Tag: Dana Majhi

Bhubaneswar: The State unit of BJP will observe ‘Lajja Diwas’ today as a mark of protest against State government’s apathy towards deceased home guard Sandeep Hati. The party will launch a signature campaign over the issue at Master Canteen square here. While informing about it at a press meet on Monday, party vice president Sameer […]

In yet another act of callousness, a 108 ambulance allegedly left a seven-year-old girl midway to the Malkangiri district hospital after the child died near Nayakguda today

Sandini Majhi, daughter of Dana Majhi, the tribal man who shot into international headlines after carrying the body of his wife on his shoulders for 10 km due to the non-availability of a hearse van, has said her mother asked her father not to throw her body anywhere else, but to cremate her in Melhghar, Dana's native village

Bhawanipatna: For the Congress party, Dana Majhi, who hogged media headlines after carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders for 12 kilometres due to non availability of a hearse van, might have become a puppet to target Odisha government on the issue. But the tribal man, who lost his wife five days back and wanted […]

A day after OTV exposed the little known fact that the Mahaprayana scheme launched last Thursday is a ‘pay and use’ service irrespective of the financial background of the people, the Odisha government today made a hurried announcement that it will make necessary changes in the guidelines of the scheme to ensure that the poor and the distressed avail the scheme free of cost

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the benefits of social welfare schemes launched by the State government never reached the people in the poverty stricken KBK region. Accusing the Odisha government of misappropriating funds meant for the development of tribal people, BJP’s Kuchinda MLA Rabi Narayan Naik, who led an eight-member […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party organised a padyatra at the non-descript Melhghar village in Kalahandi district on Sunday to protest the ‘injustices’ done to the tribals in the region. “Through the padyatra we wanted to warn the Centre as well as the State government that no Dana Majhi like incident should recur in future. The people […]

After international and national media published and telecast the ordeal of Dana Majhi, who carried his wife’s body for 12 km on shoulders from the Bhawanipatna Hospital to Shagada in Kalahandi, accompanied by his 12-year old daughter, Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has donated money through the Indian Embassy to Majhi and his family

Bhubaneswar: Dana Majhi, the man who carried the body of his dead wife on his shoulders for 10 kilometres due to non-availability of a hearse van in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district two days ago, on Saturday alleged that the district Collector asked him whether he had killed his wife. The shocking statement of the Collector […]

Bhawanipatna: With the incident of a man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders for 10 kms on Wednesday having created national and international outrage, a six-member fact finding team of the Congress on Saturday visited the spot to enquire about the incident. According to sources, the fact finding team also participated in a road […]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Congress and BJP on Saturday demanded the constitution of a House committee to probe the case of Dana Majhi, who walked about 10 km with his wife’s body on his shoulders after he was allegedly denied a hearse in Odisha. The demand of the opposition comes a day after the state government […]

A complaint has been filed against the District Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Kalahandi for allegedly harassing the tribal man who walked for 10 km with his wife's body on his shoulders after he was denied a hearse

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly today witnessed a protest against Narendra Modi’s alleged “anti-Odisha” remark with Congress questioning Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s silence on the issue and ruling BJD demanding an apology from the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister’s remark on Odisha’s poverty at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh continued to rock the Assembly for the […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting allegation that Dana Majhi was denied a hearse by the authorities forcing him to carry his wife’s body on his shoulder for 10 km last month, Odisha government today told the Assembly he had never sought any help before leaving Bhawanipatna district headquarters hospital. Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu S Nayak gave […]

Dana Majhi, who walked 10-km carrying his wife's body on his shoulder in Kalahandi district triggering a national uproar, today received a one time assistance of Rs 5 lakh from Sulabh International