during a marriage function in Pratapgarh district, official sources said here today.Abdul Majid was hit in firing last night by one Ajit Pratap whose sister was getting married in Madhupur village in the district's Kauhdaur area, IG (law and order) RK Vishwakarma said.Pratap, who is yet to be arrested, had fired from his licensed double barrel gun, hitting Majid, who was killed on the spot.Copyright...

Source : Times Of India | 18 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Police cracked the ornament loot case

cracked the loot case of ornaments and money from a leading jwellery shop in one of the businest area of the Balasore town on Saturday last with the arrest of the security guard of the shop and recovery of looted aount aand ornaments. Balasore District Superintendent of Police Amrita Das said Sukanta Behera (23), the Security Guard, a resident of Madhupur under Remuna Police station was arrested...

Source : Webindia123 | 226 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Maoists kidnap 19 railway employees, release them later

group of Maoists today abducted 19 railway employees, including a station master, from a railway station between Madhupur and JhaJha in Bihar's Jamui district, but later released all of them.A group of around 20 armed men took them hostage when they were repairing railway tracks near Ghorparan station located between Jasidih and Simultala stations on Jhajha-Jasidih section, Simultala station master...

Source : Ndtv | 363 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

BPL housing scheme ‘scam’

people.Many residents of Gangadhari village in Naoda have been enlisted as beneficiaries of the Indira Awaas Yojana even though they already have a house and farmland, depriving homeless people.Villagers owing allegiance to the Congress lodged a complaint with the block development officer of Naoda last month accusing the RSP-run local Madhupur gram panchayat of allotting money under the scheme to...

Source : Telegraphindia | 471 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Maoist gunned down

Security forces in West Midnapore today gunned down a suspected Maoist who was allegedly part of a gang that had killed a policeman and looted arms in Bankura in 2010.The police said action squad member Yudhistir alias Arjun and his accomplices fired at them when they went to arrest them after receiving information from residents that they were hiding in Belpaharis Madhupur village. The others a...

Source : Telegraphindia | 499 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Maoist action squad member killed in W Midnapore

action squad member was gunned down by the security forces at Madhupur village under Belpahari police station in the West Midnapore district today. Superintendent of Police Praveen Kumar said, acting on information that some Maoists were gathered near the West Bengal-Jahrkhand border the combine forces launched a combing operation in the area. Recacting to the same, the ultras started...

Source : Webindia123 | 499 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Odisha village crowns Collector king for a day

Keeping the age-old tradition alive, the head of the district administration assumed the title of a 'king' for a day in a village in Jagatsinghpur district.The crowned District Collector, on Tuesday, discharged duties of a king in accordance with tenets of kingship, a practice in vogue in Sidhala village under Madhupur grampanchayat.Even as the unique practice arouses curiosity among outsiders, the...

Source : Ndtv | 522 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur

Village arbitrators in RAB custody

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested two persons allegedly responsible for the whipping of two women following a village arbitration in Rangpur.Chairman of Madhupur union at Badarganj upazila Mohammad Ainal Huq, 40, and his aide Mohammad Saiful Islam Mondal, 45, were arrested from Dhaka's Kakrail area around 12pm on Wednesday, a RAB statement said.It said RAB men were hunting the duo...

Source : bdnews24 | 692 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Madhupur