Tag: Komna

Nuapada: With a demand to declare complete drought in Komna and Khadiyal blocks in Nuapada, BJP workers along with farmers took out a rally and gheraoed block office on Monday. According to sources, the protest joined by hundreds of farmers and party workers was led by BJP State president Basant Panda. After a general body […]

Nuapada: Tension prevailed in Komna area after the locals of Ulabha village staged a road blockade on National Highway-353 demanding compensation for the family of a youth who died here in a road accident on Monday. On Sunday evening, two youths from Ulabha village, Jadumani Majhi and Arjun Majhi were riding a bicycle when a […]

Nuapada: Following reports of fake rice sale in different parts of the country, residents of Taraboda village in Nuapada district demand probe into alleged ‘plastic rice’ samples found in their locality. Villager Laba Jagata initially noticed his children fell ill and complained of stomach ache and indigestion after consuming rice cooked from the two packets […]

Bhubaneswar: As farmers in Odisha continue to reel under severe drought-like condition amidst rainfall deficit due to erratic monsoon this year, people in several villages of the State are now organising special religious rituals like puja and yajnas to please the Rain God. As per the Meteorological department, the State received less than the normal […]