News from Jajpur

Visitors to the office of the Assistant Director, Horticulture in Jajpur got a rude shock when they allegedly found the office doors shut while the cabins of other employees were lying empty on Wednesday.

One person, who belongs to Katia area under Mangalpur police limits, has been detained in connection with the case

The woman claimed that she wanted to sell the plot to meet the educational expenses of her two sons, who are pursuing higher studies.

After the demise of Nanda Sir, his students from three generations are grieving the irreparable loss. It is even unbelievable for many of his students that their lovable Nanda Sir is not present among them. His vacant 'Chatasali' classroom, where he had laid the foundation of education for many, seems to be haunting.

On November 23, as many as 53 students of a Girl’s High School in Sundargarh district tested positive for Covid-19. The infected students were from Class 9, 9 and 10. The school was later shut for a week in order to prevent the outbreak of more cases.

As per preliminary reports, two front wheels of the parcel van of the Yesvanthpur-Howrah Duronto Express jumped the tracks near the station.

Padma Shri Nanda Kishore Prusty, the centenarian teacher from Kantira village under Sukinda Police limits of Jajpur, was allegedly threatened over a land dispute on Sunday.

Tension gripped the police beat house area under Jenapur police limits in Jajpur district after hundreds of drivers gheraoed the beat house and staged a road blockade on the nearby National Highway Sunday.

In fact, the modus operandi of the gang has an uncanny resemblance with a Bollywood pot boiler wherein the trinity of a mechanic, vehicle thief and scrap dealer (Kabadiwala) gang up in stealing vehicles from the nearby areas in the district. 

Thousands of farmers are in distress in Badachana block under Jajpur district as pest attack has destroyed acres of lands with standing Rabi crop

Thunderstorm with lightning is also likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati,Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj in the next 24 hours.

A woman and her son who had gone missing since three days from Balichandrapur market in Jajpur were found unconscious at Saraipali in Chhattisgarh on Thursday

Laxmipriya’s in-laws allegedly poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. She was rescued by the villagers and admitted to SCB Medical and College at Cuttack in a critical condition

Priyanshi has set the record for identifying English alphabets, 32 animals, 10 vehicles, 14 fruits, 10 vegetables, 10 colours, 20 food items and 31 Odia alphabets, reciting multiplication table of 2, words associated with the English alphabet, days of the week, months in a year, one shloka and 10 rhymes at a tender age of 2 years and nine months only.

"Respecting the emotions of the devotees, the collector has decided to allow them to visit the temple from 5 am to 2 pm for 'darshan'. However, section 144 will be clamped from 2 pm to 5 am during which the chariot pulling ceremony will be conducted."