Tag: Berhampur

Launching a government sponsored pilgrimage programme for senior citizens, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today flagged off a special pilgrim train at the railway station here

Berhampur: While Ratha Yatra was celebrated in Lord Jagannath temples across Odisha and also outside on Wednesday, the grandeur of the festival went missing at a 300-year-old temple in Marada of Ganjam district. There is no deity in the temple at Marada which served as a safe hiding place for deities of the Puri Jagnnath […]

Induction of India's first home-grown fighter jet 'Tejas' into the Air Force has brought special cheers to the people of Odisha as its leading designer hails from Berhampur town

Maa Budhi Thakurani Temple, one of the oldest shrines in this Silk City in south Odisha, is all set to get a facelift at a cost of Rs 1.15 crore

Berhampur: At least six persons, including two forest personnel were injured when a wild bear mauled them at Belagaom today. The injured persons were admitted to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here and condition of three of them was stated to be critical. The animal entered the village last night and became violent, when […]

A liquid Oxygen plant and ancillary gas pipelines will be installed at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here

Berhampur: Three brothers were arrested by the police for allegedly killing a 23-year-old man at Badagada in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said today.

Berhampur: The Police today arrested a teenager for alleged involvement in the murder of a liquor trader on August 25 last near Kotinada near Aska town in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The 17-year-old was stated to be one of the main accused in the murder of Ganesh Bisoi (45).

Several motorists have been penalilsed for using fancy number plates in this south Odisha city where police launched a surprise check drive

Seventy-five kg of ganja has been seized from an apartment at Nilanchala Nagar here and four persons have been arrested in this connection, the police said today

A 30-year old man died of suspected jaundice in Bhanjanagara area here prompting the authorities to sensitise people fearing an outbreak of the water-borne disease in Ganjam

Wholesalers and retailers in Ganjam district have been warned of stern action in case of any hoarding and abnormal rise in prices of pulses in the market in the wake of crop loss due to unseasonal rains in pulse producing states

People dressed like tigers are on prowl in the streets of this south Odisha city of Berhampur as the famous biennial 'Thakurani Yatra' begins

In a shocking incident eight persons, including two girls, were forced to eat human excreta and tonsured after their teeth were pulled by villagers in Ganjam district following suspicions that they were practicing witchcraft

Noted socialist leader and former MLA Tarini Charana Patnaik, representing Kabisurya Nagara in the Assembly, passed away here today, family sources said