Odisha

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Man tied to tree, burnt to death in Odisha

1:49 pm January 13, 2021

Angul: A 25-year-old man was burnt to death in Odisha’s Angul district allegedly by his relatives for regularly creating nuisance after getting drunk,police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at Kalamunda village falling under Handapa police station limits, they said. According to locals, the man was tied to a tree and […]

Odia music maestro Shantanu Mohapatra dies at 84

3:15 pm December 30, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Legendary Odia music director Shantanu Mohapatra died here, family sources said on Wednesday. He was 84. Mohapatra was suffering from old age related ailments and finally succumbed to pneumonia and cardiac failure on Tuesday night. A large number of people paid their last respect to the music maestro at his Palaspalli residence. Odisha Governor […]

Super cylone, floods, controversies – the unwanted guests in Odisha’s 2020 pandemic woes

3:34 pm December 27, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The coronavirus pall of 2020 was writ large on Odisha like the rest of the world in a year that also brought with it the vagaries of nature, as a super cyclone and floods left a trail of destruction in the coastal state. The Naveen Patnaik goverment, however, won accolades for its prompt and proactive steps to tackle […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

BJD backs farmers MSP demand;says will not allow anybody tarnish Patnaik’s clean image

4:59 pm December 21, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Odisha‘s ruling Biju Janata Dal supported farmers demand for Minimum Support Price and resolved to fight for implementation of M S Swaminathan Committee report on the issue. The party stated that inclusive development of the farmers has always been a key focus of the BJD government in the state. ”Our party is with the farmers on MSP […]

Odisha reports 356 COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

2:23 pm December 19, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload on Saturday surged to 3,25,861 after 356 more people tested positive for the infection, while three fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 1,832, a health department official said. The new cases were detected in 26 of the 30 districts of Odisha, with 199 reported from different quarantine centres […]