Tag: Jagatsinghpur

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Miscreants loot Rs 12 lakh from ATM in Jagatsinghpur

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Minor girl gang raped, another molested in Odisha

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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10-year-old girl rescued after marriage to differently-abled

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 […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Spurt in crime against teenage girls in Odisha raises concerns

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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Minor girl raped, murdered; body found in cashew forest

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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Paradip man ties knot with transgender

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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Matric question paper surfaces on social media, again

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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Avian flu: Ban on poultry sale for three months in Paradip

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 […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Fluoride-affected Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur get Rs 360 crore for water project

Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved two Rural Piped Water Supply Projects worth Rs 360.60 crore for the fluoride-affected villages in Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts. The drinking water projects are expected to benefit over 4.22 lakh people of 473 villages in two blocks (Baramba and Narasinghpur) of Cuttack and three blocks (Balikuda, Nuagaon and […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Man stabbed to death over minor scuffle

Jagatsinghpur: A man was allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbour following a scuffle at Murunia village under Balikuda block in Jagatsinghpur district last night. As per sources, the deceased identified as Bibhuti Rout had an argument with his neighbour Babu Khatua over some issues during a melody programme in the village yesterday. In a […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Three arrested in Tirtol loot bid, firing incident

Jagatsinghpur: Police have arrested three persons in connection with the loot attempt and firing incident at Sindhol village under Tirtol police station in Jagatsinghpur district. The Tirtol police cops also seized a gun and two live bullets from their possession. The accused had plotted a plan to loot a gold idol of goddess Laxmi from […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Fire officials conduct inspection at 30 hospitals in 3 districts

Nayagarh: The State Fire Services department today conducted an inspection at various hospitals in three districts-Nayagarh, Dhenkanal and Jagatsinghpur- to check proper implementation of fire safety and fire prevention norms. DG (Fire Services) BK Sharma said the fire officials conducted inspection at around 30 premier hospitals and private nursing homes in Nayagarh, Dhenkanal and Jagatsinghpur […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Odia techie Satyaprakash scales Mt Kilimanjaro

He may be a software engineer by profession but Jagatsinghpur boy Satyaprakash Nanda has turned an ace mountaineer. He recently scaled Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Working in Oregon, US, Nanda has always been an outdoor person. But it was in 2014 that he was introduced to mountain climbing by some friends. “I […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Woman beaten to death; 2 held for sorcery

Jagatsinghpur: A woman has been beaten to death while sorcery was allegedly being performed on her near Balia square in Kujang of Jagatsinghpur district. The dead body was recovered this morning. The Kujang police have detained a woman and her daughter in this connection and are interrogating them. According to sources, the deceased woman was […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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2009 Acid Attack: Odisha CM Naveen Suspends 2 Cops

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday suspended two police officials for dereliction of duty in connection with acid attack on Pramodini Roul in Jagatsinghpur in 2009.

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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