Berhampur

Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising man-animal conflict, the Odisha government has decided to set up a new elephant sanctuary in the state. Briefing mediapersons here on Thursday, Chief Wildlife Warden Hari Shankar Upadhyay said that the…

Berhampur: GLN Swami Sekhar of Berhampur in Ganjam district is a much relieved man after solemnising the marriage of his visually-impaired daughter, Soumyaa, and that too without paying any dowry. The groom is Madan Mohan, a resident of…

Berhampur: For the first time in Odisha, visually impaired persons will get braille booklets for information on HIV/AIDS. As many as 1,000 awareness booklets were printed at Berhampur’s computerized Braille Printing Press on the occasion…

Berhampur: The private bus owners’ association of Ganjam district, who had stopped plying their buses to and from Berhampur on Tuesday in protest against the decision of the Berhampur Development Authority (BDA) to operate the private buses…

Berhampur: The Ganjam Private Bus Owners’ Association on Tuesday stopped plying buses indefinitely, protesting against the closure of the old bus stand in Berhampur city. As decided by the Berhampur Development Authority (BDA), the old bus…

Rayagada: A wanted criminal was injured in an encounter with the police inside a forest in Odisha’s Rayagada district in the wee hours of Monday. The injured criminal, Hadapa Siba, was admitted to the district headquarters hospital and…

Bhubaneswar: The participation of Odisha’s ace weightlifter Katulu Ravi Kumar in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics seems remote as the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) provisionally banned him for four years for alleged violation of anti-doping…

Berhampur: A girl was critically injured after a school van fell into a roadside pond near Nuapada in Chikiti block in Ganjam district on Wednesday. According to reports, the van carrying 24 students was on way to Margadarshi School at…

Aska: A criminal was injured after a shootout with police in Ganjam district on Sunday night. Earlier, the criminal, P Sivashankar Dora alias Tingiri, had barged into a Diwali revelry at Pandiapathara village near Aska, police said. Tingri…

Berhampur: As many as 95 gamblers were arrested and 14 cases registered with Ganjam police raiding gambling dens across the district on Saturday and early Sunday. In Berhampur alone, 68 gamblers were caught and 7 dens busted. The other…