Tag: Berhampur

Berhampur: A pharmacist in a Community Health Centre (CHC) at Belagaon in Ganjam district was arrested for allegedly sodomising a youth, police said. The incident took place when the 23-year-old had gone the CHC to get death certificate of his grand-mother on Friday, said Inspector-in-Charge of Hinjili police station, Prasant Kumar Sahoo. The accused allegedly […]

Kendrapara: With a record six lakh Olive Ridley turtles converging on the sandy beach of Gahirmatha this year for the annual mass nesting, several million turtle eggs have been destroyed ironically by the turtles themselves due to space crunch leaving wildlife enthusiasts dismayed. Since start of mass-nesting, described as arribada (a Spanish term used for […]

Berhampur: A three-month-old elephant calf was found dead today at Ghumusara North forest division area in Ganjam district, officials said. According to the post-mortem report, the calf died due to aspiratory pneumonia and carcass of the animal was found near a pond in Pendarapalli, Divisional Forest officer Rama Swamy said. “We had to wait for […]

Berhampur: The Government Railway Police (GRP), Berhampur today claimed to have busted an inter-state train dacoit gang with the arrest of four persons. Satyaban Singh (47), Mukesh Singh (32), Rajabir Singh (25) and Sunil Kumar (32) of different villages in Rohtak and Hisar districts of Haryana were arrested yesterday from near the railway station here […]

Berhampur: With sudden rise in the day temperature, the visiting migratory birds to famous Chilika lake in Odisha have begun the long journey back home. Fifty per cent of the migratory birds, who made the lake their home, have already left Chilika while the rest are likely to leave soon, Divisional Forest Offier (DFO) of […]

Berhampur:The much-awaited mass nesting of the Olive Ridley sea turtles, an endangered species, has started near the mouth of Rushikulya river, about 50 km from here in the wee hours today. On the first day, over 8,000 female turtles have laid eggs in the three-km long sandy beach stretching from Gokharakuda to Podampeta in Odisha’s […]

Berhampur: Unidentified persons shot at a 45-year-old man said to be a supporter of BJD at Mundamaria village, about 60-km from here in Ganjam district today, police said. The man was identified as Jagannath Patra. He was admitted in MKCG Medical College and was later shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar as his condition […]

Berhampur: Three motorcycle-borne persons allegedly looted a panchayat extension officer (PEO) today and decamped with Rs 1.80 lakh near Tanka chhai village here, police said today. “The incident took place when Sethi, PEO of Purushottampur block, was on his way to distribute the cash in Tanka-chhai panchayat under social pension scheme,” Sub divisional police officer […]

Berhampur: At least four persons were injured, two of them seriously in bomb explosions at Rajapur, about 40 km from here, in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said today. The incident took place last night and the injured were admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital here. Inspector-in-charge, Chhatrapur police station Bishnu Prasad Patra said preliminary […]

Berhampur: A MLA has alleged that 42 labourers from three villages of Ganjam district were not being paid their wages for the past few months by a Tamil Nadu-based cement factory. Digapahandi MLA and former minister S N Patro has urged the state Labour Secretary to look into the issue. Labourers from Bhramarapur, Narayanpur and […]

Berhampur: A large number of migrant workers, engaged in textiles industry in Gujarat’s Surat, are on their way home to villages in Ganjam district to cast their votes during the three-tier panchayat polls next month. The usually-sleepy railway stations of Berhampur, Keshapur and Chhatrapur are suddenly seeing a surge in passengers alighting from Okha-Puri and […]

Berhampur: The police today recovered the body of a 50-year-old headmistress of the Upper Primary School at Nimakhandi near here. The deceased was identified as Sarojani Sahu (50). Her body was recovered from her residence at Somanath Nagar within Bada Bazara police station limits, by breaking the door. The woman’s husband Jogendra Kumar Sahu, a […]

Berhampur: A man was arrested today after he slit the throat of a Class III girl and attempted to drink her blood on the seashore at Bada Arjeepalli in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said. U Bairagi (33) of Bada Arjeepalli allegedly slit the throat of the girl, who stays in his neighbourhood, with a razor […]

Berhampur: The half-burnt body of a 29-year-old woman was recovered from a cremation ground at Pandia in Ganjam district while two persons were burning it in a suspicious manner, police said today. The death of the woman is being examined, police said. Police detained one of the two who were cremating the woman yesterday. The […]

Berhampur: The population of mugger, an endangered crocodile species found in the Ghodahada irrigation reservoir near Digapahandi in Ganjam district, has remained nearly stagnant for the past two years. The census of the mugger, also known as marsh crocodile,in and around a four-sq-km reservoir area, was conducted byBerhampur forest division on Sunday. The census count […]