Puri, August 30 (odisha.in) Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik Thursday sculpted an image along with the students of Golden Sand Art Institute at Puri sea beach making an emotional appeal to doctors to save the poor tribal from deadly cholera that killed as many as 103 people in poverty stricken Koraput, Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. Recently […]
Archives for August 2007
Diarrhea, cholera death toll rises to 103
Bhubaneswar, August 30 (odisha.in) The death toll in diarrhea and cholera that affected southern Orissa’s three districts has increased to 103, official said Thursday night. While 51 persons have died in the villages under Kashipur block in district of Rayadaga, 35 and 1`7 people have died in its neighbouring districts of Koraput and Kalahandi, health […]
Upset over ailing son woman commits suicide
Keonjhar, August 30 (Odisha.in) Driven by acute poverty and not being able to treat her five month old child a woman in Orissa’s Keonjhar district committed suicide consuming pesticide. 20 years old Baisakhi Bhuyan who belongs to primitive Bhuyan tribe and a resident of Bayakumutia village under Banspal block 30 kilometers from here was upset […]
Man, three women beheaded for witchcraft
Balasore, August 30 (Odisha.in) At least four persons including three women were allegedly beheaded at Pratapur under Nilagiri police station in Balasore district by villagers for allegedly practicing black magic. Police sources said, on August 14, Raju Singh, son of Siba Singh, a village ward member died of snake bite. The villagers suspected witchcraft by […]
Minister inaugurates mega renewable power project
Jajpur, August 30 (Odisha.in) Orissa Minister of Science and Technology and Panchayati Raj Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo inaugurated a 1200-MW renewable power project at Bainchuan near Tangi in Cuttack district. The captive power plant of Maa Durga Rice Mill is the first of its kind in Orissa and largest renewable power project of the country. It […]