Berhampur: A 44-year-old migrant worker in Ganjam district’s Gudiali village who went missing in the flash floods in Surat is yet to be traced seven days after the incident. Swarajya Kumar Jena of Gudiali in Kabisurya Nagar block went missing in Surat on July 7 due to the surge in the water level near a…
Berhampur: Police arrested a 27-year-old jawan of Indian Air Force on Saturday here for maintaining a physical relationship with a woman on the pretext of marriage, before his marriage with another woman scheduled on Sunday.The accused was identified as Sourabh Sahu of Suraj Bihar in Berhampur. “A case was registered under Section 69 of BNS…
Berhampur: A 23-year-old woman, who set herself on fire at her in-law’s house on Thursday, unable to take the sexual abuse by her father for the last three years, succumbed to burn injuries at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Saturday night.Police had on Saturday arrested her father, a physical education teacher in a govt…
Berhampur: Police on Sunday arrested a 23-year-old history-sheeter for allegedly assaulting a youth after confining him to a locked room, some months ago.The prime accused was identified as R Sibaram alias R Arup of Pratap Krushna Chandra Pur under Berhampur Sadar police station limits, said police. They took swift action against the accused when the…
Berhampur: A 57-year-old high school teacher was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping his daughter multiple times over the last three years, the abuse continuing even after her marriage. Unable to take the abuse anymore, the 23-year-old set herself on fire at her in-laws’ house and is now battling for life with 75% burns at…
Berhampur: Gajapati district administration foiled a child marriage in Paralakhemundi by stopping the marriage of a 17-year-old girl with a man over 30, on Wednesday. The girl was rescued by an official team and produced before the district child welfare committee.“Her parents have given an undertaking not to marry her off till she attains 18…
Berhampur: At 71, Shankar Rao has been witness to many elections, from panchayat to state and national. The 71-year-old from Laxmi Nagar in Berhampur has cast his vote in several of them along with his family members. But now he finds his name missing from the draft voter list, published on Sunday following the Special…
Berhampur: A 44-year-old CRPF jawan died after allegedly consuming poison at his residence in Baliguda on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Ashok Kumar Behera, working in New Delhi. He came home recently.Sources said the deceased locked himself in the house, where he was living alone. When he failed to respond to repeated phone…
Berhampur: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted cash and gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs from the goddess Kali temple at Galley in Ganjam district late on Saturday. The miscreants broke open the temple’s locks and looted gold weighing around 400gm and 5-6kg of silver ornaments besides some other valuable items.They also broke the locks on the…
Berhampur: Several areas of Phulbani, the district headquarters town of Kandhamal, got inundated as heavy rain battered the tribal dominated district in the past 24 hours. At 276 mm, Khajuripada recorded the highest rainfall in the state till 8am on Sunday, followed by Phulbani (224.4 mm).Waterlogging was reported in several residential areas, while Dakapala Sahi…
