Tag: Ganjam

A 26-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a woman with whom he had an affair and dumping the body in a well in a jungle near Tarsingi in Ganjam district of Odisha, the police said

In the wake of upcoming elections, Ganjam district administration has ordered all liquor shops, bars and bhatis (country-made liquor-manufacturing units) to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in next two to three days

Poll fever is yet to grip politically-sensitive Ganjam district as the ruling BJD is yet to declare its candidates for constituencies falling in the region

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday criticised Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi for neglecting the state when it was hit by cyclone Phailin last year

The total number of Muggers, an endangered crocodile species in Ghodahada irrigation reservoir in Ganjam district, has decreased, forest department sources said today

A man was arrested in Ganjam district for allegedly duping several youths of about Rs 19 lakh promising to arrange jobs in the Army and police department, police said on Wednesday

Chhatrapur is set to become the first 'Smart Grid Town' in Odisha with the implementation of the latest technology in power supply system which can withstand very high-speed cyclone with wind speed of around 350-kmph.

Temple authorities in Ganjam district have been directed to install CCTV cameras following the loot at the Jagannath temple at Goshaninuagaon on January 7, police said on Friday

Almost three years after the Railway ministry announced construction of a wagon factory in Sitalapalli in Ganjam district the project is yet to kick of

Over 50 persons were affected due to diarrhoea in four villages of Ganjam district, official sources said on Friday

Berhampur: Two dreaded criminals were arrested following a police encounter in Chamakhandi of Ganjam district late last night. As per reports, the two criminals, identified as Manoj Sahu and Biswajit Barik were injured during the encounter and later admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital. Acting on a tip-off on the movement of the criminals, […]

Bhubaneswar: Five days after a massive explosion of detonators in a stone quarry in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh claimed lives of as many as 15 persons, the police have arrested five persons including two from Odisha in connection with the incident. Sources said five persons including the owner of the mines and main accused […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam District Administration has restricted the number of participants for ‘Dandanacha’ to 25 only while completely banning any sort of cultural programmes at night. The decision was taken due to a surge in the Covid-19 cases across the State. The development was shared by the district administration through its twitter account. Similarly, Mundan […]

Ganjam district has generated 1-crore person-days of work, the highest in Odisha, under the rural job scheme MGNREGA in the first two months of the current financial year, officials said.

Zero to 26 in four days flat. That is certainly an incredible leap for a government, which had stuck to its ‘zero casualty’ boast till Friday. Even after Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi confirmed 26 deaths due to Cyclone Titli on Tuesday morning, an unapologetic Surjya Narayan Patro refused to admit that anyone had […]