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Class 11 girl found hanging in hostel bathroom in Odisha, police suspect suicide

Bhawanipatna suicide case: The body of a class 11 girl student was found hanging in her hostel bathroom in Bhawanipatna town of the Kalahandi district in Odisha on Thursday, police said. Hostel inmates found the bathroom locked According to the police, she is a native of Birikote village under Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district. In the morning, when Tofali's …

Suicide Hostel Bathroom Tofali

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Odisha’s Kalahandi in political spotlight, buzz around Sujit, Bhakta grows louder

Deccan Chronicle

Bhawanipatna: Kalahandi district in Odisha has of late become a focal point for both the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, with significant developments surrounding Sujit Kumar, former Rajya Sabha MP, and Bhakta Charan Das, former Union minister. Sujit Kumar recently resigned from the BJD and joined the BJP, paving the way for discussions about his potential nomination to a vacant …

Odisha Congress Rajya Sabha Bjp Sabha Kumar Rajya

3 weeks ago

403 migrant workers from Odisha died in last ten years: State govt data

Hindustan Times

Over 400 migrant labourers from Odisha working in other states have died in the last ten years, the state government informed the assembly on Tuesday. Around 1.5 cr migrant workers from Odisha villages are working outside the state. Replying to a query by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Tankadhar Tripathy, state labour and employees’ state insurance minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said …

Odisha Migrant State

3 weeks ago

403 migrant workers died in last nine years: Odisha Labour minister

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 403 migrant workers of Odisha have died while working in other states in the last nine years. Activists working in the field of migrant workers’ welfare said although it is a positive thing that migrant labourer deaths are being reported now, the number is less compared to the extent of labour migration that takes place from …

Labour Migration Workers Migrant State Migration Takes

3 weeks ago

Vedanta's Sijimali Bauxite Project Promises Economic Growth, Tribal Upliftment

Deccan Chronicle

RAYAGADA: The Sijimali bauxite block, spanning Kalahandi and Rayagada districts, is poised to revolutionise the socio-economic landscape of Odisha’s tribal heartland. Vedanta has announced an investment of Rs 1,200 crore over the next 25 years through the Lanjigarh Periphery Area Development Fund and the newly proposed Sijimali Periphery Area Development Fund. Economist Dr. Pravas Mishra highlights the project’s transformative potential, …

Development Vedanta Kalahandi Rayagada Sijimali

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Odisha's winter elephant census reveals population, seasonal movements

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: The All Odisha Elephant Census 2024 has revealed that 2,103 elephants, including 474 males and 1,030 females, currently inhabit the Odisha landscape. The census, conducted over three days from November 14 to 16 across 48 forest and wildlife divisions, also highlighted significant inter-state movements of elephants, particularly from Jharkhand and West Bengal, during the cold season. The latest census …

Odisha Census Adult Winter Elephant

1 month ago

AYUSH’s ‘Swarna Prashan’ Drive Launched in Odisha’s Tribal Dominated Districts

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Union ministry of AYUSH in association with Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has expanded its ‘Swarna Prashan’ initiative to reach over 6,400 students across 15 government schools in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha. The main event, held on Thursday at GCD Zilla High and Girls’ High School in Rayagada, was graced by dignitaries, including district education officer …

Odisha Kalahandi Deo Rayagada Aluminium Vedanta Aluminium Tribal Dominated

1 month ago

Six sentenced to life imprisonment for raping woman in Odisha 5 years ago

Deccan Chronicle

Bhawanipatna : A court in Odisha's Kalahandi district sentenced six people to life imprisonment for raping a woman five years ago. Dharamgarh Additional District and Session Judge Suresh Chandra Pradhan pronounced the verdict on Wednesday after examining witnesses and evidence, said public prosecutor Purna Chandra Nag. According to the public prosecutor, the victim was going home from Bhawanipatna town in …

Odisha

1 month ago

Fog to prevail in Odisha for three days

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: Amid the chilly weather, parts of the state are likely to experience fog in the next three days. Shallow to moderate fog is likely to occur at one or two places in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Kalahandi and Kandhamal districts in the next three days. On the day, G Udayagiri continued to record the lowest minimum temperature for the …

Three Days Degrees State C

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Minister Savitri Thakur Joins Odisha Farmers for Harvest

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for women and child development, Savitri Thakur, on Friday made headlines with a heartwarming gesture on Friday when she stepped out of her vehicle to join farmers in a roadside paddy field in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district. On her way from Kalahandi to Nabarangpur, the sight of farmers reaping paddy in the afternoon sun moved the …

Farmers Union Minister Thakur

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Task force moots mobile app for registration of migrant workers

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: Deputy chief minister KV Singh Deo on Monday called for long-term measures within the existing development initiatives to create livelihood opportunities with better wage employment to check migration from the state. Chairing the first meeting of the task force on distress migration here, Singh Deo said while lack of local employment alternatives is cited as the primary reason behind …

Labour Workers Migrant Workers Migrant State Minister Singh Deo

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Depression likely to bring heavy rain in most parts of Odisha

The Hindu

Odisha is bracing for a wet spell for the next four days as the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a depression on Sunday, the IMD said. Telangana, Odisha rains LIVE updates “It is likely to move nearly northwards and intensify into a depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-Gangetic West …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar quits membership and party, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Sujeet Kumar, the Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha member from Odisha’s Kalahandi district, on Friday resigned from his RS membership as well as his party. A few days ago, another BJD Rajya Sabha member — Mamata Mohant of Mayurbhanj— had resigned from her position and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Soon after Sujeet Kumar’s resignation was accepted by …

Rajya Sabha Party Leaders Bjp Sabha Bjd Rajya

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Centre approves 600 MW Upper Indravati project

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: The Central Electricity Authority has cleared the 600 MW Upper Indravati mega pumped storage hydroelectric project to be set up Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd. Another PSP with a capacity of generating 2,000 MW power will be established in Karnataka. The Upper Indravati project will have four stages, each having a capacity of generating 150 MW power, in Kalahandi …

Reservoir Power Storage Upper Indravati Psp Centre Approves Mw Upper

5 months ago

Odisha to receive heavy rain for the next five days as depression crosses coast near Chilika Lake

The Hindu

The depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed the Odisha coast near Chilika Lake on July 20, triggering heavy rain in parts of the State as the IMD forecast more downpour in the next five days. Isolated heavy rainfall may continue in the State over the next five days, the IMD bulletin said. It also forecast heavy rainfall in Bargarh, …

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6 months ago

Odisha: Kalahandi on high alert after Diphtheria case detected in Thuamul Rampur

New Indian Express

BHAWANIPATNA: The Kalahandi health administration is on alert after one positive case of diphtheria was detected from Thuamul Rampur block. After diphtheria was reported from Manuspadar village in Kashipur block of Rayagada district, Surfas, Bhurbhuri Temra and eight villages nearby in Thuamul Rampur block were placed on alert. CDMO in-charge Dr Nihar Ranjan Panda said of the five suspected cases …

Diphtheria Thuamul Rampur

6 months ago

Diphtheria fear spreads after detection of suspected cases in Koraput & Kandhamal

New Indian Express

JEYPORE/BHAWANIPATNA: As the diphtheria epidemic rages in Kashipur block of Rayagada, the fear of the disease has gripped Koraput and Kandhamal after detection of suspected cases in the two neighbouring districts. While a suspected case of diphtheria has been reported from Kumbhariput village under Bandhugaon in Koraput, at least four children are feared to have been affected by the disease …

Koraput Suspected Cases Kumbhariput

6 months ago

Special vax drive in Rayagada after diphtheria outbreak

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has decided to launch a special drive for diphtheria vaccination in Rayagada district from Wednesday following an outbreak in Kashipur area that has claimed the lives of five children. While in and out migration from Mahushpadar village where the children fell to the bacterial infection has been restricted, containment measures will continue to minimise spread of …

Children

6 months, 1 week ago

CBI raids 67 locations in Odisha in Gramin Dak Sevak recruitment scam

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out raids at over 67 locations across various districts of Odisha, including Kalahandi, Nuapada, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore and Bhadrak. The raids involving 122 officers from CBI and 82 personnel from other departments were conducted to unearth the interstate organised gang involved in supplying fake certificates to candidates appearing …

Odisha Cbi Gramin Dak Sevak

6 months, 1 week ago

CBI raids in Odisha over alleged certificate forgery in postal recruitment

Hindustan Times

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out searches at over 67 locations in connection with alleged forgery of matriculation certificate for getting jobs in postal department. In May last year, the CBI had registered a case under sections 120-B, 420, 468, and 471 read with 511 of the IPC, and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, …

Odisha Marks Cbi Certificate Postal Selected Candidates Postal Department

6 months, 1 week ago

Odisha postal recruitment scam: CBI launches extensive investigation, raids over 67 locations

India TV News

Odisha postal recruitment scam: Central Bureau of Investigation has launched an extensive investigation following a complaint from the Director of Postal Services, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Searches at over 67 locations have been conducted across various districts of Odisha, including Kalahandi, Nuapada, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and Bhadrak. CBI registered a regular case on May 9, 2023 under sections 120-B, …

Odisha Cbi Postal

6 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP races to majority mark in Odisha assembly with leads on 76 seats

Hindustan Times

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party raced ahead of the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal and crossed the halfway point in the Odisha assembly by 11:30 am, leading on 76 of the state’s 147 assembly seats. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan during a public meeting in support of JBP candidate ahead of the last phase of Lok Sabha polls The BJP …

Odisha Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Seats Patnaik Bjd

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha sizzles, heat torment for 2 more days

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Remal spared Odisha but left the state on a burning deck as both mercury and humidity soared on Wednesday and the torture is expected to continue for two more days. The maximum day temperature is likely to be above normal by 3 degree Celsius to 5 degree Celsius at many places in interior districts during next two to …

Odisha Districts Degree Sundargarh Kalahandi Sonepur Jharsuguda

7 months, 1 week ago

BJD will bag 24 of 28 Assembly seats in phase-I: VK Pandian

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: A day after first phase polls in Odisha, senior BJD leader VK Pandian, who is spearheading the party campaign, asserted they are winning at least 24 of the 28 Assembly seats and put up a much better performance at the Lok Sabha level in the first round. Elections were held to four Lok Sabha seats - Berhampur, Koraput, Nabarangpur …

Odisha Lok Sabha Seats Lok Sabha Bjd Pandian

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Class 11 girl found hanging in hostel bathroom in Odisha, police suspect suicide

Odisha’s Kalahandi in political spotlight, buzz around Sujit, Bhakta grows louder

403 migrant workers from Odisha died in last ten years: State govt data

403 migrant workers died in last nine years: Odisha Labour minister

Vedanta's Sijimali Bauxite Project Promises Economic Growth, Tribal Upliftment

Odisha's winter elephant census reveals population, seasonal movements

AYUSH’s ‘Swarna Prashan’ Drive Launched in Odisha’s Tribal Dominated Districts

Six sentenced to life imprisonment for raping woman in Odisha 5 years ago

Fog to prevail in Odisha for three days

Union Minister Savitri Thakur Joins Odisha Farmers for Harvest

Task force moots mobile app for registration of migrant workers

Depression likely to bring heavy rain in most parts of Odisha

BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar quits membership and party, joins BJP

Odisha: Centre approves 600 MW Upper Indravati project

Odisha to receive heavy rain for the next five days as depression crosses coast near Chilika Lake

Odisha: Kalahandi on high alert after Diphtheria case detected in Thuamul Rampur

Diphtheria fear spreads after detection of suspected cases in Koraput & Kandhamal

Special vax drive in Rayagada after diphtheria outbreak

CBI raids 67 locations in Odisha in Gramin Dak Sevak recruitment scam

CBI raids in Odisha over alleged certificate forgery in postal recruitment

Odisha postal recruitment scam: CBI launches extensive investigation, raids over 67 locations

BJP races to majority mark in Odisha assembly with leads on 76 seats

Odisha sizzles, heat torment for 2 more days

BJD will bag 24 of 28 Assembly seats in phase-I: VK Pandian