Tag: Paradip

Paradip: A huge Marlin weighing approximately 200 Kgs was caught by some fishermen in sea near Paradip today morning. The fish locally named as ‘Kaau Maacha’ owing to its long bill-shaped mouth resembling with that of a crow was caught by some local fishermen while they were fishing in deep sea near Paradip. Fishermen said […]

Paradip: Hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles were found dead on the stretch of sea beach from Hanuman Temple to Sandhakuda in Paradip of Jagatsinghpur district. Even the exact reason behind the death of the turtles is yet to be known, it is suspected that they might have died either after being hit by the fishing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has set up a special task force to monitor the situation in view of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China while the Paradip Port Trust has stopped the crew of seven cargo ships from disembarking, officials said on Friday. Five people are currently under the scanner in the state as they […]

Paradip: At a time when the deadly Coronavirus is affecting thousands in China and other countries, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Paradip Port Trust and Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for setting up a Port Health Unit in the district. The four bedded Port Health Unit will be set up […]

Paradip: The fishermen community dependent for their livelihood on the Paradip fishing harbour have now got a new lease of life thanks to the completion of the much-awaited dredging of the anchorage. Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Rinkesh Roy on Thursday informed that the fishing vessels docking at Paradip Integrated Fishery Harbour will now […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan jointly inaugurated the Product Application and Development Centre (PADC) set up by Indian Oil Corporation Limited at Paradip through virtual platform on Thursday. The project has been built on 5 acres of land near IOCL’s refinery and pharmaceutical complex in […]

Paradip: Two persons including a woman were detained by police on Wednesday at Sandhakuda Basti in Paradip area for allegedly attempting to sacrifice a seven-year-old child on Saturday. However, the child was reportedly rescued by his father. The two were detained following an FIR by the child’s father, Satyaranjan Mandal at Jatadhari Muhana Marine Police […]

Paradip: The trial run of a goods train on newly opened Paradip-Haridaspur railway route was opposed by locals at Nuagaon station on Friday. Residents of several nearby villages staged a rail roko demanding immediate starting of passenger train services on the route. As per reports, the agitators halted a coal-laden goods train at Nuagaon which […]

Paradip: Three sailors from Bangladesh who fell into the sea at the anchorage point of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) here were rescued by the marine team. The sailors were identified as the crew members of Malta-flagged vessel Ocean Century. According to sources, the sailors were carrying out maintenance of their ship when they fell into […]

Jagatsinghpur: At least four fishermen are missing when the trawler in which they sailing capsized after hitting portion of the sunken vessel MV Black Rose off Paradip coast on Monday. As per reports, following the accident, a massive search and rescue operation was launched and five fishermen have been rescued. Efforts are on to trace […]

Paradip: A religious shrine, at Nehru Bungalow not so far from the port town of Paradip is abuzz these days with the movement of conch shells which come out of their dugout to feast on the ‘bhog’ the devotees offer every day. Superstitions apart, the conch shells that tend to move creating an illusion of […]

Paradip: Some miscreants allegedly cheated government exchequer of around Rs 1.5 crore GST in the name of a daily wager in Paradip area of Jagatsinghpur district. The victim identified as Bigyan Swain of Pitambarpur in Jagatsinghpur feigned ignorance about the fraudulent transaction. “I am shocked to know that some miscreants have used my documents to […]

Paradip: About 100 MLAs including Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro on Tuesday visited Indian navy warship ‘INS Jalaswa’. The MLAs along with Jagatsinghpur MP Rajashree Mallick, were taken to the deep see in the warship where they spent about 6 hours. They were told about the operations of the Indian Navy like military tactics, […]

Jagatsinghpur: A man died soon after he was allegedly administered an injection at a medicine store at Atharbanki area in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Rabindra Sahu. The family members alleged that Rabindra died as he was administered the wrong injections. As per reports, Rabindra, who hailed from Kendrapara district […]

Ahmedabad: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday flagged off from L&T’s Hazira plant in Surat district critical components bound for Indian Oil’s MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) plant coming up at the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Paradip. During his visit to Surat in Gujarat, the minister flagged off the equipment from the engineering and construction giant Larsen […]