Gajapati Odisha

A landslide occurred in the hilly terrains of Gumma block in Odisha's Gajapati district due to torrential rainfall in the region on Sunday.

On detailed analysis, it was seen that the attendance in Classes 1 to 5 in districts such as Malkanagiri, Boudh, Gajapati, Sambalpur and Nuapada was less than the state average. The performance of Malkanagiri, Boudh, Sambalpur and Nuapada is also poor in case of attendance in Classes 6 to 8.

The 19 districts wherein the schools would be closed are Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Koraput, Rayagada, Cuttack, Khordha, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Malkangiri, and Mayurbhanj

Two people were arrested and over 391 kg of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 30 lakhs was recovered from them in Gajapati district of Odisha on Sunday, the police said.

The Odisha government on Sunday said it will take "favourable action" as legally permissible on a request by Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb that Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra, which was stayed by the Supreme Court this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, be allowed sans congregation of devotees.

Former parliamentarian Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo died in the morning today at a hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 76.

Cyclone Fani is expected to make a landfall south of Puri in Odisha anytime after tomorrow afternoon. According to the latest forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JWTC), Fani, is the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that devastated large parts of the state. Evacuations have started on a war footing in the coastal ...

A minor girl student died and five others fell ill after consuming a meal in the hostel of a government-run school in Odisha's Gajapati district, officials said on Sunday.

A 7-year-old girl was raped by a 70-year-old neighbour in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said on Monday.

District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Gajapati, Paralakhemundi has advertised contractual recruitment of Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) under MGNREGA.

A man in cyclone-ravaged Odisha's Gajapati district on Thursday apparently walked for eight kilometres carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter, who died in a landslide, on his shoulder for post-mortem.

The death toll in Cyclone Titli-hit Odisha rose to 24 Sunday after two more bodies were pulled out of the rubble brought by a landslide in Gajapati district, even as the flood situation in the state improved marginally, officials said.

At least 12 people were killed in a landslide triggered by cyclone Titli-induced heavy rain in Odisha's Gajapati district, raising the death toll due to the deadly storm to 15 in the state, officials said today.

Thirteen of the 30 districts of Odisha remain unrepresented in the government after today's reshuffle carried out by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, while his home turf Ganjam has the highest number of Ministers - four. The district which are not represented in the council of ministers are Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sundarga...

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.

A landslide occurred in the hilly terrains of Gumma block in Odisha's Gajapati district due to torrential rainfall in the region on Sunday.

On detailed analysis, it was seen that the attendance in Classes 1 to 5 in districts such as Malkanagiri, Boudh, Gajapati, Sambalpur and Nuapada was less than the state average. The performance of Malkanagiri, Boudh, Sambalpur and Nuapada is also poor in case of attendance in Classes 6 to 8.

The 19 districts wherein the schools would be closed are Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Koraput, Rayagada, Cuttack, Khordha, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Malkangiri, and Mayurbhanj

Two people were arrested and over 391 kg of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 30 lakhs was recovered from them in Gajapati district of Odisha on Sunday, the police said.

The Odisha government on Sunday said it will take "favourable action" as legally permissible on a request by Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb that Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra, which was stayed by the Supreme Court this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, be allowed sans congregation of devotees.

Former parliamentarian Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deo died in the morning today at a hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 76.

Cyclone Fani is expected to make a landfall south of Puri in Odisha anytime after tomorrow afternoon. According to the latest forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JWTC), Fani, is the most severe cyclonic storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that devastated large parts of the state. Evacuations have started on a war footing in the coastal ...

A minor girl student died and five others fell ill after consuming a meal in the hostel of a government-run school in Odisha's Gajapati district, officials said on Sunday.

A 7-year-old girl was raped by a 70-year-old neighbour in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said on Monday.

District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Gajapati, Paralakhemundi has advertised contractual recruitment of Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) under MGNREGA.

A man in cyclone-ravaged Odisha's Gajapati district on Thursday apparently walked for eight kilometres carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter, who died in a landslide, on his shoulder for post-mortem.

The death toll in Cyclone Titli-hit Odisha rose to 24 Sunday after two more bodies were pulled out of the rubble brought by a landslide in Gajapati district, even as the flood situation in the state improved marginally, officials said.

At least 12 people were killed in a landslide triggered by cyclone Titli-induced heavy rain in Odisha's Gajapati district, raising the death toll due to the deadly storm to 15 in the state, officials said today.

Thirteen of the 30 districts of Odisha remain unrepresented in the government after today's reshuffle carried out by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, while his home turf Ganjam has the highest number of Ministers - four. The district which are not represented in the council of ministers are Jajpur, Kendrapara, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Sundarga...

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.