Tag: Malkangiri

Malkangiri: Barely two weeks after the surrender of 94 Maoist sympathisers, another 145 Maoist sympathisers including 33 women surrendered before the police in Malkangiri district today. Talking to media persons here, Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said of the 145 people who surrendered before the police, 82 are from Kuruba village and 63 from Marigata village […]

Bhubaneswar: The central expert team constituted by government today claimed in its interim report that children deaths in Malkangiri are not only due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE), but also on account of Encephalopathy which is caused due to the consumption of ‘Bana Chakunda’ (Cassia Occidentalis). Talking to media persons, the head of the team Jacob […]

Cuttack: Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed on the Japanese Encephalities outbreak in Malkangiri, the Orissa High Court today served notices to the Union & State Health secretaries. The court has asked them to reply within 2 weeks. Moreover, the court has also served notice to the Malakangiri collector. Also Read: Encephalitis toll mounts […]

Jeypore/Bhubaneswar: At a time when four children lost their lives at the Malkangiri district headquarters hospital in a single day today due to the Japanese Encephalitis taking the death toll to 112, visit of Minister for Tribal Welfare Sudam Marndi and BJD MP from Berhampur Siddhant Mohapatra to Borigumma block in Koraput district to inaugurate […]

Malkangiri: A day after Health and Family Welfare minister Pradip Kumar Amat said Japanese Encephalitis is well under control in tribal-dominated Malkangiri district, the vector-borne diseases claimed four more lives taking the death toll to 112 on Wednesday. According to sources, the 4 children died of the vector-borne disease while undergoing treatment at the ICU […]

Bhubaneswar: Contrary to the media reports which peg the total death toll on account of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri above 100, the Odisha government today released its official estimates claiming the number of deaths due to the vector-borne disease at 32. Health minister Pradeep Amat, while talking to media persons, revealed that 93 children […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday alleged that denial of security to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during his visit to Maoist-infested Malkangiri district on Monday was a ‘political conspiracy.’ Targeting chief minister Naveen Patnaik in a press meet, the saffron party also alleged that the minister was not provided security […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 30 tribal people of five families deserted Dabuguda village in Malkangiri district on Tuesday due to Maoist threat. In the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, the tribals trekked the hilly terrain of around 40 kilometres braving the vagaries of nature and wild animals, to reach Kudumulugumma early in the morning. […]

Malkangiri: While the death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district rose to 108 today, a five-member team of the BJP led by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reached the district this morning to review the situation. “In the preliminary state it seems that not only Japanese Encephalitis, but also Malaria Dengue, and malnutrition are […]

Malkangiri: Vector-borne disease Japanese Encephalitis claimed three more lives in Malkangiri district today taking the total number of deaths in the district to 108. Three children undergoing treatment at the Malkangiri district headquarters hospital (DHH) succumbed to the disease this morning. The deceased were identified as Ramesh Bisoi (3) of Kataguda village under Padia block […]

Malkangiri: With the Japanese Encephalitis death toll reaching 105 in Malkangiri on Sunday, the district-level task force committee chaired by Malkangiri Collector K Sudarshan Chakraborty today held its first meeting to talk about the launch of vaccination of kids in the district in its bid to tackle the spread of the vector-borne disease. The house-to-house […]

Bhubaneswar: With the death toll due to the Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri district touching 105 today, Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan accompanied by the BJP State president Basant Panda and party legislature party leader KV Singhdeo are scheduled to visit the vector-borne disease affected areas of the district on Monday to take stock of the […]

Malkangiri: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis mounted to 105 in Malkangiri district, after two children undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital died of the vector-borne disease on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Nila Madkami (3) of Kataguda area under Padia block and Linga Madkami (2) of Amarakunda village under Korukonda block […]

Cuttack: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in Orissa High Court on Saturday on the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri. The vector-borne disease has so far claimed 103 lives in the tribal-dominated district. Though expert teams from Centre and State as well have been camping in the region for quite some days, […]

Malkangiri: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis mounted to 102 in Malkangiri district after four kids undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital died on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Lilu Kumar Halua of Dangaguda village and Priti Sodhi (2) of Solokonda area under Korakanda block, Suendra Madhi of Dariguda area […]