’s office on Friday, demanding immediate rehabilitation More...
Ganjam villagers come together to conserve house sparrows | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: With house sparrows missing from most places, villages of Anantei, Lanjia, Baghajhori and Gunthuband near silk city continue to be a safe haven for the birds owing to the efforts of Anchalika More...
Villagers use drone & ring of fire to capture thief in Bhadrak
Bhubaneswar: In an ingenious move, a group of villagers in Bhadrak district’s Basudevpur block deployed a drone for aerial surveillance while setting ablaze the perimeter of a pond to catch a thief who More...
40 villagers arrested over clash in Ganjam | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Police on Tuesday arrested 40 people from Ramayapatna and Katuru villages in Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in a clash on Monday over the opening of a river mouth.The district More...
40 villagers arrested over clash in Ganjam | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Police on Tuesday arrested 40 people from Ramayapatna and Katuru villages in Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in a clash on Monday over the opening of a river mouth.The district administration More...
NHRC seeks report on plea against displacement of villagers for irrigation project
Berhampur: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) within two weeks from the state govt on a complaint alleging forceful displacement of villagers for the More...