Tag: Jajpur

Jajpur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison over loan burden in Jajpur district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Gurucharan Swain of Erabanka village under Jajpur Sadar Police Station. According to the sources, Swain had taken loan from a bank and private money lenders to cultivate groundnut in his 5-hectare land. […]

Bargarh/Anandpur/Kalinganagar: As many as eight people were killed in separate road mishaps occurred in Bargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts on Tuesday. The first accident took place near Paikamal in Bargarh district after a car fell off a bridge leaving three persons including a woman dead and two others injured. The car lost control after […]

Jajpur: The Binjharpur police today arrested Purna Chandra Sahu alias Punia from Chhatia for his alleged involvement in BJP worker Abhimanyu Das’s murder case. Abhimanyu, who was block president of the BJP’s OBC cell at Binjharpur, was killed in a bomb attack at Naunbanka under Binjharpur police limits late on Sunday night. Politics had intensified […]

Jajpur: No-trust motion has again been brought against Vyasanagar Municipality chairperson, Sabita Rout, yesterday for the second time this year. Under the leadership of Vice-Chairman, Subash Bala, 19 councillors submitted a memorandum near the District Collector regarding the motion. After proper investigation steps will be taken according to law, informed the District Collector. Earlier also […]

Jajpur: Politics is now active over the brutal murder of Abhimanyu Das, a BJP worker in Jajpur district, with senior leaders of the party alleging ‘direct involvement’ of BJD MLA from Binjharpur Pramila Mallick in the case. At a press conference held on Tuesday, BJP’s OBC Cell state president Krushna Chandra Patra accused that local […]

Jajpur/Puri: One person was killed and three injured in two separate bombing cases in Jajpur and Puri districts late last night. While two youths were returning home on a bike, some miscreants hurled a bomb at the bikers near Singharpur in Binjharpur of Jajpur district. The deceased, identified as Abhimanyu Das, succumbed to his injuries […]

Jajpur: A man, arrested on charges of involvement in a bomb attack, died after allegedly being tortured by police in Dharmasala of Jajpur district on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Gayadhar Tarai of Kukudanga village was summoned to the Dharmasala police station on July 6 for his alleged involvement in a bombing case. After he […]

Jajpur: Members of more than six booth committees of BJP in north Odisha will attend a public meeting during party national president Amit Shah’s visit to Jajpur today. Around 40,000-50,000 BJP activists are scheduled to attend the party meeting at Areie in which Union ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan will also be present. Elaborating […]

Jajpur: After Khurda, another case of pharmacist treating patients due to lack of staff, especially doctors has surfaced from Kolhasingh Medical Centre under Badachana block of Jajpur district. According to reports, residents of nearly 45 villages are dependent on the medical centre but they are unable to get a well facilitated medical service. A pharmacist […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president Amit Shah would be visiting Odisha on a three-day tour from July 3 and is scheduled to attend a party workers’ conference in Ganjam district the next day. The party workers conference will be held at Ambapua Ground at Hungulapada village in Kukudakhandi of Ganjam district, informed Odisha BJP President Basant […]

Jajpur: A six-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Baragadia under Kalinga Nagar police limits in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Suraj Choudhury, son of Soham. A resident of Bihar Soham sells gupchup in Jajpur road. He found his son lying in a pit near Baragadia village […]

Jajpur: One dies and four critically injured after a gas cylinder exploded at the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) unit of Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) plant here today. The deceased has been identified as Jaladhara Pati of Ampora village under Tamaka police limits in Jajpur district. The other four injured were admitted to Aswini hospital in […]

Bhubaneswar: Family feud has taken an ugly turn in Jajpur district after an infant was ‘thrown to death’ allegedly by her father at Bhubanpur under Jenapur police limits here on Saturday. According to reports, accused Nanda Kishore Mallick (29) threw his 10-month-old daughter on ground following a heated scuffle with his wife over petty issue. […]

Jajpur: A Jajpur based businessman abducted from Puri on Monday was today rescued by police who arrested five abductors in the case. Police nabbed the kidnappers near Rathia area under Jaraka police limits in the district while they were escaping through NH 17 via Jajpur in a car. The abductors had reportedly demanded a ransom […]

Jajpur: District police on Friday arrested a youth for allegedly luring and molesting two minor girls in his house at Panikoili area in the district. The accused identified as Mina Panda enticed both siblings to his house and assaulted them.Following the incident, the victims complained about the matter to their mother and subsequently their family […]