Tag: Digapahandi

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP of Odisha unit  today took out rallies at various places protesting against induction of new ministers like Surya Narayan Patro, Pratap Jena and Maheswar Mohanty, who are embroiled in several controversies. BJP activists staged demonstration against Surya Patro in at Digapahandi and Revenue minister Maheswar Mohanty in Puri. Similarly, the saffron activists […]

In a spine chilling case of honour killing, a couple in Goutami village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district was arrested today on charges of beating their daughter to death after she refused to marry the man chosen by them and insisted on marrying the man of her choice

Berhampur: The Police have arrested 28 persons, including the father of a sarpanch candidate at two different places in Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in panchayat election related violence under Polasara and Digapahandi police station limits, respectively. B Ashantulu Reddy, father of M Sunita Reddy, sarpanch candidate of Padmanavapur panchayat in Digapahandi block, was […]

Berhampur: A MLA has alleged that 42 labourers from three villages of Ganjam district were not being paid their wages for the past few months by a Tamil Nadu-based cement factory. Digapahandi MLA and former minister S N Patro has urged the state Labour Secretary to look into the issue. Labourers from Bhramarapur, Narayanpur and […]

Berhampur: The population of mugger, an endangered crocodile species found in the Ghodahada irrigation reservoir near Digapahandi in Ganjam district, has remained nearly stagnant for the past two years. The census of the mugger, also known as marsh crocodile,in and around a four-sq-km reservoir area, was conducted byBerhampur forest division on Sunday. The census count […]

Berhampur: A Class 9 girl student allegedly jumped off the roof of her school alleging harassment by the school authorities in Padmanabhapur village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district. As per reports, a girl named Anjali Pradhan, who was studying in Shridham Saraswati Vidya Mandir residential school suffered severe injuries in her leg after jumping […]

Berhampur: A 47-year-old woman sustained critical injuries after falling off a moving motorcycle when two bike-borne miscreants snatched a bag containing cash from her near Anangpur under Digapahandi Police limits of Ganjam district on Thursday. One Santosh Gauda of S. Tikarapada village was on his way to Berhampur on a motorcycle along with his wife […]

Berhampur: Taking stern note of the death of a five-year-old school student who fell off a moving auto-rickshaw while on way to school in Digapahandi area of Ganjam district, Odisha government today issued warning to schools and auto-rickshaw owners. The State Transport Minister, Padmanav Behera on Thursday said that those who are violating the ban […]