Bhubaneswar, October 31 (Odisha.in) Orissa government Wednesday appointed Gopal Chandra Nanda the present state vigilance chief as the new director general of police, official said. He replaced Amarananda Pattanayak-now on leave for a month. Although Patnaik was appointed last year as director general of police and had about four years of service what prompted the […]
Archives for October 2007
Poverty pushes couple to commit suicide
Kendrapada, October 31 (odisha.in) Defeated by acute poverty, a landless dalit couple committed suicide by jumping in the river Devi in the village Baradia under Balikuda block in Jagatasinghpur district. Raghu Jena (50) and his wife Chila Jena (45) took this drastic decision on Tuesday afternoon. Both the couple had been eking out their living by […]
Malaria grips Jagatsinghpur, kills five
Jagatsinghpur, October 31 (Odisha.in) Malaria- a mosquito born disease has gripped several villages in the coastal district of Jagatsinghpur and killed at least five persons over past three months, local said. The chief district medical officer Sukadeb Sethy however said at least one person has died of the disease. We have collected 62 blood samples […]
Family of dead HIV victims to get pension
Bhubaneswar, Oct, 31 (Odisha.in) Orissa government has decided to provide Special pension to next of kin of those whose husband or wife died of HIV/AIDS, Health Minister Durodhan Majhi here said. Terming the initiative first of its kind in the country, Majhi said,” this is a token of support to the families of the […]
Do not send elephants now Patnaik tells Andhra
Bhubaneswar, October 30 (Odisha.in) Do not send the rest of the elephants in a haste, Orissa government Tuesday told Andhra in a strong warded letter after the death of one of its two elephants deported by Andhra died few hours after their release. A herd of 11 elephants had migrated to Andhra Pradesh in July […]