Tag: Jeypore

Koraput: The demand for Notified Area Council (NAC) status for Borrigumma gained momentum with Congress blocking the National Highway in Jeypore on Monday. The Congress activists blocked NH-26 and NH-63 to press for their demands and raised slogans against the Centre and Odisha Government which had recently accorded NAC status for Bijepur ahead of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission today asked the authorities of Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in Jeypore to submit medical report of the Kunduli gang rape survivor and personally appear before it on November 10. The acting chairperson of OHRC, Justice B K Mishra issued this direction to the superintendent of SLNMCH, […]

Jeypore: Demanding a complete ban on liquor in undivided Koraput district, Congress leader and Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati and his supporters continued their dharna for the second day in Borigumma today. Bahinipati along with party activists and locals staged the protest urging Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to announce a ban on liqour in undivided […]

Jeypore: In a shocking incident, a policeman was allegedly attacked by a criminal during a raid in his house here in Jeypore of Koraput district on Wednesday. According to police sources, the IIC of Jeypore Town Police station, Siba Sankar Sahu was allegedly attacked by a notorious criminal of the town Jeet Mahuria and his […]

Jeypore: The Kunduli gang rape survivor, who was discharged from the Koraput district headquarters hospital today, again alleged four jawans had abused her sexually. The survivor stated police is unnecessarily harassing her relatives and four youths of her village. Talking to media persons, she said, “My relatives are unnecessarily called to the police station and […]

Jeypore: A sub-inspector of Machkund Police station here was injured critically after some ganja smugglers opened fire at the police van near Jalaput village in Koraput district last night. SI Pradeep Nayak sustained grievous injuries on neck and was admitted to district headquarters hospital. The incident took place after a team of police led by […]

Jeypore: After 33 hours of road blockade, the National Highway 26 between Jeypore and Visakhapatnam was cleared for vehicular traffic as the locals, who agitated in protest against the gang rape of a minor girl in the district, withdrew the blockade following discussion with district administration and police last night. The Collector and SP held […]

Jeypore: Large number of British era bullets were recovered from a septic tank behind District Industry Centre (DIC)of Jeypore town in Koraput district on Friday. According to sources, nearly 500 bullets were reportedly dumped inside the septic tank packed inside a plastic box. “We received information about it on Thursday evening. The septic tank belongs […]

Jeypore: After allegations of cash distribution to garner votes in the students’ union elections in Ramadevi Women’s University, cash-for-votes charges have surfaced in Vikram Deb (VD) College in Jeypore leading to calls for disqualification of the president-elect. Claiming to be in possession of video evidence, a group of students from the college alleged that cash […]

Three persons including an ambulance driver sustained grievous injuries when the 108 ambulance they were travelling in rammed into a tree near Bandhaguda of the district here on Saturday.

Jeypore: After a wait of 27 years, Jeypore resident Seikh Gulab Mohammed and first wife Suban Bibi finally reunited following the intervention the Jeypore Family Court. In 1990, Suban left for her paternal house along with one-month-old boy leaving Seikh Gulab over a family quarrel. Though Gulab attempted several times to bring back Suban, she […]

Bhubaneswar: New courses in Post Graduate and M.Phil will be introduced in three colleges across the State along with an increase in number of seats of various departments in these institutions. Odisha Assembly Standing Committee granted approval to the courses and seat increase in the colleges during a meeting on Monday. The new courses and […]

Jeypore: Tension prevailed in Gaganapur village under the Jeypore Sadar police limits after two persons were killed in a clash between two families over a land dispute here in Koraput district on Sunday. The deceased brothers have been identified as Hiran Bag and Laxman Bag of Nandaguda village. According to sources, the villagers of Gaganapur […]

Jeypore: It was heartrending for the residents of Kumbharput under Borigumma police station in Koraput district to witness the sight of an infant crying alone near the deadbody of the mother. The toddler was found a little away from the body of her mother in a forest. After hearing the wails of the child, residents […]

Bhubaneswar: In a move that will put Nabarangpur on the country’s rail map, Ministry of Railways (MOR) has allocated Rs 748 crore for the much needed broad gauge railway line between Jeypore and Nabarangpur. The 38 km railway line is scheduled to be completed in a time frame of five years with the first two […]