News from Jajpur

In a letter to the Indian Ambassador, Panda requested the embassy to take necessary steps to facilitate the return of the body of Bibhuti Bhusan Jena. 

As per reports, the 108- ambulance was reportedly ferrying the woman patient from Balasore to SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack when the mishap occurred.

The accused, Subrat Behera, was absconding and has been caught by police after being on the run for almost 65 days.

As per IMD, people in Odisha will get relief from the scorching heat conditions in view of the rain and thunderstorm activities.

In a shocking incident, a newborn baby was abandoned by his father in Jajpur Town on Monday after his wife claimed that the baby has rare 'intersex' condition.

The much touted Basudha yojana, which aims at providing potable water to the rural Odisha, seems to have turned out to be a mere eyewash for the villagers in Dharmashala and Basudevpur.

The agitating students have demanded nursing management by varsity authorities and not by any private firm.

In a glaring example of such poor healthcare facility, beds at the ESI hospital in Keonjhar’s Badbil are gathering dust while the equipment at the laboratory are lying in a dilapidated condition. According to locals, the doctor working there is on leave for the last four months and the nurses and the attendants at the hospital are inadequate. 

Jajpur SP Rahul PR suspended the SI of Binjharpur police staion, Kanduri Das for not failing to initiate appropriate action despite the registration of an FIR.

Meanwhile, the investigating team has recovered a mobile phone of Manas from a betel shop owner. A man had found the phone from the road side near Sankharidiha in Dharmasala and handed it over to the betel shop owner.

As per reports, a total of seven persons got swept away in the strong current of the river while they were taking a bath on the eve of Holi yesterday.

It is, however, suspected that though initially it was suspected that around 6 youths were in the group that went to take bath, the discovery of 10 pairs of clothes and an equal number of footwear pairs has led to speculations that there could be more people in the group.

No incident of violence was reported during the re-polling.  

Of the 49 booths, while 25 are those where polling was affected in the first phase of voting, the rest 24 are the troubled ones during the second phase.

Nagada, which made headlines in 2016 after several children from the area died due to acute malnutrition, witnessed 83 per cent voter turnout during the fourth phase polls