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Odisha records 8 rain-related deaths

August 13, 2019August 14, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: At least eight people have lost their lives due to rain and flood-related incidents in Odisha, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SSRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Tuesday. While two persons have died in Kalahandi district, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Malkangiri have recorded one death each either due to flash flood, snakebites or mudslides. In last 24 hours, Odisha […]

Jaga & Kalia set for happy homecoming

June 29, 2019July 1, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Separated craniopagus conjoined twins – Jaga and Kalia – will return to Odisha soon and they will be shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar, informed National Health Mission (NHM) Managing Director Shalini Pandit after holding talks with doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi on Saturday. Jaga and Kalia were craniopagus conjoined twins – joined at […]

Five years on, missing woman polling officer yet to be traced in Odisha

April 25, 2019April 27, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Phulbani: Five years have passed since Gram Rojgar Sevak (GRS) Mamata Naik, went missing while on election duty on April 7, 2014 but she is yet to be traced. The matter resurfaced in the wake of GRS Sanjukta Digal being killed by Maoists at Bandapada under the Gochhapada police station on April 17 during the […]

Day before vote, Maoists gun down woman polling official in Kandhamal

April 17, 2019April 18, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Kandhamal: Maoists on Tuesday gunned down a woman official on polling duty near Barala village under Gochapada police limits of Kandhamal district. The deceased was identified as Sanjukta Digal, a resident of Kandribali. She was the sector officer and was on her way to the polling booth along with other officials to oversee the arrangements […]

Maoists blow up polling party vehicles in Kandhamal, no casualty reported

April 17, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Kandhamal: Maoists reportedly blew up two vehicles carrying polling party personnel at Mungunipadar under Sundarbandh panchayat in Phulbani district on Wednesday. According to sources, the red rebels stopped the two vehicles near Mungunipadar and asked the polling party personnel to come out of the vehicles. Later, the ultras blew up the two vehicles using explosives. […]