Tag: Mayurbhanj

Balasore: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids at four places including the residence Mayurbhanj’s Morada block’s junior engineer Rabindra Pothala on charges of accumulation of properties disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Two persons including a woman were killed in a road accident near Bahalda Chhak on Ranchi-Vijaywada National Highway no-220 in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Sunday morning

An Assistant Engineer of Bahalada block was arrested for accepting a Rs 8,000 bribe to pass a MGNREGA work bill, Mayurbhanj Vigilance DSP SK Das Mohapatra revealed on Saturday

Baripada: At least four persons were killed and another injured when an auto rickshaw in which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a pick-up van at Ragadha square under Betanati police station, 12 KM from here, late last night. The deceased-Suresh Mahanta, Tukuna Dakua, Bana Singh and Raja Dehuri – were coming from […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) has received a Rs 1,000 crore fund for development of mining-affected areas in the state, including Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Mayurbhanj, said an official on Wednesday. The official said projects worth Rs 900 crore have been approved for housing, drinking water, sanitation and afforestation activities in the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) has received a Rs 1,000 crore fund for development of mining-affected areas in the state, including Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Mayurbhanj, said an official on Wednesday. The official said projects worth Rs 900 crore have been approved for housing, drinking water, sanitation and afforestation activities in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday flagged off a train carrying senior citizens on a pilgrimage at Balasore railway station through video conferencing. Under the Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana (BNTYY) programme of the state government around 3,000 pilgrims get an opportunity to go on a pilgrimage every year. The train will take senior […]

Bhubaneswar: After yesterday’s visit to Mayurbhanj district, Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik today inducted a former student leader hailing from the district into the party. “I am very glad that Dr Debashish Marandi joined the Biju Janata Dal today. He had been the student leader of Cuttack SCB Medical College and […]

Berhampur: Seven new government medical colleges would be set up in Odisha to tide over shortage of doctors in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here today. The new medical colleges would be established at Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Bolangir, Balasore, Kalahandi and Keonjhar, Patnaik said while addressing the annual conference of Odisha Medical Services […]

Bhubaneswar: With a focus to strengthen its base in Odisha ahead of 2019 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said time has come for people to reject the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as it “failed” to develop the state despite flow of huge funds from the Centre. BJP’s Odisha unit which began its […]

Bhubaneswar: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today accused his Odisha counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik of lacking required knowledge in the Odia language and its culture. “How can Odisha progress when its chief minister does not have knowledge in local language and the state’s culture,” Das told reporters after addressing a […]

Baripada: Skin of a leopard believed to have been killed inside Similipal sanctuary area in Mayurbhanj district was seized from a youth during a raid by forest officials. Following a tip-off, forest officials of Dudhiani range raided a weekly hat and the leopard skin was found in possession of Bikram Patra (30) of Salarapada village […]

Baripada: A large herd of wild elephants have strayed away from West Bengal and unleashed widespread panic and fear in several villages of Rasogovindpur and Betanati block in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, forest officials said. The herd of 45 elephants including four tuskers and five calves on their way to Nilagiri forest caused extensive damage to […]

Baripada: A local court in Mayurbhanj district today ordered seven-year rigorous imprisonment for a 23-year-old man for raping a minor girl. Mayurbhanj District Session Court judge Amiya Ranjan Jena convicted Deepak Kumar Singh under Sections 376, 451 of the IPC and Section 4 of POCSO (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act. He was […]

Baripada: Four eateries have been made operational inside the famous Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, in order to facilitate a problem-free visit for the tourists coming to the sanctuary. The four eateries have been made functional recently inside the sanctuary area of Similipal National Park to cater to the demand of tourists, […]