Tag: Jagatsinghpur

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 […]

Macchagaon (Jagatsinghpur): Five people have been injured when a bus going towards Cuttack from Apandara overturned near a river embankment road in Macchagaon. The injured were initially rushed to the Macchagaon PHC and later shifted to the Balikuda community health centre as their condition deteriorated. Bus passengers said the driver of the vehicle ‘Chakadola’ lost […]

Jagatsinghpur: In a tragic incident, two youths drowned while taking bath in Mahanadi river near Tarapur Tarini temple in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday evening. A fire brigade team rushed to the spot and launched a search operation last night. Though the deadbody of one of them was recovered from the river today, efforts are on […]

Cuttack: Two unidentified miscreants opened fire at a biker and looted him near Athagarh on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Balaram Behera of Kaijanga under Biridi police limits in Jagatsinghpur district. The incident occurred when Behera, who works at a private firm in Narsinghpur block, was returning home in Jagatsinghpur after his duty. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Posco Chapter finally came to a close after the Odisha government formally cancelled the allotment of land to the South Korean steel major today. A letter intimating the same has been sent by Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) to Posco authorities. With work yet to start after 3 years of land acquisition […]

Jagatsinghpur: The newly-elected deputy chairman of the Odisha State Planning Board, Bishnu Das’ speech at the Jagatsinghpur Zilla Mahotsav ‘Kallolla’ has sparked a controversy. Alleging that Das made a political speech at a cultural platform, the Congress took to streets on Tuesday. Congress party members staged demonstration in front of the Collectors office and burnt […]