Tag: Berhampur

Berhampur: Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has prepared a Rs 42 crore plan for solving waterlogging problem triggered by rain in some pockets of the south Odisha city, a senior official said. The civic body has already submitted the proposals comprising 23 projects to the state government, the official said. About Rs 34.33 crore is estimated […]

Berhampur: Over 20 families in Ganjam district have not been given ration supply after a panchayat body decided to stop the benefits from reaching people who were found defecating in open. According to a decision taken at a panchayat meeting on October 20, the distribution of ration under the public distribution system (PDS) was stopped […]

Bhubaneswar: Short distance train passengers in Odisha will soon be able to avail Sleeper Class journey facility by paying a little extra amount of the General Second Class Ticket fare as the East Coast Railway has planned to extend the Unreserved Sleeper Class Ticket facility in three more trains from next year. The three trains […]

Berhampur: Lives of hundreds of patients undergoing treatment inside the old indoor block of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur are in danger due to the dilapidated condition of the building. Even though the 55-year-old building was declared unsafe by the Odisha government in the year 2014, patients continue to receive treatment inside it. […]

Berhampur: A minor argument turned deadly in Berhampur after a youth was stabbed to death near auto-rickshaw stand close to Platform No 4 of city railway station Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Anil Panda of Trinath Mandir Sahi in Goods Shed Road area of Berhampur. As per eye witnesses, an altercation broke […]

Berhampur: A fire suspected to have been sparked by a short-circuit gutted 25 ‘kaccha’ houses in a village in Ganjam district on Monday, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident in Sunathara village, a fire brigade official said. Loss of property is pegged at around Rs 6 lakh in the blaze that was […]

Berhampur: A former councillor of Aska urban local body and six others were arrested in Ganjam district for illegally extracting and transporting sand from the Rushikulya river bed at Sunambha sand quarry, police said. The arrest was made on Sunday when police carried out a raid at the site following a tip-off, a police officer […]

Berhampur: Nine persons have been arrested for alleged involvement in illegal extraction and transportation of sand from the Rushikulya river bed in Ganjam district as police stepped up crackdown on the racket, a police officer said on Thursday. Nine tractors loaded with sand were seized after a police team raided the site at Jeypur under […]

Berhampur: A lady assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Pattapur Police Station in Ganjam district was suspended today on charges of allegedly attacking the Inspector-In-Charge (IIC) of the police station over a dispute in duty allocation. As per allegations, ASI, Pritimanjari Garnayak along with her husband attacked the IIC, Ajay Barik at the police station at […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement in the year 2016 to roll out Commissionerate system of police in three important cities-Sambalpur, Berhampur and Rourkela, the proposal is yet to see the light of the day. As per reports, the central government had approved relevant posts to under the system for the mentioned cities a […]

Berhampur: In a unique awareness march, Onkar Singh Dhillon, who had embarked on a nationwide journey on foot demanding to stop the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), reached Berhampur this morning. The 47-year-old resident of Uttarakhand started his journey last year in the month of August and has set his routes through Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, […]

Berhampur: The number of muggers, an endangered crocodile species, in Ghodahada irrigation reservoir and adjoining waterbodies in Ganjam district has increased, much to the delight of wildlife activists and officials. The number of the crocodile species in and around the reservoir was counted at 65 in the three-day-long census that ended on Saturday, a senior […]

Berhampur: Amid rising fuel prices and hue and cry over global warming, a student of Berhampur government ITI, Aditya Behera has developed a battery-operated bicycle which can run for 20 kilometres after just 3 hours of charging. Aditya, who pursues fitter course at the ITI, got inspiration for developing the bicycle by watching YouTube videos. […]

Berhampur: A total of five child marriages have been foiled across Ganjam district following swift action by the administration, officials said on Sunday. While three attempts to marry off three minor girls were thwarted in Hinjili block, two such attempts were foiled in Sanakhemundi and Bhanjanagara blocks on Saturday, they said. All the girls were […]

Berhampur: Unravelling a murder case that was reported on Tuesday, Ganjam Police on Thursday informed that the victim was killed by his wife, who along with her paramour executed the crime. According to Berhampur Sadar SDPO, Jayant Mohapatra, one Mita Sahu of Masanipadar Sahi killed her husband Prafulla with help of her paramour Saroj Moharana. […]