Tag: Borigumma

Jeypore: Irregularities in repair work of NH-26, particularly the Koraput-Jeypore-Borigumma stretch, have come to the fore after an e-complaint was lodged with the Union Ministry of Road Transport. As per the complaint, the local engineer put patches on the damaged road without doing the proper road work. Following this, the Koraput-Jeypore-Borigumma stretch has become accident-prone […]

Koraput: The demand for Notified Area Council (NAC) status for Borrigumma gained momentum with Congress blocking the National Highway in Jeypore on Monday. The Congress activists blocked NH-26 and NH-63 to press for their demands and raised slogans against the Centre and Odisha Government which had recently accorded NAC status for Bijepur ahead of the […]

Jeypore: Demanding a complete ban on liquor in undivided Koraput district, Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati and his supporters continued their dharna for the second day in Borigumma today. Bahinipati along with party activists and locals staged the protest urging Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to announce a ban on liqour in undivided […]

Jeypore: The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has asked the Koraput Child Protection Officer to initiate adoption process for an 11-month-old baby girl, who was rescued from Nilagiri forest in Borigumma of Koraput district on July 12. Koraput Child Protection Officer Rajashree Das stated, “The CARA has given a go ahead to start the process […]

Koraput: It’s a script straight out of some Bollywood flicks narrating the story of separation and reunion. The story of nine-year-old boy lost 17 years ago reunites with his family. Emotions ran high in Kumuli village of Borigumma after 26-year-old Tankadhar Pradhani reunited with his family on Sunday. Having lost her son years ago, Tankadhar’s […]

Jeypore: The State Women and Child Development minister Prafulla Samal today ordered a probe into the heartrending incident in which an infant was crying alone near her mother’s dead body near Borigumma. The Koraput District Child Protection official has been asked to probe and submit a report on the incident. The minister added that the […]

Jeypore: It was heartrending for the residents of Kumbharput under Borigumma police station in Koraput district to witness the sight of an infant crying alone near the deadbody of the mother. The toddler was found a little away from the body of her mother in a forest. After hearing the wails of the child, residents […]

Jeypore/Bhubaneswar: At a time when four children lost their lives at the Malkangiri district headquarters hospital in a single day today due to the Japanese Encephalitis taking the death toll to 112, visit of Minister for Tribal Welfare Sudam Marndi and BJD MP from Berhampur Siddhant Mohapatra to Borigumma block in Koraput district to inaugurate […]

Jeypore: A police team led by Borigumma SDPO was attacked at Kumuli village while conducting raids on a gambling den late last night. The attack occurred after an argument and scuffle between the police staff and the villagers. The incident occurred while acting on a tip-off the team of more than 20 cops raided the […]

Four persons of Kebidi village of Borigumma block in Koraput district were killed near the Egmore railway station in Tamil Nadu, the Koraput police said today

Koraput: A newborn girl was found abandoned near a culvert at Kebidi village under Borigumma block in Koraput district on Monday. The baby is believed to be two months old. According to reports, a few local residents passing by the road heard the screams of the baby girl this morning and rushed to rescue her. […]

Jeypore: Panic gripped the residents at Ladijodi village under Borigumma block here in Koraput district for last several days after six sloth bears are found moving around the village in the night. Locals said the animals sneak into the human settlement soon after the sunset and roam around till late night before leaving for forest […]

Koraput: Locals at Borigumma block in the district have demanded the shifting of the proposed railway track between Jeypore and Nabrangpur by 5 kilomtres stating that it would increase congestion if it passes through the town as per the present plan. Several locals took out a march to the Collector’s office earlier on Tuesday and […]