Tag: Ganjam district

Berhampur: Now, devotees will no longer have to pay a fee to enter the Tara Tarini shrine on the banks of River Rushikulya near Berhampur in Ganjam district. However, for ...

Berhampur: Branded a witch by her fellow villagers for being born with 19 toes and 12 fingers, 63-year-old Kumari Nayak of Kadapada village in Ganjam district is all set to ...

Berhampur: The Berhampur Development Authority (BeDA) has finalised additional projects worth Rs 8 crore for the facelift of Tampara lake in Ganjam district. The projects at the tourist destination will ...

Berhampur: Prison is no bar to love. An under trial prisoner escaped from Chhatrapur sub-jail in Ganjam district reportedly to elope with his girlfriend. He, however, returned heartbroken the next ...

Berhampur: As many as 13 minor girls, including eight rape survivors and some orphans,  escaped from a shelter home at Goshani Nuagaon in Ganjam district on the wee hours of ...

Berhampur: A rape accused has escaped from Chhatrapur sub-jail in Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday. The undertrial prisoner has been identified as Kabiraj Behera of Sunathar village near Purusottampur. ...

Berhampur: A woman assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was suspended for allegedly attacking the inspector in-charge (IIC) of Pattapur police station in Ganjam district. Sources said ASI Pritimanjari Gadnayak and her husband ...

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration has launched an initiative to give a cash reward of Rs 5,000 to any person who provides tip-off about a child marriage. The money would ...

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. ...

Bhubaneswar: Olive Ridley turtles have begun arriving for their annual mating season at Rushikulya coast in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The mating season precedes the mass nesting of these endangered turtles ...