Rayagada

Dharam had been transferred to Delhi for which he left Seshkhal in a bus for Rayagada bus-stand from where he was to leave for Rayagada railway station to board a train for Delhi December 29. However, he went missing from the bus-stand.

Following the visit of the 5T team to Rayagada health centre October 10, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a package of Rs 75 lakhs for the infrastructure development in healthcare for entire Rayagada district.

Rayagada: After a brief-lull, fresh posters released by the CPI (Maoist) of Bansadhara-Ghumusara-Nagabali Division Committee surfaced in Kalyansinghpur area in Rayagada district on Thursday.

Afterwards, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Jagannath Saraka met the students at the Circuit House in Rayagada and offered them food.

The chief minister said he was optimistic that the affordable bus service will bring change in the lives of people in Rayagada district.

The police have identified the accused as Dambrudhar Majhi, a native of Naktiguda under Tikiri police limit in the Rayagada district.

Therefore, we have to depend on various hills in nearby Rayagada and Malkangiri districts, and also Shunki hills on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border,” says Kalpanga-based Dishari Singru Hantal.

Besides, thunderstorms with lightning may occur at isolated places in Nuapada, Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Rayagada, the bulletin said.

Heavy rainfall may also occur at one or two places in Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, and Kandhamal during the subsequent 24 hours.

The creation of the Rayagada Railway Division is expected to significantly benefit the area by improving connectivity and stimulating economic development.

The railway ministry has allocated Rs70 crore for the Rayagada Railway Division in Odisha under the East Coast Railway Zone, officials said Friday.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday directed officials to adopt location-specific strategies in high caseload districts such as Khurda, Cuttack, Sundargarh and Rayagada to reduce the positivity rate.

Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Gajapati and Rayagada.

The three-day festival will be celebrated with much fervour and gaiety by the tribals living in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts, president Lodo Sikoka of Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti said.

Rayagada: They say dreams die hard and in spite of all the hindrances L Ramesh has not given up on his hope of participating in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

All the services will be functional within 72 hours in Rayagada.

Gunupur: Excise sleuths arrested two peddlers and seized 17 kg ganja from them at Gunupur railway station in Rayagada district last night.

Kalyansinghpur: Two minor boys were killed while a man was critically injured after lightning struck them in Kalyansinghpur area of Rayagada district in Odisha on Sunday.

Similarly, a group of Adivasi Dalit Sena activists staged a rail roko at Khetrajpur railway station in Sambalpur and detained the Sambalpur-Rayagada trains.

The Chief Minister had also formed a three-member ministerial committee yesterday evening to monitor relief, rescue and restoration activities in Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts which are worst affected by the very severe cyclonic storm Titli.