Jajpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): A team of Rasulpur fire station has rescued an 18-year-old boy who had taken shelter on a palm tree near Keshapur village in Rasulpur block of Jajpur district as the swelling Brahmani river posed a serious flood threat in the area.
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): A total of six people including a newborn baby were rescued from a village in Odisha's Jajpur district by a Bari Fire Service rescue team on Friday after the village was inundated by floodwaters from the Brahmani and Kharasrota rivers.
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], July 21 (ANI): A miscreant killed an elderly couple and set their house on fire over suspicion of 'practising sorcery' at Suri Sahi tribal village under Kalinga Nagar police station limits of Jajpur.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Odisha state government on Sunday said that banks in Ganjam, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur and Rourkela Municipal Corporation area will operate from 8 am to 2 pm, with customer service hours from 8 am to 1 pm till July 31.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 17 (ANI): The Odisha government on Thursday announced a 14-day complete lockdown in four districts including Ganjam, Khorha, Cuttack and Jajpur along with entire Rourkela Municipal Corporation area, from 9 pm on Friday to midnight of July 31, said Asit Trip
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 16 (ANI): Odisha government on Thursday announced a 14-day complete lockdown in Ganjam, Khorha, Cuttack, Jajpur districts and Rourkela Municipal Corporation area from 9 pm of July 17 till midnight of July 31 to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], June 29 (ANI): As per the state government's order, people coming from other states in Odisha are receiving Rs 2,000 as an incentive for completing the quarantine period.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 10 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Tuesday added 888 new villages in and around Micro Project Areas, to the list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and set up three new Micro Projects at Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Keonjhar.
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], June 10 (ANI): Migrant workers who have returned to their native villages amid coronavirus-induced lockdown are getting employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in different blocks of Jajpur district in Odisha.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 4 (ANI): The Odisha government has imposed 'weekend shutdown' in the month of June in the districts of Ganjam, Puri, Nayagarh, Khorda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Balangir with relaxation only for emergency and publi