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Droupadi Murmu

President Murmu performs ‘pinda daan’ ritual at Jajpur temple

Jajpur: President Droupadi Murmu visited Biraja temple in Jajpur district Tuesday morning to perform the 'pinda daan' ritual. Elaborate security arrangements have been made at the temple, with about 600 security personnel deployed for the presidential visit, officials said. Murmu performed the 'pinda daan' ritual...

Farmer alleges assault

Farmer alleges assault by paddy mandi secy

Dhenkanal: A farmer has alleged assault, intimidation and ‘illegal’ deductions (katni-chhatni) during paddy procurement at a mandi under Gadashila Society in Odapada block of Dhenkanal district. According to the complaint, farmer Sudhakar Parida was threatened and subjected to heavy “deduction” from his paddy, and was...

Bhadrak

Farm mechanisation hits livelihoods in Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Unregulated mechanisation in agriculture is fast emerging as a serious threat to straw-dependent livelihoods in Bhadrak district, where the widespread use of paddy harvesting machines has sharply reduced the availability of paddy straw. Farmers, facing high labour costs and tight harvesting windows, have increasingly...

Death

Class I student dies in Rayagada SSD hostel

Rayagada/Kolnara: A Class I student residing at a Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe Development (SSD) department-run residential hostel in Rayagada district died Monday after suffering from fever. The deceased was identified as Thabir Mandangi, 7, a student of SSD High School at Badakhilapadar under Kolnara...

NGT

Curb illegal tree felling: NGT to Bolangir admin

Bolangir: Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed over large-scale tree felling in the name of several development projects in Bolangir district, the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Eastern Zone bench in Kolkata has directed the district administration, the Forest and Environment Department and the State...

Kotia

Admin reaches out to Kotia border villagers

Koraput: With a view to addressing long-pending grievances and ensuring that eligible beneficiaries are effectively covered under various Odisha government schemes, especially in the aftermath of Jana Sena Party leaders claiming stake over 14 hamlets in Kotia gram panchayat bordering Andhra Pradesh, the Pottangi block...

Farmer dies

Farmer dies as kharif paddy payment goes to Kerala a/c

Loisingha: A farmer from Bolangir district allegedly died in Kerala, where he had gone to collect the payment made to his bank account there against the sale of his kharif paddy. The deceased was identified as Balaram Pradhan of Nuagaon (A) village under Agalpur block....

 

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