Tag: Baripada

A local court today sentenced a 41-year-old woman to life imprisonment after convicting her in a murder committed two years ago

A local court today sentenced the driver and conductor of a bus to 20 years' imprisonment each after convicting them in the gangrape of an 18-year-old girl in Mayurbhanj district in 2013

Baripada: In yet another bank robbery, the Odisha Gramya Bank’s Pratappur branch under Badasahi police limits in Mayurbhanj district was looted by three miscreants late last night. However, the amount of cash looted from the bank has not been ascertained yet. As per the security guard of the panchayat office, the incident took place at […]

Baripada: Six ambulance employees were thrashed by some locals after a 108 ambulance hit a rickshaw at Chauliashola Chhak in Mayurbhanj district today early morning. The employees received injuries in the attack and were later given preliminary treatment at a nearby hospital. According to reports, two ambulance employees were returning to Baripada after dropping a […]

Baripada: A youth was chased and thrashed by a woman for allegedly eve-teasing her near Gandhi Park in Baripada of Mayurbhanj district on Sunday evening. According to the complaint, the woman had gone to Gandhi Park with her child. While returning, four youths including Govind Singh and Laxman Panda, residents of Rupsa area in Balasore […]

Baripada: A youth was arrested for impersonating as an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and demanding money from people of the town on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Rajat Kumar Panda, a resident of Boulapal village under Tihidi block of Bhadrak district. According to reports, the accused Rajat had demanded Rs 30,000 from […]

Mayurbhanj: Demanding fulfilment of long standing three-point charter of demands, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is observing a 12-hour bandh in Mayurbhanj district. The district lawyers’ body has also extended its support to the bandh. Mahesh Hembram, President of Odisha unit of JMM, stated, “The bandh is being observed to press for the establishment of […]

Bhadrak: Come rainy season, the students of Karanjadia Majhisahi Primary School have to wade through knee-deep water to reach school in Basudevpur area in Bhadrak. The school which is situated on the banks of Mantei river remains flooded for four months every year. As a result, the students are forced to attend classes by risking […]

Three persons including a woman were killed and 14 others were injured when an out of control jeep ran over them in Mayurbhanj district on Friday, police said

It’s now ‘official’! BJP has thrown in the towel even before the bout has begun in right earnest in Odisha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rather tame address at Baripada today left no room for any doubt that the top leadership of the party has read the writing on the wall and decided to present Odisha […]

A couple of weeks ago, my wife had an attack of cold while on a trip to Baripada. What followed was a particularly severe and seemingly endless bout of dry cough. As usual, I rushed to the neighbourhood chemist who, as usual, gave three medicines to be taken for the next three days and asked, […]

Baripada: A Constable of 5th Battalion in Baripada was allegedly thrashed by his associates and three other senior officers on the premises of the Battalion on Saturday. The injured Constable, identified as Kalicharan Kisku, has been admitted to Baripada hospital. As per the allegations of Kisku, the incident took place when he was on Quarters […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Odisha Crime Branch arrested two persons from New Delhi on charges of online fraud. The accused, identified as Binod Kumar and Sanjeeb Kumar, had allegedly duped a Baripada resident of Rs 87 lakh. Earlier, the accused were produced before the Patiala court in Delhi on February 1. The court today allowed the […]

Baripada: Yet again concerns have been raised over the safety and security of girls in the schools as a Class IX girl student of a residential school under Udala police limits was found pregnant today. The matter came to fore after the headmaster of the school filed a written complaint at the Udala police station. […]

Baripada: While government schools across the state are grappling with teacher post vacancies, youth volunteers who have taken up teaching at schools free of cost has come as a boon for students in Mayurbhanj district. After completing their Bachelor of Education (B. Ed) many youths are filling the vacant posts at government schools in the […]