Tag: Bhanjanagar

Age is no bar for talent, meet Subhranshu Rout a wonder kid from Bhanjanagar in Odisha. At the tender age of 2 the kid has developed a photographic memory.

Chamoli/Bhubaneswar: 75 pilgrims from Odisha are now stranded in Badrinath following intense snowfall in past two days. As per reports, 42 persons from Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and 33 from Kamarda area of Balasore district are now stranded in Uttarakhand. Following the media reports, Odisha government today swung into action urged Uttarakhand government for rescuing […]

Bhanjanagar: CPI(Maoist) on Saturday put up a banner near Dadaralunda village chhak in Bhanjanagar and threatened to kill two MLAs of Ganjam district. However, there was no mention of the names of the legislators to whom the death threats have been reportedly issued by the red rebels. The banner was found near a plaque mentioning […]

Ganjam: Residents of Sanatulashipalli village of Bhanjanagar block of the district are in a state of panic due to an unidentified fever that has gripped as many as 37 villagers of the area. “Nearly 2-3 members of each family of the village have been affected. While the NMO and Asha workers carried out blood tests […]

Chamoli/Ganjam: As many as 42 pilgrims from Bhanjanagar have been stranded near Badrinath due to intense snowfall. According to sources, the pilgrims were returning from Badrinath after darshan when the roads were blocked with snow following which they had to take shelter in a dharamsala. “There is no food, drinking water and electricity here. We […]

Berhampur: A mutilated body of a man was recovered under mysterious circumstances in front of the Bhanjanagar post office in Ganjam district late on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Kedar Patra (31) of Bhejiput. Kedar used to sell clothes on foot path in front of the LIC office in Bhanjanagar and is […]

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 […]

Bhanjanagar: A youth was beaten to death allegedly by his friends at Ekalpur village under Badagada police limits in Bhanjanagar of Ganjam district. The deceased has been identified as Sitaram. According to sources, Sitaram was allegedly attacked by his two friends, Jitu Raut and Jilu Nayak, over suspected past enmity. Sitaram died on the spot. […]

Berhampur: Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Ghumusar South Division under Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district, Bijoy Ketan Acharya was on Monday sent to judicial custody by a Special Vigilance court for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 3.22 crore. According to reports, a team of anti-graft officials of Berhampur division on Saturday conducted simultaneous […]

Berhampur: Vigilance sleuths Saturday conducted raids on the office and residence of Ghumusar DFO (south forest division) Bijay Ketan Acharya on the charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Special teams of Vigilance led by SP Mayadhar Swain are conducting simultaneous searches at five different places including Bhanjanagar, Puri, Cuttack and […]

Bhanjanagar: Panic gripped A. Karadabadi panchayat under Buguda block of Ganjam district after son of the Sarpanch was shot at by unidentified miscreants in Soroda village on Friday night. As per sources, the eldest son of A. Karadabadi’s Sarpanch Khadali Pradhan, Saroj Kumar Pradhan, was sitting on the veranda of his house when some bike […]

Berhampur: A criminal, who was injured in a police encounter near Baghua forest under Buguda police limits on Saturday, died while undergoing treatment at MKCG hospital here today. The deceased has been identified as Srikant Rana. Earlier, two criminals- Srikant Rana and Gaura Swain were injured in the exchange of fire with cops. The duo […]

Berhampur: Around 40 families at Harijansahi in Barpali of Ganjam district were rendered homeless after a major fire broke out in the area on Friday night. Though no casualty has been reported, over 50 rooms have been completely reduced to ashes in mishap. As people were sleeping when the incident occurred, they could not save […]

Berhampur: Four persons were arrested on charges of gang raping a minor girl in Jagannathprasad of Ganjam district, said police today. The arrested persons have been sent to the MKCG Hospital for medical examination, stated Anirudha Muduli, officer In-charge of the Jagannathprasad police station. While two accused were arrested yesterday, two others were nabbed today, […]

Berhampur: In a major success for Odisha police, Babul Paswan, a dreaded criminal of Jharkhand and one of his associate Jitendra Nayak were arrested by Bhanjanagar police in two separate encounters on Friday. Police sources said, more than 40 criminal cases are registered against Paswan, who is also one of the key members of Jharkhand’s […]