Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on June 20 launched a special scheme to help children who have lost both parents in the coronavirus pandemic. Under the scheme, “Ashirvad” (blessing) 2,500 rupees will be given every month to such orphans. A comprehensive package divides beneficiaries into three categories — children who haveContinue Reading
On an average, 419 people have been killed in lightning strikes in the state each yearContinue Reading
The exemption to be implemented immediatelyContinue Reading
Anti-Maoist squad killed two elderly villagers on July 26, 2015Continue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, Eastern India, has decided to name a road after Mother Teresa, according to government sources. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) notified that BMC in its meeting dated August 28 resolved for naming of fly over road from Satyanagar to Cuttack-Puri Road as “Mother Teresa Road. TheContinue Reading
The Commission has further said that the monetary compensation offered to the kin of the victims was lessContinue Reading
Kandhamal: Although the police claimed that civilians were caught in the exchange of fire, survivors raised questions over the police’s version of events. Union minister Jual Oram today accused the Odisha government of shielding the culprits behind the killing of five villagers during an anti-Maoist operation in a forest inContinue Reading
Social media has reached every nook and corner of OdishaContinue Reading
Odisha government has declared summer vacation for school students from tomorrow onwards.Continue Reading
Bhubaneswar — The Justice A.S. Naidu Commission of Inquiry, set up by the Odisha government to probe the 2008 Kandhamal riots, presented its report to the state government on Tuesday. The Kandhamal riots had hogged international headlines for the ethno communal riot between Hindus and Christians in 2008. Secretary ofContinue Reading