Two arrested for killing a couple
Keonjhar: Two persons were arrested by Ruguda police on Thursday in connection with the killing of a couple at village Barapada for allegedly practicing witchcraft.
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Superstitious Tribal severs wife's head
Keonjhar: In a gruesome incident, a tribal allegedly hacked his wife to death and worshiped her severed head in Keonjhar district on Sunday.
Under trial prisoners escape from sub-jail
Keonjhar: After attacking Barbil sub-jail officials in Keonjhar district,three under trial prisoners fled from the premises on Wednesday morning.
Niranjan Patnaik slips in to swirling waters,rescued by ODRAF personnel
Keonjhar: The boat in which Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee President Niranjan Patnaik was touring the flood-hit areas,capsized in Baitarani river in Keonjhar district.
Head on collision of two goods train,one died four injured
Keonjhar: Driver of a goods train died and four others injured as another goods train came on the same track and collided head on at Tangiriapally between Keonjhar and Banspani at about 1am on Wednesday.
Man slits his tongue to appease goddess at Maa Tarini shrine
Keonjhar: Superstition drove a 25-year-old man to slit his tongue inside the Ma Tarini shrine at Ghatagaon in Ganjam district on Saturday. The man, Kusia Nayak, told police he wanted to appease the goddess so as to get rid of domestic tension.
Three Maoists surrendered in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: Three Maoists surrendered before police authorities on Wednesday, in Keonjhar district.
The surrendered Maoists are identified as Bela Purty alias Sunita (19), Ladar Jamda (20) and Lengera Tiria (18) of nearby villages in the district.
50 tribal girls injured in bee attack in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: Fifty tribal girls have been injured in a bee attack in Keonjhar district, two of them are said to be in a critical condition.
All belong to the Juang tribe and were from a residential school in Gonasika village within Banspal block.
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