KORAPUT: Tension mounted in Kapena village in Nabarangpur district of Odisha after members of the Christian community were allegedly harassed, assaulted and prevented from holding prayers.Earlier on Jan 25, a group of miscreants allegedly disrupted a prayer service and warned nearly 30 tribal Christian families to renounce their faith.The victims claimed that the group used … Read more
Senior bureaucrat Sujata Karthikeyan, the wife of former IAS officer and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Naveen Patnaik’s close associate V K Pandian, has taken voluntary retirement, sources have said. The Centre approved Karthikeyan’s application, made two weeks ago, on Friday. Karthikeyan, a 2000-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, was considered one of the … Read more
Odisha’s Malkangiri district administration has ordered an inquiry after a class 10 student at a state-run residential school for SC/ST students gave birth in her hostel room on Monday evening. Officials said the 16-year-old, who was giving her board exams, developed labour pain and went back to her hostel room, where she delivered the baby. … Read more