Tag: Baripada

Baripada: A police sub-inspector was arrested by Vigilance sleuths in Baripada today while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. A Vigilance team caught Sachidananda Kishan, the Sub-Inspector of Bariapa Police station under Mayurbhanj district while he was taking bribe, sources said. According to sources, Sachidananda had sought bribe from one accused Biswajeet Sikhar, who was […]

Baripada: In a major breakthrough, Baripada police on Friday arrested Sk Samiluddin, the prime accused, who was running a fake currency racket in the region. Samiluddin, who hails from Balasore, was nabbed basing on an investigation and leads from two students, who were earlier caught circulating fake Rs 2,000 notes in the market on Wednesday. […]

Baripada: Coming down heavily on the BJD-led State government, Odisha in-charge of BJP Arun Singh today said here that the government is knee deep in corruption and people of Mayurbhanj will give a befitting reply to it in next election. At a press meet in Baripada, Singh said women who are spearheading anti-liquor movement in […]

Baripada: A large number of customers of Urban Cooperative bank in Baripada of Mayurbhanj district are grappling with mental agony since the Reserve Bank India had cancelled the license of the bank citing financial crisis. The depositors have become frustrated after running from pillar to post to withdraw their hard earned money. “We have run […]

Baripada: A businessman was shot dead by unidentified miscreants over suspected business rivalry near Palabani on NH-18 under Baripada Town Police Station in Mayurbhanj district late last night. The deceased was identified as Partha Sarathi Das, a wholesaler of Station Bazaar. Sources said Partha did not return home from his shop last night and his […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to attract faculty members for the newly-opened medical colleges at Baripada and Koraput and three upcoming colleges at Balangir, Balasore and Puri, the State government today announced a hike in salary of contractual medical teachers. As per the announcement, the salary of contractual professors has been increased to Rs 1.25 lakh […]

Baripada: Twelve parked vehicles and five shops were gutted after a fire broke out at Madhuban Garage chhak area here late on Sunday night. No one was injured in the incident. Locals noticed the fire at around 3 am and informed the fire and emergency services who rushed to the spot and took hours to […]

Baripada: Armed miscreants have looted Rs 2.5 lakh and a laptop from Nesco office at Khunta Bazar area in Udala late Friday night. According to reports, five miscreants barged into the office and after tying up the sub-divisional officer (SDO), Prasanna Kumar, looted cash and other valuables. Also Read: Miscreants loot Rs 2.4 lakh from […]

Baripada: Taking advantage of poor security measures and patrolling by police, miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments from a jewellery shop in Badasahi town in Mayurbhanj district in the wee hours on Monday. Armed miscreants committed the crime after holding hostage the family members of a fire officer staying on the second floor of the […]

Baripada: Students of MPC Autonomous College, Baripada, have expressed displeasure over vacant faculty member positions in the college. This has affected the completion of courses in the college, they said. According to reports, there are three faculty members in English department as compared to sanctioned number of posts for nine lecturers. Similarly, one faculty member […]

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the IIC and ASI of Kaptipada police station in Mayurbhanj district while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to solve a group clash case. As per sources, a group clash had erupted on September 29 this year in which police, during its investigation, seized four bikes and […]

Baripada: Miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments by breaking the wall of a jewellery shop at Betnoti near here in Mayurbhanj district last night. They tied up two home guards on duty at an ATM counter in front of the jewellery shop and attacked them before looting the gold items. Passersby traced the home guards […]

Baripada: Tension prevailed in Bangriposi block of Mayurbhanj district today when some locals thrashed the Headmaster of a project school in the block accusing him of misbehaving with a girl student of the school. As per the complaint, Tapas Giri, Headmaster of the Andola Project School, has been misbehaving with the girl for the last […]

Baripada: School students being employed in sundry works by school teachers has become a trend of sorts in the State with one more case of a teacher asking girl students of her school to work in fields coming to fore. Three girls of class six Gulugulia Primary school in Thakurmunda were allegedly made to work […]

Baripada: Close on the heels of an obscene video of a girl and a boy from Baripada going viral on social media, one more similar case has cropped up from the same place. Baripada Town Police today arrested a youth from Baiganabadia of the district in connection with the incident involving  another girl who was […]