Tag: Pattamundai

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, […]

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: 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 […]

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 […]