Tag: Berhampur

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Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Shatrughna alias Bapi Swain was nabbed after a police encounter near Lankagada hills of Jagannath Prasad in Ganjam district today. With bullet injuries in both legs during the encounter, Bapi was admitted to the Bhanjanagar hospital for treatment. A pistol, two live bullets and a live bomb were seized from his possession. […]

Berhampur: Incidents of farmer suicides continue to grip the agrarian State with a fresh case reported from Ganjam district here on Monday. The deceased, identified as Santanu Nayak of K. Mathamukundapur, has allegedly committed suicide over loan burden. As per reports, Nayak had taken a loan of Rs 10 lakh from private sources for farming. […]

Berhampur: A day after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the famous Thakurani Yatra of Ganjam, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today offered worship at the makeshift altar of goddess Budhi Thakurani at Desi Behera Sahi here. Patnaik was accompanied by ministers like Usha Devi, Bikram Arukh and MLA Surya Patro to the spot of biennial religious […]

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Four decades of singing hasn’t made his voice sound any older than that of a 24 year old. Rather, age has mellowed him as much as his vocal chords to come up with that soft crunchiness that easily modulates between extremes – be it high pitched numbers or those that are soft. And this […]

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: In a gory incident, an unidentified torso was found in Polsara under Ganjam district on Saturday. People spotted the beheaded body, without legs and hands in a farm field, and informed the police. A scientific team from Berhampur is going to conduct on-the-spot investigation, following which the body will be sent for autopsy. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Series of developments unfolded today in connection with the gangrape of a minor girl in Patrapur of Ganjam distirct with the arrest of the a accused to Crime Branch probe being ordered into the incident by chief minister Naveen Patnaik. After the Odisha Assembly witnessed repeated adjournment with opposition demanding Crime Branch probe into […]

Berhampur: In a clear instance of vindictive politics, a minor girl fell prey to an alleged gang-rape by her cousins as her father extended support to a particular political party during panchayat elections at Patrapur block in Chikiti area of Ganjam district. The victim today lodged complaint before Ganjam SP Asis Singh. According to complaint, […]

Bhubaneswar: Norwegian Ambassador to India Nils Ragnar Kamsvag inaugurated a comprehensive skill lab in the MCH premises of Capital Hospital, a family care centre at the special newborn care unit (SNCU) and attended several other events here on Monday during his two-day visit to Odisha. Earlier in the day, Kamsvag had met the Minister of […]

Berhampur: When the fifth and final phase panchayat polls were held across Odisha today, two persons including a sarpanch candidate were killed in poll related violence cases in Ganjam district. The sarpanch candidate, identified as Bulu Pradhan, died during a group clash at Brahman Sahi under Hinjili police limits of Sheragada block while ten others […]

Berhampur: A notorious criminal identified as Jogi Goud was injured in a police encounter at Marda square under Polsara police station in Ganjam district last night. Jogi has sustained bullet injuries on his left leg. He is admitted to the department of Orthopaedic Surgery in MKCG Medical College and Hospital here. A bike, a Mauser […]

Berhampur/Balasore/Malkangiri/Cuttack/Nuapada: At least three persons, including a woman, were killed and 97 others injured, 11 of them critically, in five separate road accidents in five districts of Odisha today. In the first incident, a 50-year-old woman was killed and 58 injured, eight of them seriously, when a bus dashed against a roadside tree at Baunsakata […]

Berhampur: In a tragic incident, one person was killed and 56 others injured as a bus in which they were travelling lost control and hit a road-side tree at Baunsanala in Mujagarh area here on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kameswari Pradhan of Phulbani. According to sources, the incident took place at […]

Berhampur: The post mortem report of Mini Dalabehera, a woman sarpanch candidate for Baghamari panchayat whose half-burnt body was found inside Sagada hill forest under Mohana block in Gajapati district yesterday, has revealed that she was burnt after murder. The post mortem of the deceased was conducted by a team of doctors of Forensic Medicine […]

Bhubaneswar: While one succumbed, the other managed to survive not knowing whether she will be able to speak again or not. This is the tale of two minor girls who have gone on to bear the debilitating consequences of gender violence. The minor girl, who was set on fire by two youths for protesting eve-teasing […]