Tag: Baripada

Bhubaneswar: The State continues to reel under severe heat wave with 15 places recording temperature above 40 degrees Celsius today. Capital city Bhubaneswar and Baripada were the hottest with each recording 42.2 degree Celsius, as per the data provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre. Other places which recorded temperature above 40 degrees Celsius were Talcher […]

Baripada: The body of a minor girl, missing since yesterday was recovered from a forest near Gurudabasa village under Betnoti of Mayurbhanj district early this morning. It is being suspected that the Class IV girl was raped and subsequently murdered, police sources said. A youth, identified as Jami Kanta Mahanta of the same village has […]

Baripada: In a shocking incident, two minor girls died of electrocution after coming in contact with a table fan at Sadeikala village under Sadar police limits in Baripada on Wednesday. The deceased identified as Rajlaxmi and Sili Soren, are said to be in age group of five to six years. The incident occurred at around […]

Baripada: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 10-year-old girl was killed by her father over a family feud at Gobardhanshola village under Baripada Sadar police limits of Mayurbhanj district last night. Police have arrested the accused. Sources said the accused identified as Sania Dehury had an altercation with his wife last night. In a fit of […]

Baripada: Demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of a teacher, locals of Khadabandh village in Mayurbhanj district staged a dharna in front of the Bahalda police station yesterday. Alleging that the teacher, Dasamata Hansda, was killed by some miscreants, the villagers demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and submitted a memorandum to SDPO Amulya […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved establishment of two new medical colleges in Odisha, informed Union Health Minister JP Nadda. Nadda in a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday stated that his Ministry has approved two schemes of the Odisha Government for establishment of the two new […]

Sambalpur/Baripada: Two elderly persons, including a woman, were trampled to death by an elephant at Makarkenda village in Rairakhol of Sambalpur district on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Sambhu Bhoi (65) and Daimati Bhoi (70). After getting information about the presence of a herd of elephants in the area, Daimati had gone […]

Mayurbhanj:  An elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pithabata range at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. The incident took place this morning when the deceased, identified as Nirmala Mohanta of Ahari village, had gone to the forest to pick firewood. When Nirmala did not return home, her family launched […]

Baripada: Pregnant women admitted to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College here in Mayurbhanj district for delivery had a harrowing time as they were asked to move to other nearby hospitals after being taken to the operation theatre(OT) for C Section delivery. The reason the hospital authorities cited was some technical glitch in the autoclave machine […]

Baripada: Despite hue and cry from several quarters over the recent cases of rape of minor girls within and outside the state, one more incident from Mayurbhanj district Wednesday night has shocked the state once again. According to reports, a minor tribal girl was allegedly raped by an auto driver near Thakurmunda area here last […]

Baripada: Three persons including two employees of a private bank were today arrested for allegedly orchestrating  a loot of Rs 3.4 lakh  at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district. The Doorstep Banking Officer (DBO) of Manatri branch, Bandhan Bank , Sitaram Sahu, on April 5, had lodged a police complaint alleging that an unidentified miscreant looted him […]

Baripada: The audit of Mayurbhanj Central Co-operative Bank has exposed a major loan scam perpetrated by the officials of its Baripada branch. As per the audit report, the branch showed undue favours to various loan defaulters of the bank through one-time settlement (OTS) mechanism. Though loan amounting over Rs 45.5 lakh of eight persons, who […]

Baripada: Protesting non-arrival of ambulance and fire brigade, locals of Kainphulia village carried  body of a youth, who reportedly died after drowning, to Collector’s office on a cot here on Sunday. The deceased youth, Arjun Singh had drowned while taking bath in a dam. As Arjun’s  condition was critical, locals had called up the 108 […]

Baripada: After spearheading a movement for reservations for the Patidar community in Gujarat, Hardik Patel reached Baripada today to support the ongoing fight of the Kudumi Sena who have been demanding Scheduled Tribe status for the Kudumi community here. Hardik addressed thousands of people from Kudumi community, gathered at the Chhau Padia in Baripada of […]

Baripada: In a shocking incident, a tribal man was forced to carry the body of his son in his arms after failing to get a hearse at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Government Medical College and Hospital (MCH) here on Saturday. According to reports, Bajun Soren (57) of Jhinei village had to carry the body of his […]