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.
Berhampur: Excise department officials of Berhampur on Thursday arrested three persons in two different cases for peddling around 170 Kgs of Ganja. As per reports, the excise sleuths laid a trap on NH-16 near Lanjipalli in Berhampur at 9am after getting a tip off about two suspected Ganja peddler. They apprehended a pickup truck at […]
Berhampur: The Berhampur Cyber police on Friday arrested a man named Bhagabat Prasad Mishra here on charges of creating fake social media accounts in the name of his wife while exhibiting her as a call girl and circulating her objectionable photos and videos. As per reports, Bhagabat hails from Kesinga block in Kalahandi district and […]
Berhampur: In a major haul, a police team in Ganjam district seized 6 kg gold and 240 kg silver while they were being illegally transported in a car on Saturday. Gosani Nuagaon police have recovered the gold and silver from the car and nabbed three persons in this connection. They are being interrogated by the […]
Ganjam: Despite a regular crackdown by police and Excise officials, smuggling of ganja and other contraband items continues unabated in different parts of the State. In the latest instance, over 30 quintals of ganja (dry cannabis) worth around Rs 3 crore was seized at Krushnapur village under Patapur Police Limits in the district on Monday. […]
Berhampur: The Odisha government has allowed the Ganjam district administration to start cotton procurement from December 15. The district administration has asked the regulated market committee (RMC), Digapahandi to make all arrangements for the opening of the mandi, the lone cotton procurement centre in the district. The administration has also asked officials to create awareness […]
Berhampur/Gangtok: Five persons, including an Odia Army personnel were killed in a road mishap near Nathula in Sikkim on Sunday. As per reports, Yajnya Narayan Kar from Athagadapatna village under Kabisuryanagar Police limits in Ganjam was travelling in an army vehicle with four others last night. On the way, the vehicle skidded off a snow- […]
Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted raids at separate places in Rourkela and Berhampur over disproportionate assets cases. The anti-graft officials on Tuesday raided the residence of a Commercial Tax official working at the office of GST in Rourkela. The official identified as Alekh Mahananda has been charged with accumulating properties disproportionate to his known […]
Berhampur/Sonepur: Continuing its tirade against the corrupt officials in the State, the Odisha Vigilance on Thursday raided the houses and offices two government officials- an assistant executive engineer engaged in Rayagada Works Division and a panchayat executive office (PEO) of Sonepur- in connection with accumulation of disproportionate assets. The officials have been identified as Uddhab […]
Berhampur: From school-level general knowledge to nursery rhymes to religious events, two-year-old girl Jigyansa Mohanty from Berhampur in Ganjam district answers all questions with élan. Not that she is the only one possessing this kind of a talent, but Jigyansa’s skills are just-perfect enough to floor anybody who speaks to her. She is yet to […]
Berhampur: Amid reports of the highly contiguous new variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom fast-spreading its tentacles, Ganjam district Collector Friday said that at least three persons have returned to Berhampur from Britain recently. “One of the three returnees has been traced and is under home quarantine. We have also conducted RT-PCR test […]
Ganjam: Two bike-borne miscreants allegedly targeted an elderly woman and snatched a gold chain from her at Shyamalai Nagar under Hinjilikatu block in the district on Sunday. The victim has been identified as one Basanti Sahu. According to reports, the incident occurred when Basanti was walking on her way back home. Two persons on a […]
Berhampur: Police on Sunday cracked the burglary case at two jewellery shops in Badabazar area in Ganjam district and arrested two persons from Chhattisgarh in this connection. The arrested duo has been identified as Lokesh Srivas (29) of Kabeerdham district and Lokesh Rao (24) of Durg district of Chhattisgarh. The police recovered Rs 12, 07,060 […]
Berhampur: A newly-wed woman was rescued from a cowshed in a critical condition with her hands and legs tied at Makarapalli village under Buguda police limits on Monday. The woman identified as Jhilli Pradhan was reported as missing by her in-laws since 24 hours. However, after the woman was rescued from her neighbour’s cowshed, her […]
Berhampur: Blame it on animals as much as you can, but some recent reports suggest that humans often play the role of an instigator in a man-animal conflict. A case in point is the man-animal conflict at Nuapalli village under North-Ghumusar Forest Range in Bhanjanagar which claimed two precious lives. Two persons including a minor […]
Berhampur: After Srimandir in Puri and Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, the famous Taratarini temple in Purusottampur of Ganjam district is all set throw open its door to devotees from January 3, 2021, informed Collector, Vijay Amruta Kulange on Monday. Announcing the news that will bring smile on faces of all the devotees and servitors of […]
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