Mayurbhanj

Baripada: Police on Saturday busted a sex racket in Baripada town in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district and detained 30 persons including 15 women. Acting on a tip-off, the Town Police conducted a simultaneous raid on three lodges in the town…

Baripada: Tension prevailed at Kaptipada Community Health Centre (CHC) in Mayurbhanj district after a patient was administered an expired saline on Sunday. Police later detained the on-duty doctor, Umakant Baske, for interrogation after…

Rairangpur: A HIV-infected youth allegedly committed suicide by setting himself on fire in his house at Sunaposi village under Tiring police limits in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Friday afternoon. According to the villagers, the…

Baripada: In pursuit of cleanliness, a student of Baripada in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has invented a low-cost smart dustbin with the use of information technology. A Class XII student of Satya Sai Vidya Mandir, Anubhav Sarangi, says…

Baripada: After being closed for five months during the rainy season, Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district reopened for tourists on Friday. Pithabata Forest Range Officer, Ugrasena Jena said around 100 tourists, including three…

Mayurbhanj: To rein in illegal fire cracker manufacturing factories, Baisinga Police conducted multiple raids in Bachuripada area on Friday. The police seized 100 kg of explosives and more than 100 kg firecrackers and raw material. Two…

Baripada: The family of a missing couple at a village in Mayurbhanj district has alleged they were murdered over suspected witchcraft. The couple was identified as Sitaram Singh and his wife Leth, residents of Sitaram Sahi near Kaptipada.…

Bhubaneswar: Kohinoor Islam is a Muslim, but has been organising the Hindu festival of Durga Puja at his village for the past 31 years. A resident of Tentulidinga village in Mayurbhanj district, Kohinoor has set a shining example in…

Baripada: A woman and her newborn child died after the ambulance van carrying them to a hospital in Baripada in Mayurbhanj district broke down on Friday night. Sources said the woman, Tulasi Munda, was admitted to the community health…

Baripada: The Odisha government on Friday dismissed Pradeep Kumar Behera, the tehsildar of Kaptipada block in Mayurbhanj district from service. Behera was convicted in a corruption case in 2008.