K. Nuakgam: The Catholic bishops of Odisha on August 30 observed the first “Martyrs Day” to commemorate those who laid down lives for their faith during the anti-Christian violence in the eastern Indian state’s Kandhamal district. The Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council (OCBC) had on March 10 decided to observe OdishaContinue Reading
Bhubanswar: The exceptionally high malnutrition deaths of 18 children at Nagada in Sukinda valley of Jajpur district exposed the glaring lapses in the state’s initiatives to check undernourishment deaths. Though Odisha’s progress in improving nutrition outcomes for children under two years of age has been good, Unicef feels Odisha needsContinue Reading
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In the last 6 months, 19 infants have died in Nagada village due to malnutrition and related diseasesContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Social sensitivity has to be strengthened when discrimination in any form and degree in society is addressed, said Aurovindo Behera, former drafting commissioner of Odisha Relieve Code, Government of Odisha. He was addressing a gathering at a “study report release on Discrimination during Disasters” at Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneswar,Continue Reading
Kandhamal: Six tribal and Dalit villagers, including a two-year-old boy, were shot dead and at least five injured when they were reportedly caught in a crossfire between police and Maoists in Kandhamal district on Friday night. Kandhamal SP Pinak Mishra said a team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) —Continue Reading
Kendrapara : A 13-year-old girl affected by HIV/AIDS has been driven out of the hostel of a Central government-run school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district allegedly on the insistence of other students’ parents, a child rights activist said. The girl has been allegedly denied the right to stay in the hostelContinue Reading
Three foreigners, including a captain of a ship and two of his associates, have been taken into official custody by the Coast Guard Police for using satellite phones at Dhamra Coast in Odisha on Thursday. According to the sources, the Coast Guard officials arrested one Australian and two Philippines forContinue Reading
Odisha government today issued “Leave India” notices to ten Chinese nationals who were working on an expansion project of the Adani Group-controlled Dhamra Port Company Limited in Bhadrak district of the state, a government official said. “The state government has asked the Director of Intelligence and the Superintendent of Police,Continue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Even as debate over the two year performance of the Naveen Patnaik government continues, the failure to achieve the announcement made in the 2014 poll manifesto of BJD to create employment opportunities from the opposition political parties. While the job fairs at the district level launched at the districtContinue Reading
