Tag: Baripada

Rairangpur: In a shocking incident, a man strangulated his one and a half year old son at Jharapokharia village in Rairangpur of Mayurbhanj district. The accused, Laxman Patra, was nabbed by villagers and was later handed over to police. As per preliminary investigations, police sources reveal that family disturbance could be the reason behind such […]

Bhubaneswar/Athagarh/Brahmagiri: The Wildlife wing of the Odisha Forest department today undertook simultaneous bird counting at the Ansupa lake, Mahanadi river bed, Brahmagiri range and three forest divisions in Baripada. Total 67 teams were formed and participated in the bird census at Ansupa lake and the Mahanadi river bed under the Athagarh range. Goura Gopal Singh, […]

Baripada: After the poor response from some offices in Mayurbhanj district on submission of a declaration saying their staffs are not involved in employing child labour, Collector Rajesh Prabhakar Patil has asked the district treasury office not to allow the concerned offices to draw salary of their staff for this month. Talking to newsmen, Patil […]

Bhubaneswar: As predicted by the local Met office here, most parts of Odisha have come under intense cold wave with mercury dipping to below 10 degree Celsius at six places in interior south and western Odisha today. According to a Met release this evening, temperature went down to the lowest in Phulbani at 6.6 degree […]

Keonjhar: In a bizarre incident, a five-month-old boy suffered critical injuries in an attack by two puppies while sleeping on his house verandah at Niebuga village under Bamabari police limits of Keonjhar district. Initially, the baby boy was taken to the Jhumpura Primary Health Centre with the help of an ASHA worker and later shifted […]

Baripada: A couple was crushed to death with a stone at Changu Sahi under Raruan Police limits of Mayurbhanj district today. The deceased have been identified as Madhu Kala and his wife Somabari Kala. The couple is survived by three small daughters and a son. The bodies were discovered by villagers today from a field […]

Baripada: In a tragic incident, two persons died and another sustained injury when a motorcycle fell off a bridge near Munsibandh under Sadar police station this morning. The deceased identified as Ranjan Behera and Rahul Mukhi of Tulsi Chaura area. The incident took place when the two were returning to Anlapada on the bike and […]

Balasore/Baripada: The Kuldiha Sanctuary in Balasore and the Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj districts reopened for visitors today. Tourists will now get to see animals and birds like elephants, bison, Sambar and peacocks at the Kuldiha sanctuary located in Nilagiri area in the district. The Forest Department has made elaborate arrangements for tourists. For accommodation, […]

Baripada: Eggs were hurled at Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik during his visit to Mayurbhanj district to inaugurate various developmental projects. According to sources, the incident occurred at the rally ground in Suliapada when a youth hurled eggs at the CM. The police had apprehended a youth in this connection. However, the youth was soon captured […]

Baripada: Campus poll at MPC junior college was cancelled for this year and closed sine die following student unrest on Saturday. The college’s authority took the decision as two student groups fought a pitched battle on the premises of the educational institution. According to sources, bombs were also hurled inside the campus of the college. […]

Baripada: The students of a college under Kaptipada block in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday paraded government officials on bare foot in muddy road, to make them realise the poor condition of roads in the area. Sources said, Kaptipada block development officer (BDO) Yudhisthir Nayak and an assistant engineer of Rural Development department faced the ire […]

Baripada: Preparations have reached the final stage for the celebration of the Ratha Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra in Baripada on Thursday. As per tradition, Ratha Yatra is celebrated in this district headquarters town a day after the car festival in Puri. Like the Jagannath Temple in Puri, […]

In the umpteenth case of its kind in the state, an eight-year-old boy was branded with hot iron by his mother at Panchama village in Keonjhar district

Former Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Morada police station Rashmi Ranjan Das, who had remained untraceable for over four years since the the much-talked-about Lili Nayak case in Morada, surrendered in the court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) here on Tuesday

Baripada: Udala police on Saturday found a half-burnt body of a woman near Chandan Pokhari area in Radho village the district here. The deceased has been identified as Jamuna Khatua, wife of Rabindra Khatua of Radho village. Police have detained Rabindra Khatua for interrogation. Meanwhile, family members of the deceased have termed the death as […]