Tag: Berhampur

Berhampur: A man allegedly committed suicide after slitting his wife’s throat over a suspected family feud at Bagada village in Digapahandi area of Ganjam district today. The couple was identified as Nayani Sethi and her husband Bankia Sethi. According to a few locals, the couple was going through a rough patch since few days. When […]

Berhampur: A day after the carcass of an elephant was recovered from Nimakhandi village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district, the forest department today recovered another carcass of a tusker found near Kokalaba drain under Tarasingh Forest Range in Bhanjanagar area here. The matter came into light after locals spotted the carcass and informed the […]

Balasore/Berhampur: Blood transfusion facilities have been badly hit owing to the ongoing cease work agitation by blood bank employees across Odisha. The situation has assumed serious proportions at Balasore district headquarters hospital (DHH) with thalassemic patients who require blood transfusion being at the receiving end due to the strike. Moreover, the blood unit stock at […]

Berhampur: The district BJP today strongly opposed the proposed water supply project from Kansariganda in Ganjam to Krushnaprasad in Puri district. Demanding a barrage at Kansariganda, BJP activists strongly protested the project. The members of the party staged protest and marched to the district collectorate today. The agitating members also presented a memorandum of demands […]

Berhampur: A woman allegedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire over family feud at Pratappur village under Jagannath Prasad block of Ganjam district late on Monday night. The woman identified as Sandhya Bisoi was married since 5 years and was mother of a 5-month-old baby boy, informed sources. It is suspected that Sandhya Bisoi […]

Berhampur: A young man who climbed on an electric tower at the Berhampur railway station early this morning creating chaos among the onlookers was successfully rescued by the railway authorities. As per reports, a few passengers first spotted the man atop the high-tension tower and alerted the authorities who immediately rushed to the spot and […]

Berhampur: Triggering concerns, the total number of patients suffering from dengue increased to ten at Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College & Hospital in Berhampur. Speaking to media, Chief District Medical Officer, Sadananda Mishra said “Though Ganjam is the native place of all the patients; they were working outside the State. However, after falling […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved establishment and operationalistion of permanent campuses of the two new Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Berhampur in Odisha. The total cost that will be incurred for the campuses is Rs 3074.12 crore […]

Berhampur: Police have seized 3.15 quintal silver ornaments from a vehicle in Gosaninuagaon of Berhampur. While one Kedar Achari and the driver of the vehicle have been detained for interrogation, an investigation is currently underway to find out more details. Police have come to know that on previous occasions Achari had distributed silver ornaments to […]

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed and at least 35 persons were injured in three separate bus accidents in Berhampur, Rayagada and Banki on Tuesday. According to sources, a woman was killed after being hit by a bus from behind on NH-16 near Chamakhandi in Berhampur. She was pillion riding with her son. In another incident, […]

Berhampur: Police on Monday busted an illegal gutkha manufacturing unit at Baunsiapali under Sadar police limits in Berhampur and arrested three persons in this connection. Acting on a tipoff, a police team along with the Ganjam district Collector and local Tehsildar raided the factory and seized huge quantity of gutkha. Fake packets, machines used for […]

Puri: Police today detained six persons in connection with the bomb hurling incident that took place near Lanjipalli Chhak in Berhampur on Sunday. Based on the footage of the CCTV camera installed near the spot, police have detained the six persons and are interrogating them, sources said. Reportedly, three bike-borne miscreants intercepted a car near […]

Berhampur: The Commissionerate Police Sunday busted a fake currency note factory at Berhampur and arrested five persons including two masterminds in connection with the incident. The arrested were identified as masterminds Rameshwar Maharana (43) and K Ramesh (53) of Berhampur and their associates Pranam Bhoi (19), Dilip Bhoi (23) and Sarat Sahu of Khurda district. […]

Berhampur: As many as eight persons were injured after bombs were hurled during a group clash allegedly over past enmity at Tatadapali village under Golanthara police limits of Ganjam today. Police have detained ten other persons from both the groups in connection with the incident. According to sources, three persons sustaining critical injuries have been […]

Berhampur: There seems to be no end to duping by chit fund companies in Odisha. Even as such frauds continue to create headlines time and again, people still continue to fall prey to greed of high returns. Residents in Berhampur have come out with allegations of  being duped by a non-banking financial company named Datum. […]