Tag: Bhanjanagar

Ganjam: The discovery of the body of a missing minor girl hanging from a tree on Saturday has sent shock waves in Bhanjanagar. It is suspected that the girl was raped and murdered before her body was hung at Gangapur. According to the reports, the family of the deceased had earlier lodged FIR after she […]

Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Mithun Bhuyan was injured in an encounter by police on the Bhanjanagar-Durgaprasad in Ganjam district road last night. The cops also seized a bike, a pistol and four live bullets from Bhuyan. He sustained bullet injuries on his legs in the encounter. Ganjam SP Ashish Singh said eight dacoity cases are pending […]

Bhanjanagar: Dreaded criminal Sana Jaga was injured in a police encounter on the Mahaguda-Mujaguda road under Bhanjanagar police limits in Ganjam district today. While Sana Jaga was on his way on the Mahaguda-Mujaguda road along with three aides in two bikes, the police intercepted them. But Jaga and his aides tried to escape from the […]

Bhanjanagar: Gold Jewellery worth lakh of rupees gutted after a major fire broke out at Ashok Jewellery shop located at Bhanjanagar road on Friday morning. According to eyewitnesses, the fire broke out at the shop in the morning today. On being informed about the incident, fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the fire under […]

Berhampur: A five-member doctors’ team visited the blood bank of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here to begin its probe into the alleged transfusion of HIV-infected blood to a four-year-old thalassemia patient of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district recently. The team is headed by Berhampur City Hospital ADMO Dr Saroj Mishra. The minor boy, who […]

Berhampur: As many as 30 passengers had a narrow escape from a deadly accident when a bus in which they were travelling in caught fire at Chamunda area under Jagannath Prasad block in Bhanjanagar on Thursday morning. According to sources, the incident took place while the bus was on its way to Bhubaneswar from Patadhara. […]

One person facing at least 13 criminal cases of dacoity, extortion and attempt to murder was arrested after an encounter near Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district on Sunday

Berhampur: A 22-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl at Muzzagarh, about 100-km from here in Ganjam district’s Bhanjanagar police station, police said today. The accused, Mithun Gouda, a neighbour of the victim, allegedly committed the crime in his house on Friday evening when there was no one in the home, said […]

In a bid to create awareness and facilitate enrolment of new voters, Ganjam district administration has set up Voter Sahayata Kendras (VSK) at the offices of the sub-collectors of Berhampur, Bhanjanagar and Chhatrapur, official said

Bhanjanagar: The body of a woman, who along with five others went missing after being swept away in flash flood in Adangi river in Ganjam district two days ago,was recovered by a team comprising police officials and local residents on Sunday. The rescue team officials said that the body was recovered from a bush near […]

Bhanjanagar: Weeks ago, a video showing the lockdown plight of a desi dhaba in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar stormed the internet. Soon after the video went viral, help poured in for the Delhi elderly couple. People in large numbers thronged the food outlet as a kind gesture to Kanta Prasad and his wife. In a similar […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Odisha forest department is struggling to bring raging forest fire in Similipal biosphere reserve under control, reports of similar incidents of wildfire have surfaced in several parts of the State. A day after a massive fire broke out at the Khandagiri hill, on the outskirts of the Capital city, destroying […]