Tag: New Delhi

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Wearing new colourful clothes with fancy caps on their heads, separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal, Jaga and Kalia celebrated the New Year with their parents and doctors at AIIMS, New Delhi today. The pictures of their celebration released by the hospital authorities showed Jaga sitting on his father’s lap while his brother Kalia […]

New Delhi: It was due to the blessings of Lord Jagannath and prayers of people of Odisha that separation surgery of Kandhamal’s conjoined twins-Jaga and Kalia was successful, said Prof. Dr Ashok Mahapatra after his retirement as HOD, Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi. Sharing his experience, Mahapatra stated that ‘it was a do or die situation’ […]

New Delhi: It was a priceless moment when the formerly conjoined twins Jaga and Kalia saw each other for the first time today after their separation surgery was successfully conducted at AIIMS, New Delhi two months back. The twins were joined since birth in such a way that they could never see each other’s face. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Kulamani Biswal, director (Finance) of the state-run power utility NTPC Limited New Delhi for allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh in cash from a private company director to fund a foreign trip with his wife and daughter. As per CBI sources, Biswal had allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Jaga, one of the separated Kandhamal conjoined twins is recovering at a good pace and might get discharged from AIIMS hospital in New Delhi in one-and-a-half-month, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena on Wednesday. Talking to mediapersons in Bhubaneswar, Jena said as Jaga is recovering at a faster pace, he may be discharged soon while […]

Cuttack/ New Delhi:  The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Monday quizzed Akhtar Hussein Khan, a resident of Samantarapur under Kissan Nagar police limits of Cuttack over his suspected terror links. The central agency quizzed Hussein in New Delhi today over his bank transactions and has asked him to appear again tomorrow. Also Read: NIA serves […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Jaga, one of the separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal today started walking with support of his mother at AIIMS New Delhi, while his brother Kalia opened his eyes for the first time since being taken off ventilator. Yesterday, Jaga was seen moving with the help of a walker in the hospital. Today, he […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Jaga, one of the separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal continues taking steps in the path of recovery as he has started walking with the help of a walker at AIIMS New Delhi. Following the separation surgery of the conjoined twins, both children have showed signs of improvement. Initially, it was Jaga whose health […]

Jajpur: World of opportunity has now opened up for Odisha’s Rozalin Behera who made a splash in the fashion world by winning ‘Miss Beautiful’ title in Top Model India contest at New Delhi recently. The budding model from Odisha’s Jajpur has now set her eyes on Bollywood after winning accolades for her looks and persona […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Kalia, second of the separated conjoined twins of Kandhamal, has been taken off ventilator support and shifted to the ICU at AIIMS, New Delhi today. According to sources, he is being given semi-liquid food like milk and honey through a feeding tube up his nose. Following the separation surgery of the conjoined twins, […]

Bhubaneswar: As expected, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today demanded for immediate stoppage of all construction activities taken up by Chhattisgarh on Mahanadi basin during the 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council held at New Delhi on Saturday. Patnaik also demand for constitution of a Tribunal for resolving the Mahanadi dispute at the […]

New Delhi: Even though the conjoined twins from Odisha, Jaga & Kalia have been successfully separated after a marathon surgery that lasted for nearly 18-hours at AIIMS, New Delhi, the condition of the siblings is still critical. Both the children are now put on the ventilator inside the ICU and are coming out of anesthesia. […]

Bhubaneswar: The phase II cranial separation surgery of Kandhamal conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia has begun today at AIIMS, New Delhi. The process may take 25 to 27 hours, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena. “The twins were taken to Operation Theatre (OT) at 6 am today. After necessary clinical arrangements, the team of experts started the operation, […]

New Delhi: The dates for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are likely to be announced on Thursday. The three-member Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Jyoti will address a press conference at 4 p.m. at which the full poll schedule for the two states was likely to be released. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Ananta Sethi has stirred up a hornet’s nest by hailing Niranjan Patnaik as the right candidate for the next president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). “There has already been a delay and now only Niranjan can save Congress in Odisha. This is also the view of nearly 80 to 90 […]