Tag: Jagatsinghpur

Bhubaneswar: The number of deaths due to swine flu reached four in the state today with one more person succumbing to the disease. A woman, Santipriya, of Kotian village in Jagatsinghpur district died of the disease on Wednesday. Earlier, a person succumbed to the viral disease in Bhubaneswar whereas two others died while undergoing treatment […]

Tirtol: More than hundred farmers of four panchayats under Raghunathpur block today blocked Cuttack-Paradip road near Jaipur demanding immediate release of water into Taladanda and its branch canals. They alleged that due to lack of water in the canals paddy farming has been affected and repeated pleas to the local administration and Water Resources department […]

Bhubaneswar: Lightning claimed six more lives in State today taking the toll to 40 in last four days. Two from Balasore district and one each from Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Keonjhar district were among the casualties. Lightning struck while most of them were working in fields. Sambhunath Muduli of Odasala in Balasore district was killed […]

Cuttack: While the mystery surrounding the deaths of sheep in Odisha continues, four more sheep were killed late last night in Kurangapradhan village in the district. The sheep carcass were found at the cattle shed of a villager in the morning today with three other sheep being critically injured in the attack. More than 1000 […]

Jagatsinghpur: The mystery surrounding the deaths of sheep in Odisha continues with the death of 12 more sheep being reported from Raipatna village under Alipingal panchayat in the district on Wednesday. The sheep carcass were found at the cattle shed of villager Pratap Das this morning along with three more sheep being critically injured in […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging mishandling of investigation by the police into the murder of a youth inside a liquor shop near Pankapal under Kujang block of Jagatsinghpur district in November last year, the family has finally knocked the doors of the Odisha Police DG seeking justice. Ullash Jena, the deceased salesman in the liquor shop, was charred […]

Niali: An eerie emptiness has engulfed the cowsheds and stables in Niali area which has seen more than 100 sheep being killed by a mysterious animal, and panic-stricken farmers are now sheltering their livestock inside their homes. The headache for Sudarsan Behera, a farmer from Khulisa village after losing 3 sheep from a herd of […]

Bhubaneswar: After Niali, the fear of the ‘mysterious animal’ seems to be gripping the entire state as sheep deaths continue to be reported from several parts of Odisha at regular intervals. This time 12 sheep have been reportedly killed by an unknown animal at Badapathar village in Bhanjanagar in the wee hours on Sunday. Local […]

Jagatsinghpur/Bhubaneswar: Life of Divyang singer Dilip Sahu has been thrown into disarray after he met with an accident at the Balasore Railway Station. After finishing his ‘Bhajan’ programme in Balasore, he had gone to the railway station to catch a train to Cuttack from where he would have gone home by bus. But life had […]

Kendrapara: After sheep attacks in Niali of Cuttack and Alipingala in Jagatsinghpur, another such incident was reported from Kosia Belari village in Mahakalapada area of Kendrapara district on the wee hours today. According to reports, a sheep of Rabindra Majhi, a resident of the village, was killed in a similar way to that of the […]

Bhubaneswar: While the killing of sheep at Niali in Cuttack district continues with the death of one more sheep, another such incident has been reported at Alipingala in Jagatsinghpur district where nine sheep were killed on Thursday. The incident has sent shockwaves in Jagatsinghpur as Niali fear continues unabated with fresh sheep deaths being reported […]

Bhubaneswar: After a delay of two days, southwest monsoon finally arrived in Odisha with rainfall lashing several coastal districts here on Monday. Announcing the monsoon arrival, the Regional Meteorological Department informed that four districts of the State –Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore witnessed the first showers this season today. Also Read:Low pressure induced rain in […]

Jagatsinghpur: At least eight persons were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an auto rickshaw and a Hywa on Jagatsinghpur-Machhagaon road near Chandol Square in Jagatsinghpur district today. According to sources, the mishap occurred when 10 persons from Machagaon were returning after attending the rituals of Deba Snana Purnima at Nemala […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha MPs have shown a dismal performance in Lok Sabha with only one, out of 21 MPs, scoring cent percent attendance. As per the report published by PRS Legislative Research, Jagatsinghpur MP Kulamani Samal is the only legislator who has scored 100% attendance. Among others, Aska MP Ladu Kishore Swain and Balasore’s Rabindra Kumar […]

Bhubaneswar: Coastal districts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in next 24 hours under the influence of cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ currently 590 km away from the Paradip coast, as per the Regional Meteorological Centre here today. Rains will lash Bhadrak, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts as the cyclonic storm […]