Odisha sets up task force to prevent child marriages in Koraput; officials from police, health, education departments to be part of body
• 5 years agoChild marriage is the main reason for high rates of infant mortality, maternal mortality, and malnutrition
Rainfall subsides in flood-affected Odisha; train services remain affected for second day, informs railway official
• 6 years agoThe situation in rain-battered south Odisha, where fears of flood loomed large, eased on Thursday as intensity of rainfall subsided and water started receding from submerged areas, officials said.
Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal triggers rain in Odisha; Met department advises fishermen not to venture into sea in parts of state
• 6 years agoThe low pressure over Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Tuesday triggering rains in most parts of Odisha. The depression adjoining coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal lay centred around 160 kilometres southeast of Odisha's Balasore.
Eight dead, six injured after being struck by thunderstorm, lightning in Odisha; several districts see pre-monsoon rains
• 6 years agoThe monsoon will reach Odisha five-six days late this time, said Indian Meteorological Department's (MeT) local office here on Monday as the pre-monsoon showers were reported from parts of the state
Five Maoists, including three women, killed in encounter with security forces in Odisha's Koraput
• 6 years agoAccording to Koraput Superintendent of Police Kanwar Vishal Singh, "Five Maoists, including three women, were killed in an encounter in Padua forest area of the district. The encounter took place near the state's border with Andhra Pradesh."
Odisha Elections 2019: Voting concludes smoothly in 4 Lok Sabha, 28 Assembly seats; 66% turnout till 5 pm in phase-I
Bibhuti Mohapatra • 6 years agoOdisha witnessed largely incident-free voting in phase-I of polling in four Lok Sabha seats — Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi and Berhampore — and 28 Assembly seats falling under them on Thursday
CBI books five HAL employees in Odisha's Koraput for misappropriating funds worth Rs 13.28 crore
Payalshah • 6 years agoIt is alleged that Bhaben Mitra, Senior Manager Finance at HAL in Odisha, in conspiracy with other employees misappropriated amounts by committing forgery of documents, siphoning off Rs 13.28 crore from the coffers of the cash-strapped PSU between 2013 and 2017.
Security forces on high alert in Odisha after Maoists shoot dead two TDP leaders in Andhra Pradesh
• 6 years agoOn Sunday, CPI (Maoists) shot dead ruling TDP MLA K Sarveswara Rao and former party leader in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district
IMD says weakened Cyclone DAYE has crossed Odisha, reached Chhattisgarh: Malkangiri worst hit; warning for fisherfolk continues
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone DAYE, after causing heavy rain in Odisha's Malkangiri district, weakened around noon on Friday. According to the MET department, the remainder of the cyclone, which is expected to move north-west.
Gurupriya bridge: New communication link kindles hope for development in Maoist-infested hinterland of Odisha
Manishkumar • 7 years agoDespite the area’s history of terror and frequent attacks and bloodshed, the newly constructed link is now being used en masse by the villagers of the cut-off zone.