Tag: Farmland

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'Chakada' returns to haunt Odisha farmers

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: After crops in over 1.10 lakh acres of farmland across the state were affected due to brown plant hoppers last year, farmers expected that the Odisha government would come up with plans to prevent such pest attack. However, it seems that the government has learnt nothing from the ‘Chakada (brown plant hopper)’ menace that […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Man killed over irrigation of land in Keonjhar, 2 held

Keonjhar: Two youths have been arrested by the Sadar police today for mercilessly thrashing an elderly man to death over irrigation of a farmland at Kunjardiha village in Keonjhar district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Suniya Behera while the accused duo has been identified as Samara Munda and Toyi Munda. According to […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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