Tag: Kendrapara

A sitting councillor of Kendrapara Municipality and three others were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running an extortion racket

One can only pity Puri SP Dr. Sarthak Sarangi. The poor man is taking all the flak for a decision which he, left to himself, would perhaps never have taken. He would have known that the decision to seal the IMFA hangar at the Biju Patnaik airport and three helicopters belonging to the company on […]

By Sandeep Sahu It looks straight out of The Arabian Nights. Since l’affaire Penthapala burst on to the scene in panchayat poll-bound Odisha 10 days ago, each day has brought a fresh story, each more startling than the previous one. It has got to a stage where news on what is happening on the election […]

By Sandeep Sahu Residents of Odisha’s capital city have long got used to effigies of some political leader or the other being burnt by a group of people on the streets on the city. But on Monday, eyebrows were raised when the effigy of Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, who resigned as Health minister of the state […]

One Maheswar Senapati and his two sons from Mulasahi village were allegedly attacked by some miscreants repeatedly on Sunday and Monday.

Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the vulnerable situation in flood-hit areas in the State, former Parliamentarian Baijayant Jay Panda again took to Twitter today and appealed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to direct the police to unseal the hangar and release at least two of the three helicopters so that those can be used for relief and rescue […]

Bhadrak/Kendrapara: As many as ten rooms of five families were gutted in two separate fire mishaps in Bhadrak and Kendrapara district on Saturday night. According to reports, four rooms of one Praveen Mandal and Rabindra Mandal were reduced to cinders after a major fire broke out at Rajrajeswari village under Bansada Police limits in Bhadrak. […]

Kendrapara: Charges of embezzlement of money against secretary of Siko Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Rajkanika of Kendrapara district has sparked outrage among the farmers in the area. The accused Ajay Behera has been charged with embezzling money worth lakhs of rupees by raising loans in the name of villagers. “I never even applied […]

Pattamundai: A woman sustained critical injuries after she was stabbed during an altercation over the possession of sports items distributed by the Biju Yuva Vahini in Nuagaon under Pattamundai police limits in Kendrapara district last night. As per reports, two youths of the village Babul Mallick and Kuna Mallick engaged in a brawl over the […]

Kendrapara: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today disbursed financial assistance to landless farmers under the KALIA Scheme at Baro in Kendrapara. Under the scheme, landless farmers will get Rs 12,500 assistance in three instalments for livelihood support and agriculture. In the first phase a total of 3.50 lakh landless farmers will receive the benefits. During his […]

Keonjhar: Two persons were killed and eight others sustained injuries after the vehicles carrying marriage parties met with accidents in Keonjhar and Kendrapara districts late last night. In Keonjhar, a youth was killed and five others sustained injuries after the van carrying them to a marriage ceremony lost control and overturned near Badapichhula Chhak yesterday […]

Kendrapara: Notorious criminal Ganesh Mallick was left critically injured in an encounter with police near Halpur chhak in Kendrapara late last night. Mallick, who sustained bullet injuries on his right leg, was initially admitted to Kendrapara District headquarters hospital and later rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Acting on a tip-off, a […]

Kendrapara/Dhenkanal: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda criticised the Congress and the BJP today saying that both the national parties have failed to raise their voices against rising violence and corruption in Odisha. Panda’s comments came during his visit to Talabarkote in Dhenkanal. The former MP alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has […]

Kendrapara: A notorious criminal suffered bullet injuries on his leg during an encounter with police near Tikhiri-Boudha office road under Marshaghai police limits in Kendrapara district early Monday morning. The criminal identified as Debiprasad Das alia Litu was initially admitted to Kendrapara District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital […]

Bhubaneswar: Another 10 lakh farmers in Odisha will be provided financial assistance under the KALIA scheme, informed chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi after presiding over a meeting held in secretariat today. Padhi said that the administration will ensure that no farmers in the State are left out under the KALIA scheme. Padhi further said “The […]