Ganjam is the largest district of Odisha in terms of population. The district is broadly divided into two divisions, the Coastal plain area in the east and hill and table lands in the west. The Eastern Ghats run along the western side of the District. Ganjam district is best known for its stunning sea beach and a deep sea port at Gopalpur. Ganjam is also famous for a perennial hot spring of medicinal sulfuric water located at Taptapani .This district has world’s largest breeding ground of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Rushikulya beach where Lakhs of endangered Olive Ridley turtles flocked the Rushikulya river mouth for their annual mass nesting. Ganjam’s Achar (Pickles) and Papad is very popular. These two give away such a wonderful flavor to the mouth that it is liked by the folks of Odisha at any and every point of time.
The bodies of a woman and her minor daughter were found in their house under mysterious circumstances at Sanabaragaon Balihata village under Polsara Police limits of Ganjam on Thursday.
At Soro in Balasore, MLA Parsuram Dhada accompanied by his supporters celebrated Biju Babu’s birth anniversary sidelining his own party leader and a ticket hopeful, Shibani Shankar Ray. On the other hand, Ray and scores of party workers separately organised another programme.
In most Assembly segments, the organizational units of the ruling party are ridden with virulent factionalism and frontline leaders and workers are reportedly disillusioned with local leadership. As a result, the exodus of influential leaders from the party has started.
“It is the struggle of a weak, tortured and humiliated woman. A powerful former minister brought me to the street. I appeal to women and girls of Buguda, Polasara and Kabisuryanagar areas not to vote for a ‘depraved, immoral and tyrant’ leader in the upcoming elections,” she lamented.
Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi on Thursday not only showed his power in Ganjam but also in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on dais asserted that the mission will start from Hinjili, Chief Minister’s home constituency.
As per reports, Swapna and her mother were collecting leaves in the forest last evening. All of a sudden, a bullet got stuck into her stomach. However, the mother-daughter duo could not see anyone around in the forest.
Tension gripped Khallikote Police Station in Ganjam after hundreds of villagers carrying traditional weapons like bows and arrows gheraoed the police station on Saturday.
The authorities of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur have debarred four medicos from the campus on charges of ragging a second-year student.
The body of a seven-year-old girl, who along with her family members had come to Jiliba village under Belaguntha police limits in Ganjam to attend her grandfather’s death rituals, was spotted in a village pond on Friday.
Apart from cadre restructuring and grade pay, the agitating workers demanded that the eligibility for the post should be a graduation degree. They warned of launching an indefinite dharna in Bhubaneswar if the government fails to listen to their demands.
Before her arrest, Sanjuka said over the phone, “I am in my in-law’s house while police are outside the house to keep a close watch on me. I demanded my in-laws to call the legislator as I had spent nine years with him. I have no means of living now and am in distress. Hence, I came to my house.”
Basant Sethi, an attendant of a patient, said, “When we came to the CHC, it was dark and the doctor on duty was moving outside the hospital speaking on the phone. There was no light. We switched on our mobile light and the doctor started treatment.”
As per initial reports, the raids are being conducted at 10 places in Odisha including Ganjam and Bhubaneswar. Apart from this, raids are also underway on the properties linked to Golden Land Developers Limited which is a Delhi-based company.
The residents of Dharakote, Shergarh, and Sadangipalli areas under the Aska range of South Ghumusar forest division in Ganjam district are spending sleepless nights as a herd of 12 elephants including two tuskers has unleashed a reign of terror.
A 17-year-old boy stabbed a student of a degree college to death Kairansi village under Khallikote Police limits on Tuesday. What was very disconcerting about the incident was that the juvenile delinquent committed the crime after returning from a Bal Sudhar Gruha (juvenile home/borstal for young offenders). People were shocked by such an incident.
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