Tag: Subarnapur

Confined to this broken, roofless home, this elderly woman from Sandha village under Subarnapur district is awaiting Government assistance. Being over 80 years old, Khata Sahu or commonly known as Khata mausi has no one to call her own. The locals say she has no family left after she lost her husband two years ago.

This is one such gut-wrenching story where old and sick parents are mercilessly abandoned by their children. This is Sukhadev Kumbara of Jamapali village, Subarnapur district. When Sukhadev got sick and could no longer financially contribute to his family. Then his own son evicted him from his house.

Odisha And Its Schemes! Elderly Woman Carried On Trolley To Avail Monthly Allowance

The unconditional love between Tarasi Bagh and a cow has now become the talk of the town. 

In a bid to help the farmers, two science students of Odisha have created a weather forecasting device which can predict the weather at a particular spot.

Sonepur/Boudh: Villagers living alongside Mahanadi river in Boudh and Subarnapur districts are a harried lot as flood water is being released from Hirakud Dam through 25 gates today. Moreover, water flowing from upper catchment areas of Mahanadi has caused swelling of the river though rain has subsided. By now, acres of farmland have been inundated […]

Subarnapur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide in Binika area of Subarnapur after his crops were affected by pests and he was unable to pay off his loans. The deceased, Bhutulu Karna, took the extreme step after he found his crops infested with pests yesterday, family members of the deceased alleged. He was worried about how […]

Bolangir: A four-member central team today visited several places in Bolangir district to take stock of the pest menace situation which has assumed serious proportions here. The visit assumes significance as farmers in several areas of the district are worried as their paddy crops have been damaged by brown plant-hoppers, a pest locally known as […]

Boudh: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the ambitious ‘Green Mahanadi Mission’ aimed at protecting the natural flow of Mahanadi River, the lifeline of Odisha. The campaign was launched from Boudh and Subarnapur districts where massive plantation drives will be carried alongside the Mahanadi River. Official sources said nearly 2 crore saplings will be […]

Subarnapur: Salaries of two teachers at the Singhiyuva UGME school of Binika block in Subarnapur district are likely to be withheld  for the callous and irresponsible manner in which they handled a student who broke his limbs following an accident inside the school premises. As per reports, the incident took place when a student while […]

Sonepur: A 40-year-old man, identified as Jayant Das, was shot dead while he was sleeping in his house at Binika in Subarnapur district last night. As per sources, Das was sleeping keeping the door of his house open due to power cut, when an unidentified miscreant barged inside, opened fire at him and fled the […]

Subarnapur: At least nine people were injured, one of them critically, after a bus in which they were traveling rammed into a roadside tree near Ainlachat on the Sonepur-Sambalpur road in Subarnapur district today. All the injured have been admitted to Ulunda Hospital. According to reports, the driver of the bus lost control over the […]

Subarnapur: Even as the paddy procurement target set for Hilunga of Subarnapur district has been achieved, hundreds of farmers are still spending sleepless nights under open sky at the market yard of local Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) guarding the surplus consignment of thousands of sacks. The farmers are in distress as paddy could not […]

Subarnapur: A team of 21 mountaineers led by internationally-acclaimed mountaineer Jogabyasa Bhoi scaled Trikut Hill in Subarnapur district on the occasion of International Mountain Day 2017 today. The team trekked to a height of 2527 feet above sea level covering a distance of 10 kilometres, starting from Chhalia in the district and visited various caves […]

Subarnapur: Police today recovered the mutilated body of an unidentified woman from a field in Gaharikhamana village under Tarabha Police station of the district. According to sources, local villagers spotted the woman’s body lying in the field this morning. However, the identity of the woman could not be ascertained as her face was smashed and […]