Five of them were later rescued by the local fishermen, fire brigade personnel and Coast Guard. Three of them are still missing and the rescue operation is on.
While chemical effluent discharged from a factory is being blamed for it, the environmentalists have expressed concern, saying it may cause harm to marine animals.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night when a boat from Paradip anchored in the sea and the fishermen were fishing. All of a sudden, the boat staff spotted a man climbing onto the boat.
In Paradip, a girl died while four persons including her grandparents and a neighbour were critically injured due to electrocution at Balisahi under Kujang police limits.
According to sources, Samantaray, who went to Paradip to attend a programme on Labour Day, made cryptic comments while addressing the meeting and criticised the local leadership.
The suspension will last for three months before the Expert Appraisal committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change takes a fresh call on the project.
The little girl was ecstatic after seeing the turtle swimming dip into the sea again. However, she was deeply shocked that one of the legs of the turtle was badly damaged.
Family members and fellow fishermen suspect they might have been detained after entering into Bangladesh waters to catch more fish.
The major objective behind this exercise is to strengthen the coastal security in India.
Lack of proper toilets in Odisha’s Paradip has now led to unfortunate conditions. The villagers seem to have found a way to solve the issue by building makeshift toilets with bamboo sticks on top of rivers across town.
After her return on Monday, the gang rape survivor explained her missing out on the TI parade as mental depression. As per her explanation to her father, she said she was subjected to humiliation as a gang rape survivor at her workplace on Saturday and decided to end her life.
The survivor lodged an FIR at Paradip Adarsh police station, sources informed adding that the police have detained one accused in connection with the case.
Chaos erupted in Paradip when school students were refused a ride to school on the school bus on Thursday. The students and their parents held a protest after halting the bus for allegedly not carrying them to school for the last 2 months. As per reports, the bus services which were suspended due to the pandemic were activated two months ago, yet only a few students who had a bus pass were allowed to take the ride.
As per sources, a common friend of the two girls got a call from an unknown number on Tuesday night in which the caller claimed that the duo had gone to Bhubaneswar.
The villagers on Monday as well woke up to the same surprising scene of different species of fishes floating in the water.
The inaugural session was followed by two technical sessions -- "Coastal movement of thermal coal - Opportunities & Challenges" and ''Convergence & Divergence of logistic chain - Industrial perspective".
An undertrial prisoner allegedly attempted suicide by slitting his throat in Samagola Sub-Jail near Kujang on Tuesday. The prisoner, identified as Gopinath Swain, was lodged in the Sub-Jail four days ago for allegedly burning a girl alive.
Amid mounting Covid-19 cases, different traders' associations in Palalhada and Paradip have called for voluntary shutdown of shops and business establishments from Wednesday
Paradip: In a mid-night heist, unidentified armed miscreants looted cash and gold jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh by drugging family members at gun point at Jhimala village under Lock police…
Jagatsinghpur: BJP workers on Sunday staged protest by burning effigies of the Paradip MLA (BJD) Sambit Routray, alleging his misbehavior with the sister-in-law of liquor sales man Ullas Jena who was allegedly murdered four years ago. Members of BJP Mahila Morcha led by youth leader Sampad Swain raised slogans against the MLA and staged protests […]