Tag: Jajpur

Cuttack: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Prasad Harichandan met farmer Kalinga Ghadei of Jajpur district at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today. Ghadei, who is undergoing treatment at New Medicine ICU after attempting suicide, is currently critical. After meeting him Prasad said that the government should accept the farmers’ death in State […]

Boudh/Jajpur/Balasore: Incidents of farmer suicides continue to grip Odisha with fresh cases reported from Boudh and Jajpur district on Thursday. In Boudh district, a farmer identified as Ballav Dharei of Jallepalli village in Kantamal block died today while under treatment at Sonepur District Headquarters Hospital. Ballav had attempted suicide consuming poison late last night allegedly over crop […]

Jajpur: An Inter Unit Volleyball tournament of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) was held at the Mahagiri Enclave of IMFA in Kaliapani of Jajpur district. The host of the tournament was IMFA Mines and the other participants were IMFA Headquarters team, Choudwar Plant team, Therubali Plant team and BIPF-ITC Sukinda team. Therubali team […]

Jajpur/Rourkela: Three people including a woman and a student were killed and two seriously injured in separate road accidents in Odisha on Tuesday. In Jajpur district, a woman and her son-in-law were killed after a truck hit their bike in front of Binjharpur block office. The deceased have been identified as Ajay Kumar Sethi and […]

Bhubaneswar: A Crime Branch team of Railway Police Force (RPF) started investigation into the case in which a transgender was pushed out of a moving train at Jajpur road recently. The investigating team met the victim, Anu, a resident of Habalganda village under Rajkanika block in Kendrapara district. She was interrogated by the team about […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid fresh allegations and counter allegations of forgery in counting and discrepancy in the declaration of the three-tier panchayat poll results, the BJP today has alleged that the ruling BJD has snatched away 34 Zilla Parishad zones from the former. Demanding suspension of an Election Officer, alleging him of felicitating the victory of a […]

Jajpur: In a major breakthrough, police arrested four persons and seized fake denominations worth Rs 27.46 lakh from their possession. Talking to media persons here today, IG, Central Range, Soumendra Priyadarshi said acting on a reliable information at about 4.30 PM on Friday a team of Kaliapani Police led by IIC Yubaraj Swain raided Kingola […]

Jajpur: Four days after the no-confidence motion against Vyasanagar municipality chairperson got rejected in absence of councillors for voting, the civic body drama took a new turn as the chairperson and suspended BJD leader Sabita Rout went on leave for three months from today by handing over the office to the vice-chairperson of the 26-member […]

Jajpur: A girl who was eve teased on her way back from the college today got hold of the eve teaser and thrashed him in public. The incident occurred in Jajpur, when the victim girl was returning from the NC College with her two friends and was passed lewd comments by two bike-borne youths. The […]

Jajpur: The no-trust motion against Vyasanagar civic body chairperson Sabita Rout in the district was dismissed as no councillor turned up to participate in the voting today. “We waited till 12 noon and no one turned up for voting. So, the motion was rejected”, said Abdul Alim Khan, additional District Magistrate of Kalinga Nagar. As […]

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia scientist and Padma Shri awardee Dr Ajay Kumar Parida took charge as the Director of Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar on Thursday. A native of Jajpur district, Parida has made notable research contributions in the field of agriculture, plant molecular biology and biotechnology. His pioneering contributions in identifying stress tolerant genes […]

Jajpur: In a tragic incident, four persons, including two women were killed when a car hit a stationary truck from behind at Jarka in Jajpur district during the wee hours today. The identities of the deceased are yet to be identified. Sources said the car that was going towards Bhubaneswar from West Bengal dashed against […]

Jajpur: In a shocking incident, a man committed suicide after killing his wife at Jhikiria village under Binjharpur police station in the district on Friday morning. According to sources, the accused identified as Goura Mallick took the extreme step over family feud. Mallick first killed his wife Jharana by slitting her throat with a chopper […]

Kalinganagar: Sukinda MLA Pritiranjan Ghadai inaugurated Adarsh Vidyalaya (model school) constructed by Tata Steel at Gohirapatuli in Ranipada Panchayat under Danagadi Block in Jajpur district today. Speaking on the occasion, Ghadai said, “Tata Steel always seeks to attain the welfare of the people and it is way ahead of other industries in carrying out CSR […]

Jajpur: In a shocking incident, an elderly man was dragged out of his house in front of family members and thrashed to death by staff of a private finance company for his failure to repay remaining Rs 100 of the loan amount at Kuanriakula village under Bairi police limits of Jajpur district on Thursday. Family […]