Tag: Ganjam

Ganjam: In a tragic incident, a man and his son were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live electric wire at Badapada village under Belaguntha block in the district on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Abhimanyu Patra and his son Jitendra. As per sources, Jitendra had gone to hang a wet shawl […]

Ganjam: BJP leader Pradip Patri was allegedly thrashed by BJD workers today during a public hearing meeting chaired by the Collector in Aska of Ganjam district. The incident took place at Dharakot panchayat samiti office following which Patri suffered injuries. Patri, who is the president of the Farmers’ cell of BJP’s Ghumsar organisational district, had […]

Berhampur: Unidentified miscreants gunned down a youth allegedly over past rivalry at Gothagam village under Sheragada police limits of Ganjam district late Sunday night. The deceased identified as Yogendra Swain alias Yogi was a contractor by profession and was not in good terms with former village Sarpanch Shibaram Sethi over some construction work, reveal sources. […]

Ganjam: Classrooms at the Nimina Adarsh Vidyalaya in Aska block of Ganjam wear a vacant look as the school struggles to meet its academic requirements with a handful of teachers. Most of the teachers here are on deputation as the school is yet to get permanent teachers. “We are only 4 teachers so there is […]

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 […]

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: 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: A man and his wife sustained critical burn injuries after they allegedly attempted suicide over some family dispute at Korabanka colony under Gunupur area of Rayagada district on Sunday. The couple identified as Nagesh Sabar and Manashi Sabar was rescued by some locals who admitted them to Gunupur Sub-Divisional Hospital in a critical condition. […]

Ganjam: A pall of gloom descended upon Kusapada village under Dharakote police limits in Ganjam after an elderly man and his son were found dead on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Rajendra Panda (55) and his son Kalpabat (20). It is suspected that both committed suicide over some family dispute. Sources said Kalpabat […]

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. […]

Berhampur/Balasore: Despite various steps by the State Government to create awareness, there seems to be no let up in crime against women in Odisha. Bodies of two women were recovered under mysterious conditions from two separate places in the state on Tuesday. In the first incident, decomposed body of a woman was found from bushes […]

Berhampur: A 75-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his son over property dispute at Samarjhol village under Hinjilicut police limits of Ganjam district today. The accused identified as A Dibakar has been arrested by police. According to sources, Dibakar who works in a steel company at Nagpur in Maharashtra had come to his […]

Berhampur: One person was killed and six others critically injured after a truck they were travelling in hit a roadside tree and overturned before falling off the Taptapani Ghati near Mruga Vihar in Ganjam district today. The deceased has been identified as Bhaskar Chandra Sahu of Olasingh village under Badapokharia Panchayat in Khurda district. The […]

Bhubaneswar: At least seven incidents of mob attack triggered by child-lifting rumours have surfaced from different parts of the state in the past 24 hours. A mentally-challenged youth was beaten up by locals on suspicion of being a child-lifter at Panchama village under Golanthara police limits on the outskirts of Berhampur in Ganjam district on […]

Berhampur/Jharsuguda: One person was killed and 17 others injured in two separate road mishaps in Ganjam and Jharsuguda districts within last 24 hours. Seventeen passengers travelling in an OSRTC bus en route to Bhubaneswar from Berhampur were severely injured after the vehicle rammed into a truck parked near a toll plaza at Khallikote on NH-16 […]