By Santosh Digal Bhuabneswar — Christians in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district if Odisha, eastern India, celebrated Christmas amid tight security. A tribal outfit, Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samiti (KSSS) on December 23 announced that it would go ahead with 12-hour shut down on Dec 25 in Kandhamal district, the epicenterContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar: A Catholic priest in an eastern Indian state has managed to convince Ho tribe’s first generation children to go to school. Father Xavier Camil Tirkey, parish priest of Dhanmandal in Jajpur district of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar archdiocese, has worked among Ho tribes of Jajapur district, Odisha, for theContinue Reading
They were ordained in Raika on December 12Continue Reading
By : Purushottam Nayak. Berhampur: Tens of thousands of Christians congregated on November 27 at the Queen of Mission Cathedral Parish at Berhampur, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, to show respect, honor and devotion to Mother Mary. The faithful came from different parts of the country to celebrateContinue Reading
Palpable tension prevails at the construction site of the controversial bridge over river Kusei at Belabahali in Odisha’s Keonjhar district as fresh violence erupted over the construction of approach road to the proposed bridge this evening. Police have detained four persons in this connection, police sources said. According to reportsContinue Reading
Odisha’s influence is seen Indonesian folklore and legendsContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Only three of Odisha’s 568 hospitals have fire safety clearance, the National Human Rights Commission said today and issued a notice to the state government over the fire incident at a hospital in Bhubaneswar which has left 21 people dead so far. The Commission has taken suo motu cognisanceContinue Reading
BHUBANESWAR: Japanese Encephalitis claimed two more lives today, raising the toll due to the vector-borne disease to 50 in the past one month in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Meanwhile, a police complaint was lodged against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other ministers and officials in Malkangiri police station, holding themContinue Reading
The state government has announced a number of steps to avoid such incidents Continue Reading
The women had pleaded with villagers to help them cremate their motherContinue Reading
