Animal sacrifice ends in Jajpur shrine
Jajpur: A 200-year-old gory practice of animal sacrifice at the Katarapur Kali Peeth in Jajpur district finally came to an end on Sunday following an order of the Odisha High Court, sources said. Hundreds of animals used to be sacrificed at the shrine on the day of the Kali Puja every year.
Bhubaneswar lions Club helps Ganjam victims
Brahmapur: Governor of Bhubaneswar lions District Kalpana Biswal accompanied by Past Governor Nikunj Kishore Chhotray, Bhubaneswar lions president Subhendu Patnaik, President of lions lotus Club Archana Das, Anamika Swain of Daffodil, Pradip Kar, along with others, on Saturday distributed relief to the Phailin and flood victims of Kusapalli Harijan Street under Mallad and Kainchapur GPs and visited their adopted village Kusapalli Scheduled Caste area to share the sufferings of the victims in the presence of former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda and former Ganjam block Chairman Surath Pahan.
Jajpur tribal woman’s injured body found
Jajpur: Police found the body of a 38-year-old tribal widow in a half-constructed house at Birigada under the Sukinda police station on Monday. The body was replete with injury marks on the neck, head and other parts, for which the police suspect that the woman was killed by some person. A case of murder and destroying evidence has been registered at the police station. The deceased was identified as Kuni Munda. Her son Ranjan Munda (17) filed an FIR with the police alleging that Bajra Handa (28) of Birigada killed his mother. Bajra managed to flee from the village, for which his role in the crime is suspected by the police. After getting the body’s autopsy report, the exact reason of the death would be kownn, said the police.