Tag: Kendrapara

Bhubaneswar: A few hours after MP Baijayant Panda was suspended from the primary membership of ruling BJD, party senior leader and former Minister Damodar Rout on Wednesday hinted at growing resentment within the party. Speaking on the sidelines of a function in Puri, Rout cited the example of Buxi Jagabandhu’s rebellion against Britishers and hinted […]

Bhubaneswar: While factions within BJD continue to press charges of neglect against party MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, party workers of various blocks of Kendrapara parliamentary constituency region continue to come out in support of the parliamentarian. BJD workers from Aul, Garadpur, Derabish and Rajkanika blocks of Kendrapara district today met the party president and Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: With internal-investigations into allegations against BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda still continuing, the parliamentarian today said that a conspiracy is working against him. While responding to one of his Twitter followers, the MP stated a powerful conspiracy is being hatched against him though he has no intention to quit his party. “I have no […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Kendrapara district observer Pramila Mallick submitted her probe report on allegations against party MP Jay Panda today. “I have submitted the report based on the feedback from party workers and discussions held with Jay Panda,” said Mallick citing that there are feedback both in support and against the parliamentarian. Mallick who was appointed […]

Balasore/Kendrapara: BJD supporters and activists celebrated after party candidate Kamal Sahu emerged victorious in the bypoll for Zilla Parishad (ZP) zone-26 in Balasore district. Sahu defeated BJP candidate Parshuram Parida by 4,117 votes. While Sahu got 13,499 votes, a total of 9,382 votes were cast in favour of Parida. Polling official Bhabatarana Sahoo declared, “Among […]

Kendrapara/Balasore: Bypolls were held for the posts of Samiti Member in Penthapala and Badambila panchayats of Kendrapara and member of zilla parishad in zone 26 in Balasore. As many as 6,000 voters cast their vote during the bypoll for the Penthapala panchayat samiti seat, reserved for woman candidate. While Marua Malik and Pramila Malik claim […]

Bhubaneswar: Ashanti Dalei of Kendrapara and Pankaj Mahanta of Keonjhar will be conferred with national bravery award at a special function in New Delhi on January 24. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will award four-year-old Ashanti and 14-year-old Pankaj for their bravery to save lives of four persons in separate incidents. . While Ashanti rescued her […]

Kendrapara: By-election for the post of sarpanch in Penthapala gram panchayat of Kendrapara district will be held today. The post has been reserved for women. As many as four candidates are in the fray. Marua Mallick and Pramila Mallick have claimed that they have been supported by Congress while Babita Mallick claimed that BJD is […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after BJD MP Baijayant Panda raised the issue of a ‘corrupt govt official’s’ interference in politics, it seems to have triggered a pattern wherein with each passing day a new block-level party leader from the Kendrapara constituency is seen crowing the same allegation of parliamentarian neglecting party workers. Such is the coherence that […]

Kendrapara: Six fishermen had a miraculous escape after their boat capsized in sea near Barunei river mouth in Mahakalpada of Kendrapara district. The mishap occurred after the boat was hit by another fishing trawler. Poor visibility due to dense fog is said to be the reason behind the collision between the two boats. Four other […]

Kendrapara: The Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district reopened for tourists on Thursday. The park was closed from January 3 in view of the conduct of annual census of estuarine crocodiles and head count of migratory birds. Rajnagar Divisional Forest Officer Bimal Prasanna Acharya said,” Compared to previous year, the headcount of both estuarine crocodiles […]

Kendrapara: A group of BJD activists have threatened protests ahead of an event organised by their party’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda to inaugurate an overhead drinking water tank at Buhalo village under Nischintkoili block of Cuttack district. Members of the party’s Nischintakoili block in a letter to the Cuttack Collector have sought cancellation of the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda during the question hour of Lok Sabha yesterday sought more number of medical colleges for Odisha to fill up doctor vacancies. Maintaining that shortage of doctors is a manmade problem, Baijayant said that the Medical Council of India (MCI) is responsible for the situation which is resulting in corrupt […]

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district police today busted a bike lifting gang and arrested four persons from Marshaghai while seizing 13 stolen motorcycles from them. “We have arrested 10 persons of the gang so far from Marshaghai, Pattamundai, and Aul,” informed Kendrapara SP, Dayanidhi Gochhayat. After receiving information on sale of motorcycle by some groups in […]

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of noted opera script writer Ananta Ojha arrived at Bhubaneswar airport from Bengaluru today. The body will be taken to his ancestral village in Pattamundai of Kendrapara for the last rites that will be conducted today. Ojha who was actively involved in opera industry for three decades, died on Sunday at […]