Tag: Paradip

Paradip: In a tragic incident, a man and his son-in-law were killed when a truck run over their bike at Hatitanki area here on Saturday morning. The deceased have been identified as Dibakar Parida of Mangarajpur and his son-in-law Benudhar Tarai of Nanukhiania. Following the accident, tension ran high in the locality as locals stage […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is set to lose over Rs 2,000 crore in 2016-17 due to deferment of value added tax (VAT) to Indian Oil Corporation’s Paradip oil refinery. The loss to the exchequer will be 11.42 per cent of the commercial tax target of Rs 17,500 crore fixed by the state government for the 2016-17 financial […]

Paradip: Jagatsinghpur District administration on Wednesday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC at the port and other sensitive areas in the district over a dispute between intra-port transports dumper unions. Apprehending possible disturbances during stevedoring operations at the Paradip port, the district administration has also deployed 20 platoons of police forces at the port. […]

The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the State Congress today caused a lot of hardships to bus and rail passengers, especially women and children in the State

Tension ran high in the port town here this afternoon after a supervisor of a contractor was shot at by three unidentified miscreants near the construction site of a Plastic Park

Paradip: Local fishermen caught a 5-feet long estuarine crocodile from Jatadhari river mouth today and handed it over to the Forest department today. According to reports, a local fisherman, Shankar Behera, was fishing in the river mouth early this morning when an estuarine crocodile got stuck in his fishing net. Apprehending that the crocodile might […]

Smugglers have allegedly pilfered oil being transported from Indian Oil Corporation here on its way to Kalinga Calciner, a private company. The director of the Kalinga Calciner alleged that the quantity of the oil unloaded was found to be less than what it was during filling. He said oil had been stolen on the […]

Paradip: A day after a large number of dead fish were found floating in Bata river at Balijhara in Paradip leaving the locals worried, officials of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) collected water samples from the river and sent them for examination to asceretain the large scale death of fish on Sunday morning.

The war of words between Paradip MLA and Excise minister Damodar Rout and Cuttack MLA Debashis Samantray intensified on Sunday with the former calling the latter a 'rat' and Samantray hitting back saying the minister is feeling 'insecure'

Tension erupted in the town after miscreants opened fire at two youths injuring them near Tarinigada on Sunday night

Paradip: In a gruesome act, a man killed his wife and then burnt her body at Biswali village near the port town on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Amita Parida. According to sources, Prakash, husband of Amita, strangulated her to death and then burnt the body by pouring kerosene on it in […]

Police on Wednesday arrested Trade Union leader Abhay Sahoo and three others in connection with the agitation staged by hundreds of protesters in front of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) refinery at Paradip

Paradip: In a tragic incident, a man and his four-year old son were charred to death at Matha Sahi in Gindikipur area under Kujang block in the district on Friday evening. The deceased have been identified as Sarala Das and his son Badal Das. According to sources, the incident took place when a major fire […]

Paradip: What was meant to be a Sunday outing of fun and frolic turned into a nightmare for a group of six students of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar when one of them went missing while taking bath at Mahanadi river mouth here today. The missing student has been identified as Asil […]

Paradip: The birth centenary of former chief minister Biju Patnaik will be celebrated in a grand manner here on March 5. The Biju Memorial Trust, which has been celebrating the birthday of the late leader, informed newsmen today at a press meet here that the event will not be a party programme but solely a […]