News from Berhampur

Following the accreditation, Sunapur beach located on the confluence of Bahuda river and Bay of Bengal, became the second such beach in Odisha after Puri.

As per reports, the bus was en route to Berhampur from Sorada when it collided with the pick-up van near Khadbhaga. Upon getting the news, police and fire fighting personnel reached the spot, rescued the injured and sent them to the Aska hospital.

During the extravaganza, people will witness a feast of hit songs and dances, including folk, classical as well as modern from artistes not only from Odisha, but from outside the State.

Santosh Kumar Jena from Totagaon under Ganjam’s Khallikote NAC mesmerised everybody in his village by creating a rangoli sculpture of Ram Mandir. More than 30 kg of Rangoli has been used to create the sculpture which has a size of 345 sqft.

Doctor Balunkeswar Sarangi, who works at Gobara Community Health Centre (CHC) in Belaguntha, has enormous love for trees, especially medicinal plants. And he has manifested his love for plants through his love for his late gardener, Khadal Behera.

As per reports, quintals of arua rice collected by the Arpan Rath in Malkangiri with Lord Jagannath’s idol in the back of the vehicle, have been lying unused at the local Jagannath temple.

Kuresh Behera and Sonu Bisoi started from their home town Berhampur’s Chandpur on December 30, 2023 and expect to reach Ayodhya before January 22 to see the grand consecration ceremony. They have reached Bhadrak on Thursday.

The allegations of a sex racket running in the college surfaced on December 26 following which the department initiated an enquiry.

On August 9, 1998, Harihar alleged stormed into the house of Indira, attacked her mother and brother. Following the incident, Harihar fled and started working in Surat before returning to Odisha. He married another woman in 2001 in Aska.

From this day onwards, Goddess Mahalakshmi leaves for her parent’s home for a month. For this reason, food cooked by Lord Jagannath’s mother (Yashoda) is offered early in the morning. This prasad is known as Pahili Bhog which along with Ballabh Bhog is offered to the Lord during this month.

People have started to raise questions if the Income Tax department will only confine its raids to western Odisha and not to other parts where the illegal liquor trade has assumed the proportions of a cottage industry. 

Her charred body was found lying in her home at Bhetanai, following which the neighbours called the police. She was a student of Ahalya Devi Junior Women's College at Ballipadar.

As per reports, people are forced to move to borewells in their respective areas after the PHD water supply dried down. However, with only a handful of handpumps in the Silk City has made their lives miserable.

Asked about the Chhadakhai business, a fish seller at Unit 4 market in Bhubaneswar said, “There are not enough people in the market due to Tuesday. Many people do not eat non-veg on Tuesday. We have opened our shops since 6 am but cannot sell enough.”

The case in point is the three-year-old toilet near Penduru Gadai Market in the Bada Bazaar area. Locals alleged that since its floor has broken and water is scarcely available, the toilet is of no use to people and traders. Over Rs 15 lakh was spent on the toilet three years ago.