Tag: Kendrapara

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Thursday issued thunderstorm with lightning and rainfall alert for seven districts of Odisha. The warning has been issued for the districts– Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri and Koraput districts till 4 PM today. “Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall likely to occur at a […]

Kendrapara: The stage is set for the much-awaited election to Patkura Assembly constituency in Kendrapara district, as around 2,44,747 voters will decide the fate of ten candidates with the segment going to polls tomorrow. The polling will be held from 7 AM to 6 PM in as many as 309 booths across the assembly segment. […]

Kendrapara: A day after the conclusion of Patkura election, the focus has now shifted to the security of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs amid tension over allegations of opening of a VVPAT machine last night at the strong room set up in Kendrapara Autonomous College. Anticipating any untoward incident following election, even though […]

Kendrapara: In an ugly turn-out of events, family members of a girl allegedly slit the throat of a youth over a one-sided love affair. The shocking incident has been reported from Kanpur area under Marshaghai block of Kendrapara district. The injured youth, identified as Rajkumar Das, is now undergoing treatment at district headquarters hospital (DHH) […]

Kendrapara: More than a week after the Parliament passed a bill against Triple Talaq, a woman from Muslim community in the district today filed a police complaint against her husband for allegedly divorcing her by uttering Triple Talaq over phone. The complainant said she lodged the FIR at Pattamundai police station after her husband pronounced […]

Bhubaneswar: Following intelligence inputs on possible terror attacks using the coast, the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of seven coastal districts of Odisha have been kept on high alert. In a letter, Railways & Coastal Security ADG, Pranabindu Acharya today asked SPs of Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Puri, Berhampur and Ganjam to remain alert in view […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though the Odisha government has claimed that there is no threat of flood in the State after the water level in Mahanadi river and its distributaries receded, many areas in Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts are still waterlogged. After a sudden increase in the water level of Rajua river yesterday evening, most […]

Bhubaneswar: While the overall situation in western and south districts of Odisha is gradually improving, a flood-like situation has cropped up in four coastal districts of the state including Cuttack, Kendrapara, Khurda and Puri districts. The flood-like situation is mainly due to the rise in water level of several tributaries of Mahanadi after the release […]

Puri/Ganjam: Over the years, Odisha has witnessed drastic change in shorelines in several parts of the State due to tidal waves. Be it the case of Kendrapara’s Satabhaya or Ersama in Jagatsinghpur district, rising sea level and high tides have always posed a serious threat for the coastal communities and tourism. Recently, such extreme weather […]

Kendrapara: Tension ran high at Bharatpur village under Aul police limits in the district today after locals blocked Cuttack-Chandbali Road near Bharatpur Chhak protesting burglaries which took place last night and the subsequent attack on four persons of a family of the village during the loot bid. As per reports, five robbers barged into the […]

Kendrapara: Residents of Aradapalli village in the district gheraoed Pattamundai police station alleging police excess as reason behind custodial death of a local. As per reports, family members of one Sushant Behera alias Manguli, and hundreds of locals of Aradapalli village launched a gherao of Pattamundai police station last night protesting his death under suspicious […]

Kendrapara: The number of seasonal monsoon birds who thronged the mangrove forest belts in Bhitarkanika national park in Odisha for their annual nesting has registered a rise this year, a forest official said. The continual visit of local migrant birds has re-established Bhitarkanika as one of the prominent heronries of the state, the headcount of […]

Kendrapara: With the publication of the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, another list is likely to be prepared for Kendrapara district in Odisha for which the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has written a letter to the Registrar General of India. The letter has been written based on the report […]

Kendrapara: Pattamundai Police in Kendrapara district foiled a man’s alleged abduction bid and rescued two minor girls on Tuesday. Rakesh Tripathy, IIC, Pattamundai Police Station informed that police swung into action after getting a written complaint from the girls’ parents and detained the accused from Palasingha area on charges of abducting the minor girls. “We […]

Kendrapara: Incidents of rampant trade of brown sugar continue to prevail in Odisha. A fresh incident was reported from Rajnagar area of Kendrapara district on Tuesday where the drug peddlers seemed to have devised a new way to illegally smuggle the contraband items. What’s more shocking is that the contraband smuggling which roots from Cuttack, […]