Tag: Baripada

Yet another horrific incident has called into question women's safety in the state. A Plus 3 girl student was allegedly gang raped in front of her male friend near Kalama Chhak under Baisinga police limits in Mayurbhanj.

Baripada: Activists of JMM today staged a road blockade at different places in Baripada and Balasore town demanding revival of the Amarda air strip at Rasgobindpur. The activists led by the party’s State president stopped vehicles on NH-18 and shouted slogans against the government alleging government apathy towards the airstrip. Vehicular traffic remained stranded on […]

Baripada: A man was arrested from Chandipur in Mayurbhanj district by Khunta Police on charges of duping nearly Rs 5 crore from job aspirants. The accused has been identified as Lakshman Hansda. According to sources, Hansda took money from youths and their parents on the pretext of giving jobs and later vanished. “He was my […]

Baripada: In an unfortunate incident, tourists from West Bengal visiting Sitakund in Similipal of Mayurbhanj district were allegedly thrashed by some locals today. According to reports, local youths had allegedly made some obscene gestures to the tourists hailing from Digha in West Bengal. This led to an altercation between them, following which the locals allegedly […]

Mayurbhanj: A 4-year-old minor girl was allegedly raped in Baripada and the matter came to light after a complaint was lodged at Badasahi Police Station today. The girl has been admitted to Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital while cops have detained 3 youths in connection with the case and have started interrogation. “An investigation […]

Mayurbhanj: Two jail warders were placed under suspension after an undertrial prisoner escaped while undergoing treatment at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital at Baripada today. The accused, identified as Kanhu Charan Marandi, was lodged at Baripada circle jail since November 25 after he was arrested in connection with a gangrape case. He was […]

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths raided the house of a pharmacist in Baripada and arrested him for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, the millionaire pharmacist Sandeep Pati, was working as a contractual worker at Rangmatia hospital for the last eight years and was made permanent two months back. The sleuths […]

Bhubaneswar:  Earthquake was reported in northern parts of Odisha today. Met department sources confirmed an earthquake measuring 5.0 in magnitude on Richter scale with an epicentre at Hooghly in West Bengal. “The earthquake of moderate intensity with its epicentre in Hooghly district of West Bengal at latitude 22.9 degree north and longitude 87.7 east was […]

Baripada/ Cuttack: At least three persons were killed and more than 20 persons injured in separate road mishaps across the State today. In the first incident, two persons were killed and more than 20 sustained injuries after a pick-up van they were travelling in turned turtle at Kanheibandha- Dhanagera road under Udala police limits in […]

Baripada: BJD workers vandalised the party office at Baripada in Myurbhanj district late on Monday night. According to reports, a group of youths barged into the party office on Monday night and damaged the property inside the office which houses the youth and students wings of the party and is situated close to the Mayurbhanj […]

Baripada: A herd of elephants wreaked havoc in Karanjia village here after it went on a rampage at the Biswa Bandhu residential school late on Monday night, destroying property and food items kept for school meals. Though no student has been injured in the incident, the walls and gates of the school have completely been […]

Baripada: The health care services at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital of the district are in disarray owing to the shortage of beds at different wards in the hospital. As per reports, less number of beds has compelled the patients to sleep on floor even in this bone chilling cold. With less number […]

Mayurbhanj: It has been 60 days since Cyclone Titli hit the district, but residents of several villages in the region are yet to get any compensation from the State government. As per reports 23 families of Kundasahi village were rendered homeless after the cyclone on October 10. The victims managed to survive with whatever assistance […]

Mayurbhanj: Normal life was thrown out of gear at various places in Mayurbhanj district today as members of the district Adivasi Revolutionary Youth and Student Association observed a  12-hour bandh pressing for four-point charter of demands including effective implementation of Adivasi reservation system. According to sources, the protestors demanded amendment of reservation system, filling vacancies […]

Baripada: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted cash worth Rs 15 lakh from four different ATMs in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday night. All the four ATM machines at Axis Bank at Tulasichaura, United Bank of India at  Palabani, UBI at Astia and Bank of India at Station Bazar have been looted in a similar fashion using gas […]