MPs contribute to funds to fight corona
MPs and MLAs of the State have come forward to contribute to different districts in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). Koraput Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka and Sundargarh MP Jual Oram are the latest additions to the bandwagon of politicians who have joined hands to fight the deadly virus. Ulaka contributed...
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E-commerce firms, grocery outlets exempted
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Home quarantine for House staffers
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State’s all 30 districts come under lockdown
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‘Take pledge not to go out of home’
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Implement Ayushman: Dharmendra to CM
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Corona hits daily wagers hard in Sambalpur
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Red Cross distributes food to service providers
25 March 2020 | PNS
Lockdown in Koraput district in force
District Collector Madhusudan Mishra on Tuesday urged all people of the district to strictly adhere to lockdown restrictions issued by the Government to prevent novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from spreading in the State. The Collector chaired an emergency meeting on Monday evening on implementation of lockdown in the district. He said essential...
Wife murder: Man detained in Baleswar
The Sadar police detained a man following unnatural death of his spouse after the latter's family alleged that she was killed by her husband and in –laws due to nonfulfillment of dowry demands. The victim , Ambika Saw (19), whose marriage was solemnized in May last with Gouranga Saw of Bhimpur...
Low-quality water pipe work in Bhapur
The pipe water lying work in Manibandha village under Nayagarh district’s Bhapur block is of very low quality, alleged villagers on Monday. The pipes have been laid so unevenly at different places that they have been found unfit for carrying water from source points to household points. The concerned contractor and...
4 die, 4 injured in K’handi road accident
As many as four labourers were killed and four others injured when a tractor turned turtle at Kaduapadar village near Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Gayatri Majhi, Saibani Majhi, Urmi Majhi and Manas Majhi, all residents of Labaneswar village under Bhawanipatna block. According to reports,...
Gopalpur Port operations run normally
The Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) is operating normally as it comes under the purview of Essential Commodities Act. The cargo handling operations are continuing in berths. The port has taken all precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It is strictly following the norms and directives received from the Directorate...
‘Gene Drive’ to curb malaria raises ethical questions as well
A new technology ‘Gene Drive’ for mosquito control is currently confined to the laboratory since it raises an ethical question, if such a technology could in future be misused to the detriment of humanity. Malaria control: Ronald Ross (1987) discovered malarial parasites in the stomach of Anopheles mosquitoes and proved that...
Woman’s charred body found in house
Mystery shrouded the recovery of a charred body of a woman in a house near Hatapada in the Chandragiri area of Gajapati district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Pankajini Nayak of Adaba area in the district. She was staying at the rented house with a man of Aska area...
