The second incident occurred in the Sarankul area of the district involving an 8-year-old victim. In this case, a minor boy was taken into custody for the alleged assault.
Odisha Police apprehended five "Child in Conflict with Law" (CCL) for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a minor student at a madarsa in Odisha's Nayagarh.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, along with Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari visited Ranpur block in Nayagarh district on Sunday to assess crop damage due to recent unseasonal rainfall and interacted with affected farmers in the region.
"...The minimum temperature recorded in the districts of Koraput and Nayagarh is 11.5 degrees Celsius. If we see the forecast for the next five days, next 48 hours, mostly weather will be dry and after 48 hours on 24th December, light to moderate rain very likely at a few places in the distr
"Light thunderstorms with gusty wind speeds reaching 30-40 kmph and light to moderate rain is expected to occur in Nuapada, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Puri, Cuttack, Khorda, Ganjam, Gajapati, Malkanagiri, Jagatsingpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, and Raygada districts," said IMD Scientist Sanje
Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre for putting the country on the development plane, Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a swipe at a the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in the state, saying that 1.5 lakh posts at government offices were lying vacant under his rule.
Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the newly constructed Nuagaon Road-Daspalla Railway section and flagged off passenger train services to Daspalla in Nayagarh district on Saturday.
A minor girl who was a resident of Odisha's Sorada village was murdered and her body was buried in the limits of Phiringia police station, said a police official on Monday.
"Based on the intelligence input Odisha STF apprehended three accused persons from Nayagarh and Jajpur District and they have been identified as Pathanisamant Lenka, (35) works as ITI Teacher, Saroj Kumar Nayak, (26) and Soumya Pattanaik, (19)" STF said.
Three people including a woman lost their lives after lightning struck induced by Kaal Baisakhi at different places under Saranakula police limits in Nayagarh district on Tuesday, police said.
As per an official statement from Railway, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off the inaugural run of the Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU train at Cuttack Railway Station.