Cuttack: An Anganwadi worker was critically injured in a sword attack at Chari Chhak on Nuagaon-Khajuripada road near Banki in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Monday morning.
The victim has been identified as Bharti Jena, a resident of Anuari village under Banki tehsil.
According to sources, the incident occurred when Bharti was waylaid by some miscreants with the motive to rob her while she was on her way to the Anganwadi centre on a scooter. They attacked her with sword. Though critically injured, Bharati survived as she was wearing a helmet.
She was rescued by locals her in critical condition and admitted her to a nearby hospital. She was later shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Khurda as her condition deteriorated.
Bhubaneswar: As the flood situation in Odisha remained grim amid inundation of many areas, the…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) on Thursday signed a number of memoranda…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking direction about lawyers…
Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has urged the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)…
New Delhi: The prospect of an all-out war with Iran intensified as Israel launched a major…
Bhubaneswar: As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) completed 100 days after coming to power in Odisha,…
Mumbai: Remember Vijayta Pandit? Yes, the younger sister of Sulakshana Pandit who burst into Bollywood…
Bhubaneswar: As the alleged custodial assault of an Army officer and his fiancée at Bharatpur…