Tag: Ganjam

Ganjam: In a tragic incident, two minor sisters drowned while taking bath in a pond at Tulasipur village under Khallikote police limits in Ganjam district on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Puja (10) and Khusi (8), daughters of Suresh Pahan of Tulasipur. As per reports, the two sisters went to the pond today […]

Bhubaneswar: Ganjam police busted 14 gambling dens and arrested 68 gamblers in a special drive carried out in view of festive season on Saturday. A total of Rs 1,53,050 cash lakh in cash, four mobile phones and four motorcycles were seized during the special drive during the Durga Puja festive season, Ganjam Superintendent of Police […]

Berhampur: The farmers in Mujagada Forest Range under North Ghumusar Forest division in Ganjam district are forced to live on trees to save their crops from the constant threat of elephants. As per the allegations of locals, despite repeated complaints, the Forest department is yet to take any action to ensure protection from elephants, forcing […]

Berhampur: A woman from Ramagada village under Buguda block in Ganjam district, who is suffering from chronic ailment, has written a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking permission for euthanasia as her pain has become unbearable. The woman, Anita Pradhan, who is said to be mentally unstable, is suffering from chronic stomach ulcer. According […]

Berhampur: One person was killed while two others were critically injured in an explosion while they were allegedly making country-made bombs to be used for hunting in a house at K Bhimpur village under Badagada police limits in Ganjam district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Bulu Mallick of K Bhimpur village while […]

Berhampur: During a combing operation, police officials exchanged fire with a group of Maoists at Ganjam-Kandhamal border under Raikia police limits, informed Southern Range DIG Satyabrata Bhoi. According to sources, the Maoist guerrillas started indiscriminate firing after encountering with a team of police. Earlier on Tuesday, an exchange of fire had taken place between the […]

Ganjam: Thousands of residents in several villages under the Ankului Gram Panchayat have been forced to undertake hazardous journeys on a ramshackle boat every day to cross the Baghalati reservoir since many years in the absence of a road. The ride in the leaky boat is not only causing delay and inconvenience to people, especially […]

Berhampur: As a precautionary measure to prevent the second wave of COVID-19 spread, the Ganjam district administration on Monday decided to keep all temples and other religious institutions closed till December 1. At a high-level meeting held today, senior district officials unanimously decided not to allow the reopening of temples even though the recently released […]

Ganjam: Four persons were arrested for allegedly trying to sell the land of a man by forging the signature of Bhanjanagar sub-collector. The arrested persons include the son of a computer shop owner and an agent. They were trying to sell the land of a man belonging to the scheduled caste community in Narasinghapur Mouza […]

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining a downward trend, Odisha on Tuesday witnessed a further decline in daily Covid-19 cases. As per the I&PR department, the State registered 1201 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the positive tally to 294415. This apart, 12 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 1352. […]

Hinjili: Looters are having a field day in Hinjili area of Ganjam district while police allegedly failed to tighten the noose on them. It is evident from three such burglaries taken place in different areas here on Sunday night. The robbers targeted the house of one Abhimanyu Dalai near Gita Bhawan here and looted around […]

Ganjam: The Ganjam district police probing the Purushottampur gold loot case claims to have achieved a major breakthrough following the arrest of 15 persons involved in the burglary. As per reports, police have also succeeded in recovering 6.5 kilograms of gold ornaments looted from the house of a gold trader, Surendra Nath Nayak on October […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown on the manufacturing, sale and use of firecrackers ahead of Diwali, Police on Thursday seized huge quantity of firecrackers from different places in Ganjam, Rourkela and Puri. The Ganjam Police seized a huge stock of branded firecrackers worth Rs 50 lakh near Dharakote in the district. Acting on a tip off, […]

Berhampur: With the number of daily coronavirus infections coming down to single-digit in Ganjam, the district administration has reportedly decided to close the Covid-services at Tata Hospital in Sitalapalli area by the end of this month. In a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital in Bhubaneswar, the Ganjam Collector […]

Berhampur: The workers of Aahar centres in Ganjam district disengaged from their services have staged a sit-in at the office of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) protesting the alleged autocratic decision of the government in times of a pandemic. Braving the cold weather conditions, several men and women workers who were sacked from their jobs […]