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Heavy rainfall triggers landslide in Odisha's Gajapati
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], July 18 (ANI): A landslide occurred in the hilly terrains of Gumma block in Odisha's Gajapati district due to torrential rainfall in the region on Sunday.
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Odisha Panchayat polls: Defeated sarpanch candidate digs up road, removes
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], March 3 (ANI): An agitated sarpanch candidate, who lost the Odisha panchayat election in Gangabada village of Gajapati district, allegedly dug up a village road, put blockades and removed streetlights apparently out of frustration.
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STF Odisha nabs wild life poacher, leopard skin seized
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], March 3 (ANI): The Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday apprehended one person and seized leopard skin during a search operation with the help of Ramgiri forest officials.
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Odisha: Four cops caught 'smuggling' Teakwood in Police van at Paralakhemu
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Paralakhemundi (Odisha) [India] November 4 (ANI): Odisha forest department personnel nabbed four policemen while they were illegally transporting teak wood in a police van near the Forest Gate under Paralakhemundi Forest Division in Gajapati district on Wednesday.
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Odisha CM inaugurates distribution of smart health cards in Gajapati
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], October 4 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the distribution of smart health cards under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana in the Gajapati district. Smart health cards would benefit 1.35 lakh people which is 90 per cent of the population in the d
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Police arrest 26 people in Odisha's Gajapati, seize ganja worth Rs 1.5 cr
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], August 25 (ANI): Odisha Police have arrested 26 persons including seven women in the Gajapati district on Tuesday and seized over 21 quintals of Ganja (cannabis) worth over Rs 1.5 crore from their possession .
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Odisha: Over 66 kg ganja seized from auto-rickshaw in Gajapati district
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], July 29 (ANI): Odisha Police on Wednesday seized over 66 kilograms of Ganja (cannabis) from an auto-rickshaw transporting the contraband from Raipanka to Nuagada in Gajapati district on Wednesday.
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2 cinema halls sealed in Odisha's Ganjam for flouting COVID-19 norms
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], April 12 (ANI): The police sealed two cinema halls in Paralakhemundi in Odisha's Gajapati district for violating COVID guidelines and two others for not renewing the licence, in the last two days, said Achyutananda Jani, Additional Tahasildar and Executive Magistra
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Odisha: People celebrate 'Bhogi' festival in full fervour, light bonfires
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 13 (ANI): People in the Gajapati district of Odisha celebrated the Bhogi festival, which marks the beginning of the four-day Pongal festival.
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Odisha: 31 teachers, students test positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati after
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], January 11 (ANI): After the re-opening of schools in Odisha, 31 teachers and students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati district, informed Dr Pradeep Kumar Patra, Chief District Medical Officer on Sunday.
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Heavy rain lashes 6 districts of Odisha, 500 people in 12 villages shifted
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], October 14 (ANI): With heavy rain lashing Odisha triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal crossing the coast, authorities have begun shifting people from the worst-hit Gajapati district.
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Bike lifting racket busted, 6 including home guard arrested in Odisha
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Gajapati (Odisha) [India], September 9 (ANI): The Odisha Police on Tuesday busted a bike lifting racket and arrest six people in the Gajapati district of the state, police said.
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