Tag: Kendrapara

Kendrapara: Forest officials have seized 10 kilogram of deer meat and arrested a poacher in Kansaradiha forest in the district on Tuesday. Thirty two-year-old Sunil Paramanik was arrested with the raw meat and nylon nets used to ensnare wild animals, a forest official said. “Paramanik is part of a gang of poachers active in the […]

Kendrapara: The mysterious death of buffaloes at Tarada village under Garadpur block in Kendrapara district has triggered panic among the livestock farmers of the village. Locals alleged that in the past one week at least 25 buffaloes were found dead. Reports said, around 30 families residing in Tarada have domesticated over 500 buffaloes and earn […]

Kendrapara: Inspired by Subhas Chandra Bose, a lawyer has been collecting rare photographs of the freedom fighter since three decades, and has turned his home in a dusty lane of this town into a private museum. The leader’s broadcast to the nation, Rash Behari Bose handing over the baton of the Indian National Congress presidentship […]

Kendrapara: At least 50 people of a village in the district were taken ill after they consumed food, stored in a container, which had a dead snake in it, police said on Thursday. The incident happened during a community feast on Wednesday night at Deuli village under the jurisdiction of Pattamundai police station, a police […]

Kendrapara: A RTI district coordinator was found dead under mysterious condition near Beruhan village under Marshaghai police limits of the district on Saturday. Sources said some locals of Beruhan village witnessed the body of a youth lying inside a pit on the roadside and immediately informed the matter to police. Cops rushed to the spot […]

Kendrapara: He is a minor but his power with which he has been facing his responsibilities at this tender age seems to make him a superhuman. This is a story of Prathames Behara, a nine-year-old boy of Athabatia village under Marshaghai block which is sure to melt everyone’s hearts. At a time when Prathames should […]

Kendrapara: An 18-year-old cricketer collapsed and died of a possible cardiac arrest during a local cricket match at a college ground in Kendrapara district on Monday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Satyajit Pradhan, a plus-two student of Derabish college near here, they said. Pradhan was at the non-striker end and was running […]

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district administration has initiated a serious investigation into allegations of corruption relating to construction of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra in Padanapali village under Aul block. As per reports, the government had sanctioned Rs 16 lakh for construction of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra at Padanipala panchayat but the funds were allegedly siphoned off […]

Kendrapara: Over a dozen persons were injured following an attack by a troop of monkeys at a village in Kendrapara district on Tuesday, officials said. The monkeys also ravaged farmland at Badamangarajpur village in Derabish police station area, said an official. Over 12 people, including two boys, were injured in the attack, he said, adding […]

Kendrapara: The headmaster of a government-run upper primary school in the district was suspended on Tuesday after he allegedly came to the school in an inebriated state and abused some students, officials said. Rabi Narayan Mishra, the headmaster of the Kiajori Upper Primary School in Sanabadagopalpur gram panchayat in Rajnagar block, had come to the […]

Kendrapara: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man known to her family in Kendrapara district, police said on Friday. The suspect has been detained for allegedly committing the crime on Thursday night, Inspector of Pattamundai police station Rakesh Tripathy said. Though no complaint has been lodged in this connection, the police launched an […]

Kendrapara: Once considered the most important nesting beach for the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Gahirmatha is now battling with serious problems and turning into a graveyard for the animals. Due to rampant and unrestricted fishing activities in banned zones, there has been a significant rise in the turtle deaths particularly at the confluence points […]

Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker from Kendrapara district stranded in Haryana since enforcement of lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, allegedly committed suicide after his desperate pleas failed to make any impact on the government or the construction company he was engaged with. The deceased Gangadhar Biswal, working with the firm in Haryana for some […]

Baripada: A migrant worker, who was lodged at a quarantine centre in Mayurbhanj district following his return from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide on Friday outside the facility, police said. Surendra Behera (38), a resident of Raikama village in the district, was found hanging from a tree with a lungi around his neck near […]

Bhubaneswar: With cyclone Amphan set to hit Odisha shores, the state government has asked officials to discourage migrants from returning to their hometown in coastal districts and insisted that food and accommodation arrangements be made for them. Additional Chief Secretary and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena, in an advisory issued on Tuesday, said […]