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.
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena has assured that there will be no impact of Cyclone Asani in Odisha as it will move 100 km away off Puri coast.
As per IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, the low pressure is likely to intensify into a depression today. There will be a gradual rise in the wind speed from today onwards and it is likely that the system will further intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 8 (tomorrow), the Regional MeT said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued heavy rainfall warning for four districts of Odisha on May 10 during the approach of the possible cyclonic system from the Bay of Bengal towards the north Andhra and Odisha coasts.
Geetanjali Dash, a retired professor of Political Science at Fakir Mohan University, has more than 36 years of teaching experience including 12 years as a professor.
When the corrupt subordinate is caught, the superior hardly ever gets the blame whereas he too needs to be hauled up for dereliction of duty. If that was done, there would be better performance, less corruption and better utilization of government resources.
Rashmita has demanded immediate arrest of the accused
Senior officials said 107 kg Ganja (dry cannabis), 517 gram Opium, 607 gram gold and 196 gram silver have been recovered from their possession. Apart from this, documents pertaining to 29 land property have also been recovered during the raid.
As per initial reports, all the three members of the family started vomiting soon after consuming their dinner last night. All of them were immediately rushed to a hospital and were discharged after preliminary treatment.
As per initial reports, both Sudhir and Sudarsan had gone to attend a meeting which was organised between the winner and the defeated groups in the recently concluded panchayat elections at Chasanimakhandi village.
In a similar incident, a baby was delivered at Polsara Community Health Center Ganjam District under cellphone light and candles due to an abrupt power cut on Monday night following which tension ran high at the hospital.
Tension ran high at the hospital following the incident as the relatives of the lady expressed resentment against the hospital authority regarding the poor healthcare facility at the health center
The IMD has issued a ‘yellow warning’ for thunderstorm and lightning activities in seven districts of Koraput,Rayagada, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh and Khordha in the next 24 hours.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 in Richter scale hit four districts of Odisha on Friday. The tremors were felt in Ganjam, Nayagarh, Phulbani and Boudh at 11.19 am today, informed the IMD regional centre Bhubaneswar.
During interrogation, Sahu spilled the bean and informed the police that Barik was in fact the owner of the illegal liquor factory.
On March 22 night, the three siblings Sambhu Swain, Pandab Swain, Raja Swain and their minor cousin Chandan Swain were allegedly attacked and beating to death by Sadhu and his associates.
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