Tag: Baripada

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Mild tremors were felt in some parts of Odisha this evening bu no loss of life was reported from any of these areas.

Baripada: Town police on Saturday night rescued 20 minor girls while they were being taken away to Kolkata by a bus. From primary investigation, it was found that the rescued girls are residents of Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts, sources in police said. The girls were going to the neighbouring state to work in a […]

In a saddening incident, five including three women were killed and six injured in lightning strike at different places in Mayurbhanj district on Friday

Baripada: In a shocking incident, a deeply wounded body of a minor girl found from Sanakumarum forest under Tiring police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Thursday. Family members of the deceased girl, identified as a resident of Sanakiajanga village, have alleged their daughter has been murdered after being raped. According to sources, the girl was […]

Taking note of increasing Maoist activities in Balangir district in western Odisha, the state government has initiated the process for shifting the CRPF battalion from Baripada to Balangir

Baripada: In a bizarre incident, the body of a man was found buried underground while his son was allegedly burnt to death at Jogi Nuagaon near Badasahi in Mayurbhanj district today. The body of Karmu Mohanta was recovered on the river bed near the village while his son Chhatu, a mentally challenged person, was rescued […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed sadness over death of two children in Mayurbhanj district due to food poisoning and announced compensation of Rs 1 lakh each from the CM's Relief Fund to the families of the deceased

Baripada: Irate guardians, whose children failed to appear in the annual CBSE class X examination yesterday, handed over the principal Sanjay Kumar Sen and director Srabani Sen of St. Francis Xavier High School here to police on Thursday. According to sources, the parents also filed a complaint against the school officials over the issue with […]