Tag: West Bengal

Bhubaneswar: Notorious inter-state bank robber Madhab Ravi Das, who is wanted in four states including Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand, was nabbed by Bihar Police today. According to sources, a team of Odisha police has left for Bihar to bring Das on a 15-day remand. Das is reported to be involved in robberies at […]

Baripada: In an unfortunate incident, tourists from West Bengal visiting Sitakund in Similipal of Mayurbhanj district were allegedly thrashed by some locals today. According to reports, local youths had allegedly made some obscene gestures to the tourists hailing from Digha in West Bengal. This led to an altercation between them, following which the locals allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha are opting to sell their paddy in neighbouring states as delay in opening of mandis and alleged harassment by rice millers have made the paddy procurement process cumbersome. According to sources, as mandis did not open, farmers in Bahalda of Mayurbhanj and Jaleswar, Bhogarai and Basta of Balasore districts are selling […]

Koraput: A former BJD youth leader was arrested from West Bengal for allegedly firing at a man and assaulting another at Jeypore in Koraput district, police informed today. The former BJD Jeypore youth wing chief has been identified as 25-year-old Bikash Patra, who was absconding after the alleged crime on September 25. Patra was caught […]

New Delhi: In his inaugural speech at the two-day National Executive of the BJP, party president Amit Shah on Saturday said that they need to take advantage of anti-incumbency in states like Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana. “West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and other states where the BJP was in second position in 2014, we […]

Balasore: A minor girl hailing from West Bengal was allegedly gang raped by five youths at Bhogarai block of the district late on Friday night. Locals of Rasulpur village rescued the girl today morning in a critical condition and rushed her to the Bhogarai primary health centre hospital. Later the survivor was shifted to Jaleswar […]

Balasore: A gate constructed on the Odisha-West Bengal border has irked residents of Balasore who claim that the gate has encroached into the state. The construction has come up on a road connecting Odisha’s Sahabajipur  and Udayapur sea beach in Bengal. Locals of Sahabajipur under Bhogarai block in Balasore alleged that the gate has intruded […]

Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata: A fisherman has caught a 185 kg Black Marlin fish which is mostly found in the Pacific ocean from Dhamara in Odisha. The fish is found in colder region and surprisingly was found in the Bay of Bengal. A fisheries expert on Thursday traced the cause to the migration of fish to various […]

Bhubaneswar: Police today recovered bodies of a youth and a girl found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hotel room under Capital Police Station limits area in Bhubaneswar. Though the exact reason behind their death is yet to be ascertained, police suspect them to have committed suicide. As per preliminary reports, the deceased have […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could possibly give a new dimension to the ongoing debate about the origin of Rasagola, the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry office on Friday issued a show-cause notice to West Bengal. Official sources said the GI Registry at Chennai has served the notice based on an objection filed by Regional Development Trust. The […]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) seized seven mobile phones from visitors on the temple premises here this morning. Police have detained seven persons in this connection. Sources said devotees from West Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana visited the 12th century shrine this morning. Some servitors caught the visitors with mobile phones and later handed […]

Bhubaneswar: After West Bengal won the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for ‘Banglar Rosogolla’, Odisha is now gearing up to seek a similar tag for its own Rasagola sweet which originated from the State centuries back. MSME Minister Prafulla Samal informed that the government will apply for GI tag for ‘Odishara Rasagolla’ in the next seven […]

Puri: Police on Friday claimed to have busted a major prostitution racket in Puri that mostly engages girls from other parts of the country including West Bengal. Two persons including a hotel manager have been arrested while two girls were rescued by police during a raid on a guest house at Puri market. Addressing a […]

Mayurbhanj: A Public Works Department (PWD) notice board of West Bengal placed near Odisha’s Tukapalasia village under Morada block of Mayurbhanj district has once again brought up a border dispute between Odisha and Bengal. According to information, a PWD notice board of the neighbouring state has been allegedly found placed inside Odisha state border thus […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha and Jharkhand are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours as the depression over Gangetic West Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. As per the latest bulletin of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued on Monday, the deep depression is likely to move slowly […]