BJD leader Arup Patnaik, who had unsuccessfully contested in the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha segment, may be given a party ticket from the Puri LS seat while veteran leader Prasanna Patasani may be fielded from the Chilika Assembly seat, reliable sources said.
Thousands of refugees are now living in Mahakalpara and Rajnagar areas of Kendrapara. They had intruded into the area in the 1950s to escape from the turmoil of the civil war in Pakistan and as many as 1237 of them settled in Kendrapara.
As per reports, Malik and his wife were irrigating their farmland on Friday morning on the banks of Hansua river when a crocodile suddenly appeared from nowhere and attacked him. Despite resistance from his wife, the crocodile pulled Malik inside the river.
As per initial reports, while the body of the man was found hanging outside, his wife and 25-year-old son were found lying inside the house.
Those critically injured have reportedly been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
Apart from cadre restructuring and grade pay, the agitating workers demanded that the eligibility for the post should be a graduation degree. They warned of launching an indefinite dharna in Bhubaneswar if the government fails to listen to their demands.
Basant Sethi, an attendant of a patient, said, “When we came to the CHC, it was dark and the doctor on duty was moving outside the hospital speaking on the phone. There was no light. We switched on our mobile light and the doctor started treatment.”
Local people have alleged that the indifferent attitude of the concerned department is responsible for the miserable condition of the old bungalow having historical importance.
Factionalism in the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has come to the fore in the Patkura constituency of Kendrapara district after the party's district unit president Utkal Keshari Parida allegedly made an objectionable comment on former MLA, late Ved Prakash Agarwal.
Hope emerged for four labourers of Rajnagar area in Kendrapara who are stuck in Qatar after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice President, Baijayant Panda wrote a letter to the Indian Ambassador to Qatar requesting their safe return to Odisha.
Governor Raghubar Das, who has been visiting different districts almost every day, heard complaints of some women eagerly waiting for him at Jajang
Wearing money caps to hide their faces, they attacked the businessman who was sitting at the cash counter. They also vandalised the store before fleeing the spot.
The eggs landed on some college students and party workers sitting in the front rows. They expressed their displeasure over the incident.
An agent took Dibakar Jena to South Africa seven months ago to engage him in the plumbing work. However, he died on Friday, but his family was allegedly not informed about the cause of death.
Every week, three buses come to this panchayat and carry many of the residents to various parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu where they work in cotton mills, fish processing factories, brick kilns, and other sectors.
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