The body of a woman, who reportedly had gone missing after being dragged away by a crocodile in the Brahmani River while she was washing utensils, recovered from the river on Tuesday morning.
The festival was organized by Kalpana Foundation. On the second day of the festival, poets recited poems in Bhitarkanika National Park in a boat.
Rituals associated with the Holi festival of the royal family had begun with the hymning of devotional songs and spontaneous dance to the tune of drums.
The fraudster was arrested after one of his victims- a teacher in a Delhi-based school, had lodged a complaint at the Mahila police station here.
Unit Head IFFCO Patel along besides the representatives from Employees’ Union and Officers Association graced the occasion.
Elections to the Patkura assembly constituency are due in the coming months
Human casualty was minimal, because of the elaborate disaster mitigation drills and focus on evacuation, and wind velocity was less than what it was in 1999, but the destruction in terms of tree cover, electricity poles and lines, telephone towers and houses matched
“The buying of additional essential commodities has become an essential part of the disaster preparedness on the part of people in the cyclone-prone districts,” said a report from Kendrapara.
Ganjam District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange says the administration is prepared to shift people to safer places if required
The coastal district, which has sent political heavyweights like legendary Biju Patnaik and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray to don the mantle of lawmakers, is widely regarded for being home to poll-crazy and politically-conscious voters
