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Local residents claimed that just hours after taking food at the programme, many villagers were taken ill. ‘Stale dal’ was served to them at the programme, they alleged. 

Sources said the woman named Sakhi Bariha stopped a cultural group midway while singing songs praising the Odisha government and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The group sang about the free rice and houses distributed by the Odisha government.

As per reports, a patient with ventilator support needed immediate attention. There was no power at the hospital, so the doctors treated him with the mobile phone torch light.

The residents of Bargarh have been cock-a-hoop since the announcement of Bhagabat Padhan’s name as the recipient of the Padma Shri award for the year 2024. 

Gopinath Swain, Bhagbat Padhan, Binod Maharana, and Binod Kumar Pasayat from Odisha will receive the Padma Shri. The awards will be conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April. 

As per reports, thousands of packets of paddy at Barikel Mandi in Odisha’s rice bowl, Bargarh have been waiting to be lifted by millers since the last one month. But it has been alleged that neither the millers nor the Regulated Market Committee (RMC) cared for their plight.

As per reports, thousands of packets of paddy were kept by several farmers at Barikel mandi for procurement. Despite paddy packets being tagged, the mandis are yet to open and millers are yet to lift the paddy.

All the deceased reportedly belonged to Madhya Pradesh and were working with the borewell company.

On the inaugural night, artistes showcased the marriage ceremony of Devaki and King Basudeva, parents of Lord Krishna. Demon King and brother of Devaki, Kansa heard an oracle about his future destiny that one of the would-be children of his sister would be responsible for his doom.

As Ayodhya is getting ready for the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22, contributions are pouring in from all across India. A weaver family from Bargarh in Odisha has also woven a saree, specifically for the ceremony. 

Bargarh district Collector on Friday directed the district civil supplies department to suspend a supply assistant for not distributing rice to beneficiaries for seven months. 

Hearing the complaints, the court ordered the plaza to pay Rs 25,000 each to two vehicle owners as fine. The court also ordered the toll plaza to pay them Rs 5000 each towards their legal expenses.

The baby was reportedly found abandoned on the steps of Godabhagar Shiv temple and police started an investigation into the matter

Two youths were trampled to death by two wild elephants in separate incidents reported from Bargarh district on Sunday. 

A garbage pile near a house on the police reserve campus was burning this morning. Twin sons of a police official were basking near the fire when a cracker, which was thrown into the pile, exploded. The 7-year-old kids sustained critical burns.