Ajit Biswal of Khadipal village under Pattamundai block in Kendrapara district had gone to Dubai. He worked as a plumber with a company in the Gulf Sheikhdom.
These visuals show a huge crocodile being rescued from a pond in Bhektakola village under Rajnagar Block of Pattamundai.
Kendrapara: Farmers in Dihapada Panchayat under Kendrapara’s Pattamundai block are forced to spend sleepless nights as pest poses a massive threat to their paddy crop. As per reports, a pest named as “Patra Moda” is eating away the developing panicle of the rice plant concealed in the leaf stem. The worried farmers are reportedly in […]
Kendrapara: Three bike-borne miscreants allegedly looted cash and gold ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from a jewellery shop owner after attacking him and his relatives in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara district last night. The incident took place when Bijaya Sahu, who owns a jewellery shop at Babar Bazaar in Mahakalpara, was returning home with his […]
Kendrapara: Residents of Aradapalli village in the district gheraoed Pattamundai police station alleging police excess as reason behind custodial death of a local. As per reports, family members of one Sushant Behera alias Manguli, and hundreds of locals of Aradapalli village launched a gherao of Pattamundai police station last night protesting his death under suspicious […]
Kendrapara: More than a week after the Parliament passed a bill against Triple Talaq, a woman from Muslim community in the district today filed a police complaint against her husband for allegedly divorcing her by uttering Triple Talaq over phone. The complainant said she lodged the FIR at Pattamundai police station after her husband pronounced […]
Kendrapara: A group of three miscreants allegedly attempted to rape a woman after physically assaulting her husband and two sons late yesterday night in Poipata village under Pattamundai police limits of Odisha’s Kendrapara district. As per reports, the miscreants knocked at the door of the victim’s house on Friday night. When no one opened the […]
Kendrapara: Rise in crocodile attacks has now spread panic along the riverside villages of Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district. The most recent incident was reported on June 2, when a man died after being dragged by a saltwater crocodile. The deceased Sanjay Pradhan of Mandapada village was dragged into the river by the reptile […]
Kendrapara: The body of a female nursing student was found hanging from the ceiling in a rented house at Beltal village in Pattamundai area of the district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Sarojini Das. As per reports, Sarojini was studying in Ramadevi Nursing College and was a resident of Itapada village in […]
Pattamundai: A woman sustained critical injuries after she was stabbed during an altercation over the possession of sports items distributed by the Biju Yuva Vahini in Nuagaon under Pattamundai police limits in Kendrapara district last night. As per reports, two youths of the village Babul Mallick and Kuna Mallick engaged in a brawl over the […]
Kendrapara: A dreaded criminal Sanjay Biswal alias Babu suffered injuries on his left leg during an encounter with Pattamundai police at Karunti Chhak in Rajnagar area of Kendrapara on Monday. As per reports, Sanjay, who received bullet wound on his left leg, was initially admitted to Rajnagar community health centre (CHC) and later shifted to […]
Kendrapara: Five persons were killed while another suffered critically injuries after the car they were travelling in rammed into another vehicle near Alabanka Chhak under Derabis police limits on National Highway- 5 late last night in Kendrapara district. Three persons among the five deceased have been identified as Rajesh Jena of Gupti village under Rajnagar […]
Kendrapara: Tension prevailed at Nimpur bazar in Pattamundai after a youth attacked one person and torched a motorcycle today. Though the exact reason behind the attack is still unclear, police suspects it to be the fallout of some past rivalry. According to sources, one Kumar Mallik sustained critical injuries after he was allegedly attacked by […]
Kendrapara/Angul/Khurda: One person was killed and four injured during the Bahuda Yatra at different places across Odisha today. In a tragic mishap, an elderly person was killed after falling off a chariot during the Bahuda Yatra in Pattamundai of Kendrapara district. The deceased has been identified as Nirakar Jena of Alabha village. He reportedly fell […]
Kendrapara: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her paternal uncle and cousin brother in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the survivor, now seven-months pregnant, lodged an FIR at the Pattamundai police station on Wednesday. The minor girl had left studies after the death of her mother […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has no plans to accord sub-divisional status to new blocks, informed Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty on Saturday. Such announcement is now being seen as a major setback for the ongoing movement by several outfits and residents demanding sub-division status for Pattamundai block in Kendrapara district. Clearing the air, the minister said confusion […]
Kendrapara: Three members of an inter-state bike lifting racket were nabbed and six bikes were recovered by Pattamundai police here in the district on Tuesday. According to sources, a seven-member team led by Pattamundai IIC, Promod Kumar Mallick conducted checking simultaneously at several check points, recovering four bikes from Gandakia area and two from Malibasa […]
Pattamundai: A youth allegedly stalking a woman on Facebook and blackmailing her was thrashed in public at Pattamundai of Kendrapara district on Monday. According to sources, the youth used to chat with a woman on Facebook. He later on went on to demand money from the woman threatening to upload morphed obscene pictures. In a […]
Kendrapara: Tension prevailed in Pattamundai after a group of women allegedly tied another woman to a tree and thrashed her for hours for allegedly selling liquor in Gagua Chhak here on Saturday. According to sources, the SHG activists had been protesting and demanding closure of the liquor vend opened by the woman, Sasmita Patra, in […]
Pattamundai: After a three-month break for the breeding season of saltwater crocodiles, Bhitarkanika National Park here in Kendrapara district reopened for the visitors on Tuesday. The prohibition on entry of tourists to the wetland sites had been enforced from May 1 to July 31 in view of the breeding season of the estuarine crocodiles, said […]
Kendrapara/Jajpur: Life in flood hit villages of Bari block in Jajpur district is limping back to normalcy after river Brahmani and its tributary Kharasrota has started receding since yesterday even as the situation in Kendrapara has remained grim. As many as 112 villages of nine blocks in Jajpur were affected by the deluge of which […]
Pattamundai: The woman who had brought sexual harassment allegation last month against the Inspector-In-Charge (IIC) of Pattamundai police station is missing along with her two daughters since last three days. Family members of the woman have lodged a complaint alleging they have been kidnapped by the concerned IIC Ramesh Chandramukhi. Earlier in June, the woman […]
Bhubaneswar: After failing to get justice from the police department, the woman who had earlier accused the Inspector-In-Charge of Pattamundai police station of sexual harassment today sought the intervention of State Women Commission (SCW) for justice. As per the woman’s statement, the IIC of Pattamundai PS Ramesh Chandramukhi passed indecent remarks and assaulted her inside […]
Pattamundai: Based on the sexual harassment allegation lodged by a woman in Pattamundai police station, that too by a senior official in his room when she went there to lodge complaint in another case, Kendrapara SP has ordered a probe into the incident. According to the woman’s statements, IIC of Pattamundai PS Ramesh Chandramukhi passed […]
Bhubaneswar: Female Journalist of a regional news portal had a very bad experience while travelling in a bus yesterday. It shows how the government machineries in the State, despite its promises, fail to provide safety to women. Below is her experience shared on social media that shows the plight of women in the State. The incident took […]
Kendrapara: Acute damage due to thunder squall has been occured at Penthapal and Kolathia villages under Pattamundai Tehsil in Kendrapara district. Roofs of more than 40 houses were ripped off and huge trees were also uprooted at various places as the storm struck yesterday afternoon. Severe winds and heavy rains following the storm increased the […]
Kendrapara: The ensuing three-tier panchayat polls has thrown up quite a few paradoxes with several candidates not having mobile phones, bank accounts or post office passbooks. As per the sworn affidavits furnished at the district election office, there are instances of candidates in the fray having no movable or immovable property of their own. Penniless […]
By Sandeep Sahu It looks straight out of The Arabian Nights. Since l’affaire Penthapala burst on to the scene in panchayat poll-bound Odisha 10 days ago, each day has brought a fresh story, each more startling than the previous one. It has got to a stage where news on what is happening on the election […]
Kendrapara: A day after the u-turn of Gayatri Sethy in the Penthapala samiti member nomination withdrawal issue, another candidate Pramila Mallick has given a fresh twist to the current controversy saying that she has not withdrawn her nomination papers. “Neither, I had gone to the office of BDO nor had applied for withdrawal of my […]
Kendrapara: In a fresh twist to the Penthapala panchayat samiti member nomination withdrawal issue, samity member candidate Gayatri Sethy took a U-turn today writing to the district administration that she had given media statement of not withdrawing nominations under pressure from Congress party. “Expressing reluctance to fight election, I had withdrawn nomination at the office […]
Kendrapara: At least two crorepatis are in the fray for the zilla parishad election in Kendrapara district, while over 12 other candidates contesting the panchayat elections own assets worth over Rs 50 lakh, according to affidavits furnished by the contestants to the state election commission. The two crorepatis are among the 117 candidates in Kendrapara […]
Kendrapara: Local MLA Kishore Tarai who landed in trouble over allegations of conspiring to deliberately withdraw nominations of two women contesting against his wife for the sarpanch post of Penthapal Pancayat Samiti, said that his wife, who was uncontested on account of dubious nomination withdrawals, will resign after declaration of poll results. Citing moral grounds, […]
Pattamundai/Bhubaneswar: A Congress team led by senior leader Ganeswar Behera today moved the State Election Commission demanding transfer of Pattamundai BDO and election officer over the alleged forged withdrawal of nomination of two dalit candidates in Penthapal panchayat. “If he (BDO) is not transferred, we will move court and talk to common people”, Behera said, […]
Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: A day after the Congress lodged FIR against Kendrapara MLA Kishore Tarai and the Pattamundai BDO alleging both hatched a conspiracy to ensure unopposed win of the legislator’s wife as Penthapala samiti member, the State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday asked Kendrapara Collector to submit a report on the issue. “The Collector and poll […]
Kendrapara: The Congress today lodged an FIR against the Kendrapara MLA and the Pattamundai BDO alleging that they hatched a “conspiracy” to deprive two Dalit women from contesting the upcoming panchayat polls in the State. “Democracy is being butchered in Kendrapara. The election officers in charge of conducting free-and-fair polls have formed an unholy alliance […]
Soro/Pattamundai/Rourkela: The situation in Soro, Pattamundai and Rourkela, which had turned violent following group clash between two communities during the immersion procession of Ganesh idol, is limping back to normalcy. Reports from Balasore said the situation in Soro town has vastly improved as all business establishments and educational institutions opened today. Talking to media persons, […]
Bhubaneswar: As communal tension prevailed in three towns of Odisha during immersion processions of Lord Ganesha and another deity, the administration imposed section 144 of the CrPC in these areas. Section 144 has been clamped in Rourkela in Sundargarh district, Soro in Balasore district and Patamundai in Kendrapada district following communal tension between two groups, […]