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.
Centenarian Krishna Leela performer Gopinath Swain, a resident of Gobindapur village under Shergarh block of Ganjam district is one among the four eminent personalities from Odisha who have been chosen to receive the Padma Shri award.
Gopinath Swain, Bhagbat Padhan, Binod Maharana, and Binod Kumar Pasayat from Odisha will receive the Padma Shri. The awards will be conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April.
It is alleged that a controversy had erupted between two groups during a cricket match in the village some months back. The matter had even reached the police station.
In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hacked his uncle (father’s younger brother) and his sister-in-law (cousin brother’s wife) to death at Paladhuapalli village under Khallikote Police limits of Ganjam district on Friday.
It was alleged that her younger son Pramod Rout used to ask for her old-age pension money and he attacked her when she refused the money on Sunday.
Odisha Governor Raghubar Das visited the Tara Tarini temple to seek blessings of the presiding deity of Ganjam on Thursday, the second day of his two-day visit to the district.
It is alleged that the driver of the second bus was driving under the influence of alcohol. However, a detailed investigation can throw light on the exact cause of the mishap.
Police on Friday arrested four poachers from Tamana Reserve Forest in Ganjam district. Along with two deer skulls with horns, the cops also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession.
The farmers in Ganjam district on Tuesday were seen making last-ditch efforts to save their harvest-ready paddy from the cyclone ‘Michaung’-induced unseasonal rain.
The heart-wrenching incident was reported from Adheibara village under Kabisuryanagar police limits in Ganjam district. The incident has become a matter of discussion in the town.
Two persons were killed while six others were critically injured after a tractor in which they were travelling in overturned in Ganjam district on Tuesday.
Lured by loan promise, three persons lost Rs 28 lakh to fraudsters who allegedly gave them Rs 40 lakh in counterfeit notes in return. The incident was reported from Berhampur in Ganjam on Tuesday.
Circumstantial evidence and certain words written in the banner point to the involvement of the Maoists, who are believed to have put up the banners to threaten some contractors engaged in the border areas and intend to extort money from them.
Speculation about his closeness with the BJP started the day he was seen sitting next to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during the oath-taking ceremony of Governor Raghubar Das.
The irate farmers took out a rally which culminated at the Digapahandi block office. Carrying paddy plants in their hands, they staged a sit-in there.
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