Tag: Kendrapara

Olive Ridley multi-lingual poetry festival at Kendrapara

The festival was organized by Kalpana Foundation. On the second day of the festival, poets recited poems in Bhitarkanika National Park in a boat.

November 28, 2022

Erstwhile royal family keeps bonding with people intact with five-day-long festival of colours

Rituals associated with the Holi festival of the royal family had begun with the hymning of devotional songs and spontaneous dance to the tune of drums.

March 20, 2022

Sexagenarian who married 14 women to swindle crores of rupees arrested

The fraudster was arrested after one of his victims- a teacher in a Delhi-based school, had lodged a complaint at the Mahila police station here.

February 15, 2022

IFFCO Paradip supplies free medical oxygen to Kendrapara HQ hospital

Unit Head IFFCO Patel along besides the representatives from Employees’ Union and Officers Association graced the occasion.

January 22, 2022

2 held for attempting to rape 35-year-old cancer patient in Odisha’s Kendrapara

The 35-year-old woman, a cervical cancer patient, was observing a fasting ritual at the Shiva temple premises in Keredagada village to get cured of the disease on Wednesday night when three miscreants finding her alone tried to rape her, police said on Friday.

February 21, 2020

Man arrested for raping minor in Odisha’s Kendrapara

The accused has been booked under sections of the IPC and POCSO Act, the officer said, adding further investigation is on.

February 18, 2020

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s rare photographs preserved by Odisha lawyer

Inspired by Netaji, the legal practitioner here has preserved some of the rare photographs related to the life of the great revolutionary freedom fighter.

January 23, 2020

103 crocodile nesting sighted in Bhitarkanika National Park

The number of saltwater crocodiles, the species which are not found in any other river system in Odisha, as per the latest census, in Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary stood is estimated to be 1742 as per the latest census.

June 26, 2019

Fani razes house, Odisha family makes Swachh Bharat toilet his home

Homeless Khirod Jena (58), a landless daily wage earner in Raghudeipur village of Kendrapara district, has been living in the 7 feet x 6 feet Swachh Bharat toilet along with his wife and two daughters

May 18, 2019

Odisha: BJP accuses ruling BJD of hijacking Fani relief in poll-bound Patkura

Elections to the Patkura assembly constituency are due in the coming months

May 13, 2019

Cyclone Fani reminds people of 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone

Human casualty was minimal, because of the elaborate disaster mitigation drills and focus on evacuation, and wind velocity was less than what it was in 1999, but the destruction in terms of tree cover, electricity poles and lines, telephone towers and houses matched

May 4, 2019

Cyclone Fani: People resort to panic buying of essential commodities

“The buying of additional essential commodities has become an essential part of the disaster preparedness on the part of people in the cyclone-prone districts,” said a report from Kendrapara.

May 2, 2019

Cyclone Fani moves towards Odisha coast, leaves of govt employees cancelled

Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange says the administration is prepared to shift people to safer places if required

April 30, 2019

Constituency watch: All eyes on Kendrapara, it’s Baijayant Panda vs BJD

The coastal district, which has sent political heavyweights like legendary Biju Patnaik and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray to don the mantle of lawmakers, is widely regarded for being home to poll-crazy and politically-conscious voters

April 28, 2019

Odisha poll results will bewilder everybody, says PM Modi

Many sitting MPs and MLAs of the ruling BJD have switched over to the BJP after being denied re-nomination by their party.

March 31, 2019

‘Jay’ Panda faces toughest test of his 2 decade old political career

Now, with a new party, its lotus symbol, and newfangled cadres, it remains to be seen whether Panda will manage to achieve the hat-trick of victories from the politically sensitive Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat.

March 24, 2019

Baijayant Panda likely to join BJP in New Delhi today

The former Kendrapara MP reportedly managed to finally get the nod with the help of a few industrialist "friends"

March 4, 2019