News from Kendrapara. Odisha

BJP National Vice President and Kendrapara Lok Sabha MP candidate Baijayant Panda began his election campaign in Kendrapara after visiting the Baldev Jew temple and holding a massive roadshow.

Ratikant Panda, a former student said, "Nizam Sir has retired from his job, but he has not taken retirement from our hearts.”  

Welcoming Baijayant Panda's nomination as the candidate for the Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, the Rajnagar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today took out a huge rally.

Surprisingly, some CCTVs have also been stolen and the police officials in Kendrapara are allegedly controlling the crime and maintaining law and order with the help of just one camera.

As per reports, an eleven-member forest department team was patrolling the area in a boat when they found around 15-20 trawlers fishing in the prohibited area.

While the MCC enforcement was a bit fast in Rourkela, it was found to be dead slow in Bhubaneswar.

BJD leader Arup Patnaik, who had unsuccessfully contested in the Bhubaneswar  Lok Sabha segment, may be given a party ticket from the Puri LS seat while veteran leader Prasanna Patasani may be fielded from the Chilika Assembly seat, reliable sources said.  

As per reports, Malik and his wife were irrigating their farmland on Friday morning on the banks of Hansua river when a crocodile suddenly appeared from nowhere and attacked him. Despite resistance from his wife, the crocodile pulled Malik inside the river.

Earlier, Anshuman Mohanty, former Congress MLA from Rajnagar and the son of ex-BJD leader Nalini Mohanty had joined the ruling party. Notably, Bijay Mohapatra, one of the founding members of the BJD, was expelled from the party 24 years ago. Since then, he has been silently and dimly active in politics despite his consecutive defeats in Assembly elections on his home turf. 

A day before the launching of the long-awaited passenger train service by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Haridashpur-Paradeep railway line during his visit to Chandikhole in Jajpur, an expert team from the Commission for Railway Safety examined the rail track in Kendrapara. 

The BJP leader said, “Though he has been in power for so many years, he failed to ensure the development of the Mahakalpara area on all fronts. He was elected MLA three times and remained in power for 15 years. He has become minister of various departments, but what he has done for the constituency."

The stadium which has been neglected since its construction 12 years back will finally be renovated for cricketers. Kendrapara district administration finally took steps to develop it after the news of its neglect was aired on OTV recently.

The names of young leaders coming to the forefront are Subhashri Mishra, (daughter of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Jaynarayan Mishra), Dr Debasmita Sharma (daughter of former Congress MLA Devendra Sharma), and Lipika Majhi (daughter of former Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi).

Those critically injured have reportedly been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

At the age of 105, Karmakar walks 2 km to his smithy daily. His work ethics reflect on the goodwill he has generated over 70 years as an ironsmith. Karmakar’s smithy has become synonymous with a landmark in Ramnagar which is used by travellers to identify directions and distance.