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Pucca road eludes Odisha’s Dumuriguda village

Koraput: Tall claims of the government’s rural focus falls flat when it comes to the road connectivity to Dumuriguda village under Gadiguda gram panchayat in Koraput Sadar block in the district, according to a report. Villagers alleged that despite repeated memorandums to the district administration...

Odisha: 26 held as police raid gambling den

Digapahandi: Acting on a tip-off, police busted a major gambling den operating in a forest near Janghama village under Digapahandi police limits of Ganjam district and arrested 26 persons, officials said Sunday. The raid was carried out Saturday evening by a special squad led by...

Picnicker drowns in Odisha’s Sana River

Gunupur: A picnic outing turned tragic Sunday when a man drowned while bathing in Sana River near Nungurutal under Gunupur police limits in Rayagada district, police said. The deceased was identified as Jagannath Mishra, 35, of Gunupur town. According to police, seven youths from the...

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CM Majhi inaugurates trauma care, OPD buildings in Sambalpur

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday inaugurated a trauma care centre and OPD building at Sambalpur district headquarters hospital. Majhi, who was on a two-day visit to the western district, inaugurated the medical facilities set up at a total cost of Rs 21.28...

Egg production

Dearer eggs hit nutrition schemes

Nandapur: A sharp rise in egg prices has begun to affect government-run nutrition programmes such as MDM schemes in Koraput district, particularly in Nandapur block, where there is no local egg production. Officials said the increased prices are impacting egg supply to anganwadi centres, midday...

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Paddy procurement protest: 60 farmers detained in Bargarh

Bargarh/Attabira: Farmers in Bargarh district intensified their protest Saturday against alleged mismanagement in the ongoing kharif paddy procurement process, prompting the police to detain at least 60 protesters after they blocked a national highway. Although nearly two months have passed since the process began in...

 

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