Tag: Jagatsinghpur

Jagatsinghpur: In yet another drowning incident, a youth met watery grave at Hansua river in Jaipur of the district today. The deceased has been identified as Sudhansu Sekhar Das. As per repots, Sudhansu along with his friend Sagar Das had gone to the river and both of them slipped into deep waters while taking bath. […]

Jagatsinghpur: A youth sustained critical injuries after he was shot at near Chapada bazar under Tirtol police limits here on Saturday. The injured youth has been identified as Sameer Das. As per reports, Das had a spat with another youth named Raja following which the latter opened fired at him. Though the exact reason behind […]

Jagatsinghpur: Demanding a super specialty hospital, a 15-member team of ‘Jagatsinghpur Vikash Manch’ reached Bhubaneswar from Jagatsinghpur today on foot to meet Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. “We started walking on July 5 from Bhatana of Jagatsinghpur and we are on our way to meet CM Naveen Patnaik at his residence. We would urge CM to […]

Jagatsinghpur: Two youth leaders of ruling-BJD allegedly misbehaved with police and threatened them inside a policestation at  Kujang in Jagatsinghpur district. The accused have been identified as BJD Yuva Janata Dal’s Kujang block vice president Rajendra Sahu and Prabhat Patra, another frontline youth leader of the party. Both were caught by the police for driving […]

Jagatsinghpur: Two youths, including son of Odisha Planning Board Vice-Chairman Bishnu Das were injured after the car they were travelling in hit an ambulance near Machhagaon of the district in wee hours today. Das’ son Bijay Shankar along with his friend was returning after attending a marriage reception last night, informed sources. As per reports, […]

Jagatsinghpur: BJP Jagatsinghpur district president Satyabrat Mohapatra has lodged a police complaint against Congress Rajya Sabha member Ranjib Biswal for making derogatory remarks against him. As per the complaint, Biswal had allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Mohapatra while addressing a public meeting organised by district Congress unit yesterday. Protesting such remarks, BJP Yuva Morcha […]

Jagatsinghpur/Balasore: Two persons were killed in two separate road mishaps in Jagatsinghpur and Balasore on Sunday. In the first incident, an 11-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a Tata Ace vehicle in Jagatsinghpur today. He was on his way to attend a tuition class. The boy was first rushed to the Biridi Commuity […]

Jagatsinghpur: Blame it on poor security measures or policing, incidents of bank ATM robberies are being reported more frequently from various parts of Odisha. This was again evident after unidentified miscreants decamped with nearly Rs 12 lakh from an ATM of Indian Overseas Bank at Chanrahat under Tirtol police limits in Jagatsinghpur district on Friday […]

Jagatsinghpur/ Balasore: Incidents of sexual abuse of minor girls continue unabated in Odisha with yet another case being reported from Jagatsinghpur district. In the latest incident, a Class 9 girl student was allegedly raped by three youths in Krisnanandapur police outpost area under Tirtol police limits of the district yesterday. Sources said, when the 14-year-old […]

Jagatsinghpur: A 10-year-old girl married off to a 23-year-old differently-abled man at Mangarajpur village under Kujang police station in Jagatsingpur district was rescued by a team of police and the District Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) late on Thursday night. The matter came to light after the SDPO received a complaint about the illegal marriage […]

Bhubaneswar: There has been a disconcerting rise in crime against teenage girls in Odisha over the last few days. While lives of these girls are at stake, no noticeable steps seem to have been taken to curb such atrocities. Today, body of a minor girl was recovered by police from a cashew orchard near Gadaharishpur […]

Jagatsinghpur: Mystery shrouds the death of a minor girl whose body was recovered by police from a cashew forest near Gadaharishpur village under Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday. As per sources, the minor had gone to the forest late last night to attend nature’s call when she was allegedly dragged by a miscreant […]

Paradip: While ample incidents of stigmatisation continue to surface, Saroj Sahu of Rangiagada village in Paradip has set an example by getting married to a transgender, Kinnar Mama of Ramachandipada in Jagatsinghpur district. The marriage was solemnised amid cheerful celebrations with people belonging to the Third Gender (TG) community also taking part along with the […]

Kamakhyanagar/Jagatsinghpur: After MIL, English, Mathematics and Science subjects, question paper of Social Science of Matriculation examination went viral on social media in Kamakhyanagar and Jagatsinghpur on the last day of the exam. As per reports, photographs of Social Science question paper were circulated on WhatsApp within one hour of the commencement of the exam. Barring […]

Paradip/Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today imposed a ban of three months on poultry sale and farming in bird flu affected Paradip. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Secretary Vishal Gagan informed mediapersons, “Restrictions have been imposed on poultry sale and farming in Paradip area for three months.” He added two blood samples of chicken tested positive for […]