Berhampur: Goons shot dead a worker of the Biju Janata Dal at Udaypur of Ganjam district on Sunday. Dinabandhu Pradhan, 52, died on the spot when the goons shot him. “He was shot on the chest and stomach while returning from a temple,” said Jyoti Prakash Panda, inspector in-charge of Buguda police station. A complaint has been lodged in this regard at the police station. Paradip: A 13-year-old girl student, a close relative of Jagatsinghpur MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai, was allegedly kidnapped from Mangarajpur village. The incident had occurred in the evening of November 18. Police has started investigating into it. “As the victim is a close relative of MP Tarai and her father was a trade unionist, we are also considering any possible conspiracy by rival factions,” said Kujang police station inspector Gupteswar Bhoi. Sambalpur: A 25-year-old deserted woman was allegedly raped by three persons in a forest near Parmanpur under Sason police station limits of this district on Friday. We are yet to receive the medical report. The accused persons have been identified and a hunt is on to nab them,” said B.N. Mohanty, inspector in-charge of Sason police station. Bhubaneswar: The 22nd children’s festival organised by People's Cultural Centre concluded here on Sunday. n this occasion, the Baji Rout Memorial Award, Swarup Jena Memorial Award and Sisu Pratibha Samman were presented to social activists and students excelling in art, sports and academics. Bhubaneswar: Trade union leader Dwarika Mohan Mishra on Sunday met the governor Muralidhar Chandrkant Bhandare and urged him to initiate step forcing the government to submit a special report of Lokpal on land acquisition by the Vedanta group. He also reminded the governor about his assurance on not allowing the state Assembly to be prorogued unless the government tables the Lokpal report. Sambalpur: Police have seized 33 kilograms of ganja from the house of Brundaban Majhi at Kudanali under Naktideul police station in this district. The police have also destroyed one and half acre of ganja plantation in that same village. Brundaban, however, is yet to be arrested. Bhubaneswar: City police arrested the driver of the women and child development minister, Anjali Behera, for hitting a veterinary student last night at Gopabandhu Square. The police on Sunday released the driver, identified as Bichitranand Chhatoi, on bail bond from the police station. rup Ranjan Mohanty, a student of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, sustained severe injuries in the accident.
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
