Tag: Jajpur

Jajpur: Police today arrested seven persons in connection with the murder of a jewellery shop owner and his staff near Pritipur Bazaar under Binjharpur police limits of Jajpur district last Friday. The arrested persons have been identified as residents of Jajpur and Kendrapara districts. Police officials have seized a country made gun, motorcycles, mobiles and […]

Jajpur: The employees of VISA steel plant at Kalinga Nagar industrial area in jajpur district ran helter-skelter after they spotted a wild bear inside the plant complex. The bear is suspected to have strayed into the plant from Badasuli hill after local residents tried to chase it away after spotting the animal near the plant […]

Jajpur: A farmer of Kantigadia village under Dharmashala police station in Jajpur district allegedly committed suicide today by hanging himself with a rope inside an under-construction house. Family sources said 41-year old Subodh Das, was allegedly mired in debt and was under mental duress. He had reportedly cultivated paddy in five acres of land which […]

Jajpur: An officer-in-charge of Regional Transport Office in Jajpur Town was killed after a speeding a Hiwa truck hit him from behind near Chandpur under Panikoili police limits in Jajpur district in the wee hours of Monday. The deceased officer has been identified as Manoj Behera. The accident occurred when Behera was inspecting vehicles on […]

Jajpur: Body of a youth with several injury marks was found behind the Taljang panchayat godown in Jenapur of Jajpur district today. The deceased has been identified as Gopabandhu Sethi. Family members alleged that Gopabandhu had gone missing since yesterday from a feast organised on the occasion of an ‘Ashtaprahari.’ Tapan Sethi, brother of Gopabandhu, […]

Jajpur: A verbal duel over a paltry Rs 40 could lead to the death of a person was revealed after police today arrested an accused, an auto driver, in a murder case that took place here on January 21. Deepak Pati, the accused, revealed the gory details of the incident during interrogation. As per sources, one […]

Jajpur: Police arrested accused Chandrakant Mohapatra, a BJD member, for allegedly raping a woman at Dasarathpur in Jajpur district. Mohapatra, who was absconding after the survivor filed a complaint with police earlier this week, was arrested from Keonjhar last night. As per the complaint, Mohapatra had allegedly raped the woman inside the party office on […]

Jajpur: In a shocking allegation, a woman today charged a BJD member of raping her inside the party office situated in Dasarathpur of Jajpur district. A complaint regarding this was lodged by the woman at Mangalpur police station. As per the complaint, BJD member, identified as Chandrakant Mohapatra, had asked the woman to come to […]

Jajpur: The famous Olasuni Cave festival of Jajpur kick- started today. The fair is observed every year on the occasion of Saint Arakhita Das’ Mahasamadhi day. Thousands of devotees from faraway places throng the cave to participate in the festival and seek blessings of saint Arakhita Das. The devotees offer ‘Podapitha’ (a smoked pancake) as […]

Jajpur: Three persons including a woman were injured in firing by an Army jawan over a land dispute at Bharatpur village under Jenapur police limits in Jajpur today. The injured, identified as Sujata Pradhan, sons Bibek Pradhan and Ranjan Pradhan were rushed to the Dharmasala hospital and later shifted to the SCB Medical College and […]

Jajpur: Tribals from across the State today assembled at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district to observe the 12th anniversary of police firing in which 14 tribals were killed in 2006. For the first time, the anti and pro displacement fronts of tribals made joint arrangements to observe the day. They took out a rally from […]

Jajpur: A lady police constable was injured after some youths attacked her at Mahabinayak shrine near Chandikhol in Jajpur district today. The injured cop identified as Bilasini Nayak was admitted to Badachana Community Health Centre (CHC) and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for better treatment. She sustained injuries on her […]

Jajpur: Four persons were killed and five people sustained critical injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck on NH-53 near Balisahi in the district on Saturday. As per reports, all the passengers were traders. They were on the way to Duburi market in the area when the  driver lost […]

Jajpur/Sundergarh/Puri: Five persons including a minor boy were killed in separate road mishaps in Jajpur, Sundergrh, and Puri districts today. A minor boy was killed after a bus hit him while he was crossing road at Badapatuli on NH-215 under Korei police limits in Jajpur district. Irked, locals of Badapatuli and adjoining areas damaged the […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government today announced that 10,854 hectares land in three districts- Jajpur, Jagatsingpur and Puri- were affected by unseasonal rain that occurred on December 9 and 10. The concerned Collectors have been directed to undertake relief measures in the notified areas. 5,436 hectares in three blocks of Jagatsinghpur district and 2,149 hectares in […]