Nabarangpur: Lack of roads cripples healthcare

Nabarangpur: Development has stalled for hundreds of villages in the district, cut off by poor or non-existent roads. In emergencies, residents are forced to carry patients to hospitals on slings or makeshift cots, highlighting the stark lack of basic infrastructure.In as many as 259 villages in Nabarangpur district, the situation is so dire that even motorcycles…

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BCCI appoints Ajit Agarkar as chairman of Indian senior men’s selection committee

Mumbai, 4/7: Former India fast bowler Ajit Agarkar has been named chairman of selectors for Indian men’s team by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday. 45-year-old Agarkar applied for the selector’s job, which has been vacant since February after Chetan Sharma stepped down in the wake up of a sting operation…

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Eight Naxalites, one security personnel killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

Narayanpur, 15/6: Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said. A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, they…

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Balianta Lynching Case: Arrests Mount To 7, Police Intensify Manhunt

Bhubaneswar: The number of arrests in the sensational murder case of Government Railway Police (GRP) Constable Saumya Ranjan Swain due to mob lynching in Balianta has risen to seven and detained five more persons for questioning.According to reports, the brutal incident has triggered widespread fear in the surrounding villages, with most men fleeing their homes…

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