Tag: Umakanta Samantaray

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD MLA Umashankar Samantaray on Sunday admitted that the COVID-19 mismanagement allegations of the opposition parties in Odisha are not totally wrong. “I admit, the opposition parties are not totally wrong,” said Samantaray. “Considering the surge in the Covid-19 patients in the State, we require more ICU beds. The hospitals in the State […]

Puri: Local outfit Shree Jagannath Sena filed an FIR against School and Mass Education Minister and Nimapada MLA Samir Ranjan Dash and Satyabadi MLA Umakanta Samantaray on Monday for attending the funeral of MLA Pradeep Maharathy at Puri Swargadwar on Sunday despite having been tested positive for Covid-19. The convenor of Jagannath Sena, Priyadarshi Mishra, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Puri Sea Beach Police Station on Saturday served show cause notice to BJD’s Satyabadi MLA, Umakanta Samantaray for violating COVID19 norms by attending the funeral of MLA Pradeep Maharathy at Puri Swargadwar on Sunday despite being positive for novel coronavirus. According to sources, the police served the notice at the legislator’s official residence […]