Tag: Jeypore

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a stunt biker was killed after being run over by a speeding car during a Maut Ka Kuan (Well of Death) show in Jeypore in Koraput district. According to reports, the mishap occurred on Saturday while the matter came to light after a clip of the incident went viral on […]

Koraput: Ending all speculation, freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda’s grandson Babula Panda finally reached him home in Jeypore amid police security here on Saturday. Babula Panda, who had gone missing from Bhubaneswar on April 16, was undergoing treatment in the trauma care ICU of the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack since April 27. He […]

Koraput: In a tragic incident, two girls’ reportedly got drowned while taking bath in Nisar reservoir Laxmipur block in the district here on Sunday. The two minors have been identified as Gayatri Khasua (12) and Anjali Khasua (12) of Laxmipur village. The incident occurred when Gayatr and Anjali along with two others had gone to […]

Jeypore: The employees of Bilt Paper Mill, Jeypore in Koraput district are in distress as production in the mill has stopped. While the contract employees were shown the door, the regular employees have not received salary since eight months. A high level meeting scheduled today in Bhubaneswar, will be discussing the matter and decide on […]

Koraput: Tension prevailed at the Koraput hospital when family members of a patient, who died in the hospital allegedly for doctors’ negligence, along with locals ransacked the hospital here on Thursday. Sources said one Sabitri of Kolab area was undergoing treatment in the ICU of the hospital and died on Thursday evening. The family members […]

Jeypore/Koraput/Sunabeda: After plying for few months, city bus services in Koraput, Jeypore and Sunabeda has stalled following cease work protest from local urban transport trust alleging the RTO of showing undue favours to private bus owners and giving them route permit and time table. The bus services which began only last year in June came to […]

Bhubaneswar/Jeypore: Woman farmer of Patraputa in Koraput district Kamala Pujari, who had brought laurels for Odisha by winning the ‘Equator Initiative Award’ in Johannesburg of South Africa in 2002, is living with her six-member family in a kutcha house despite the reality that a ladies hostel building in the campus of Orissa University of Agriculture […]

Bhubaneswar: One person was injured after a mob ransacked a poultry farm at Dangara village under Boriguma police limits in Jeypore. The injured has been has been admitted to Kumuliput hospital. According to reports, a group of local villagers vandalised the poultry farm as it was allegedly creating health problems due to severe pollution in […]

Jeypore: One person was killed and 12 others were seriously injured in a bus accident at Jeypore in Koraput district on late last night. The injured passengers have been admitted at Jeypore Subdivisional hospital. According to sources, the bus was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Malkangiri, when suddenly the driver lost control of the bus and […]

Koraput/Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today placed under suspension Biranchi Mohanty, Executive Engineer, Works department, for gross dereliction of duty resulting in the delay in the arrival of chief minister’s helicopter at Kotpad in Koraput district. Informing this to the media in the state capital this evening, Works secretary Nalinikanta Pradhan said Mohanty had provided wrong […]

Jeypore: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated and laid foundation stone of several projects during his one-day visit to Koraput district today. After arriving in Jeypore in a helicopter, Patnaik laid foundation stone of 12 projects including Mother and Childcare Centre, a bridge over Kamta river and a new stadium at Ambaguda. Later, addressing a public […]

Malkangiri: Authorities of the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) have stopped plying of buses in the Malkangiri district and Jeypore of Koraput district keeping the call of Maoists to observe the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week from today. A local official of the OSRTC said, “Local and long route buses have been stopped […]

Jeypore: In an attempt to stay away from public humiliation, an unwed mother has abandoned her newborn boy at Rabanguda Community Health Centre (CWC) here in the district today. The mother is a resident of Miniguda village under Jayantgiri gram panchayat in Koraput district. The college goer mother had developed a love affair with her […]

Jeypore: A day after four Congress legislators including three from the undivided Koraput district met party vice president Rahul Gandhi, Opposition party Chief Whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati said it is irrelevant for him if any one opposes him except common people of his constituency. Asked about the involvement of the PCC leadership in the visit […]

Jeypore: Panic gripped Sorisapada area under Patangi police limits here after a group of Maoists set a private contractor camp on fire late on Friday night. According to sources, a person was also killed in the attack. The deceased has been identified as Jayaram Silo of Bhitarakata village. The ultras also torched two hiwa trucks, […]