Tag: Mayurbhanj

Mayurbhanj: With harvest festival Makar Sankranti just a day away, the tribals of Mayurbhanj are all geared up for their own version of the festival ‘Tusu’. City markets are crowded with people making last minute purchases for the festival while artisans are busy giving final touches to Tusu idols. Gaman Chandra Behera, an artisan said, […]

Baripada: Such has been harsh reality of illegal encroachments that even the dead are now finding hard to find space to rest in peace. In one such bizarre incident, a dead body had to wait for several hours before villagers performed the last rites at Urmal village under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj on Wednesday. […]

Baripada: Armed miscreants have looted Rs 2.5 lakh and a laptop from Nesco office at Khunta Bazar area in Udala late Friday night. According to reports, five miscreants barged into the office and after tying up the sub-divisional officer (SDO), Prasanna Kumar, looted cash and other valuables. Also Read: Miscreants loot Rs 2.4 lakh from […]

Baripada: Taking advantage of poor security measures and patrolling by police, miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments from a jewellery shop in Badasahi town in Mayurbhanj district in the wee hours on Monday. Armed miscreants committed the crime after holding hostage the family members of a fire officer staying on the second floor of the […]

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the IIC and ASI of Kaptipada police station in Mayurbhanj district while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to solve a group clash case. As per sources, a group clash had erupted on September 29 this year in which police, during its investigation, seized four bikes and […]

Baripada: Miscreants looted gold and silver ornaments by breaking the wall of a jewellery shop at Betnoti near here in Mayurbhanj district last night. They tied up two home guards on duty at an ATM counter in front of the jewellery shop and attacked them before looting the gold items. Passersby traced the home guards […]

Baripada: Tension prevailed in Bangriposi block of Mayurbhanj district today when some locals thrashed the Headmaster of a project school in the block accusing him of misbehaving with a girl student of the school. As per the complaint, Tapas Giri, Headmaster of the Andola Project School, has been misbehaving with the girl for the last […]

Mayurbhanj: An engineer of Betanati block under Baisinga police limits in Mayurbhanj district faced the wrath of people when he went to Jugal village to review progress of various department works. He was beaten mercilessly after being tied to a pole. Engineer Ramesh Narayan Kar had gone to Jugal village to review the progress of […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested BJP’s Mayurbhanj district president Krushna Chandra Mohapatra for allegedly defrauding a realtor of more than Rs 1 crore. Acting as per court’s directive, police nabbed Mohapatra from CDA area in Cuttack. Earlier, Mohapatra was suspended from the saffron party two days back. The Infocity Police had registered a […]

Baripada: A newborn boy was found wrapped in a bag at Badadeuli under Suliapada Police Station in Mayurbhanj district on Monday. Eyewitnesses said a man covered the infant in a bag and tied it to a roadside tree before fleeing the spot. Later, locals traced the baby from inside the bag after hearing his scream. […]

Mayurbhanj: Suspected of practising witchcraft, five women were tied to a tree and beaten up by a furious mob in Madhupur village under Badasahi police limits of Mayurbhanj district. The incident which took place on October 22 last month, came to the fore today after its video footage got viral on social media. According to […]

Baripada: The Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district, which remained closed since mid-June due to the monsoon, reopened for tourists from today. The tourists can now enter the national park through Pithabata or Kaliami points, an official said. The park authorities welcomed the first visitors by offering flowers. Some visitors came Assam and West Bengal […]

Rairangpur: Staff of Jana Seva Kendras in Rairangpur  block of Mayurbhanj district have been allegedly demanding money from villagers to prepare Aadhaar cards. Though as per government rules Aadhaar card registration should be made free of cost, staff at the Jana Seva Kendras have been asking villagers to pay Rs 100 to Rs 150 per […]

Baripada/ Balasore: Vigilance officials today arrested the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) Mayurbhanj branch DGM Yashwant Choudhry while he was demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000. The DGM had demanded Rs, 5000 bribe from a local allegedly to make a bill for a rented vehicle at his office. Later, a trap was […]

Mayurbhanj: As many as 22 students of Brahmanamara Ashram School under Morada block of Mayurbhanj district fell ill allegedly after consuming mid-day meals at the school here on Tuesday. According to sources, the students had Upma in their breakfast; in lunch they were provided rice, dal, mix-vegetable and Soya bean curry and later they had […]