Tag: Berhampur

Berhampur: Gosaninuagaon Police today arrested Ramakrushna Dash alias Khali, the father of former city Mayor Siba Sankar Dash from his house in Gosaninuagaon area in the city. Khali was reportedly absconding as over 19 cases were pending against him. Today morning, acting on a tip-off about Khali Dash arriving at his home, police raided the […]

........ party peaked in Berhampur LS with 44 per cent votes; whereas anti-BJD votes at whopping 56 per cent .......Going not easy for BJD in Nabarangapur as vote difference was 0.5% in 2014

Berhampur: Resentment is brewing in Berhampur unit of BJD over reports that the sitting MLA Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik might face the axe. During a meeting held in Berhampur, supporters of the legislator led by former district president of the party, Subash Moharana demanded that Chyau Patnaik should be given BJD ticket again or else […]

Paralakhemundi: Hours after the ruling-BJD announced its candidate list for first and second phase general elections in Odisha on Monday, party leaders and workers in Paralakhemundi of Gajapati district have spewed venom over the candidate selection for the Assembly constituency. Supporters of Ex-MLA of Paralakhemundi K. Narayan Rao have openly protested the party’s decision to […]

Berhampur: Once a pocket borough of the Congress, Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency, with its seven assembly segments, is poised for a triangular contest in the upcoming polls. While the Congress seems to be struggling to regain its lost glory, the ruling BJD is leaving no stone unturned to score a hat-trick in the seat in […]

Bhubaneswar: Brisk polling was recorded in Odisha on Thursday with around 70 per cent of the over 60 lakh electorate casting their votes in four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly constituencies, preliminary data by Chief Electoral Officer, Bhubaneswar said. However, even as the exact figure is yet to come, the estimated poll percentage is below the […]

Bhubaneswar: With the final numbers being out, the voter turnout in the first phase of 2019 polls in Odisha was a slice less than the 2014 turnout. According to the data released by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Surendra Kumar, the four Lok Sabha and 28 assembly constituencies that went to poll on Thursday recorded a […]

Berhampur: The Odisha Fire Services personnel on Saturday inspected safety arrangements at various coaching centres of Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Balasore. The move comes in the wake of recent fire tragedy at a coaching centre in Surat in which over 22 students were killed. As many as 10 teams of the Berhampur unit of the […]

Berhampur: The landscape of Berhampur city has got an unlikely makeover – now dotted with sculptures which have assumed their shape from unlikelier materials. Scrap materials have been fabricated into some truly artistic creations & these installations by the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), have not only enhanced the aesthetics of the city, but also are […]

Berhampur: In a major breakthrough, the Chandili Police of Rayagada district arrested four dacoits after conducting a raid here on Sunday. According to police, all the miscreants hail from Berhampur and they had allegedly looted more than Rs 1.5 lakhs from one businessman, Gaurisankar Nayak, by brandishing sharp weapons at Mukundapur ghat in Rayagada district […]

Nabarangpur: As competition reaches all time high, big and small event management companies are leaving no stone unturned to attract customers by all possible means. The use of wild animals for display during wedding and other functions by one such firm in Berhampur has not only become the talk of the town but also has […]

Berhampur: A court in Berhampur today awarded life imprisonment to 19 persons in connection with the murder of a resident of Phulata village of Ganjam district in 2007. The Additional District Judge-I Sanjay Kumar Sahu pronounced the quantum of punishment. The case pertained to the murder of Maheswar Sasmal of Phulata village during a group […]

Berhampur: Odisha government’s ‘Sarbakhyama Yojana’ also known as the Amnesty Scheme to regularise unauthorised constructions in urban areas has failed to generate the desired response among the residents in Berhampur. This has now forced the Berhampur Development Authority (BeDA) to extend Amnesty scheme deadline by another six months. While many residents claim that they were […]

Berhampur: A youth, who was seen preparing for his CA examination at a Covid isolation centre even after being infected with the virus, has earned Ganjam Collector’s applause. While many…

Berhampur/ Koraput: BJD candidates Sonam Palei and Tulasi Kirsani were elected unopposed as chairpersons of Ganjam and Koraput Zilla Parishad seats respectively on Tuesday. Polling officer Laxmikant Sethi informed that Palei won unopposed as she was the only candidate to file the nomination papers today. “While the filing of the nomination paper for the Zilla […]