A 30-year-old man was arrested from Koraput district of Odisha for slapping his six-year-old daughter to death and then burying her body. The girl was a class 1 student.

A senior officer of the Balichandrapur Police Station said that the police have registered a case under the relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act.

“I got Promotion in my job at Odisha Mining Corporation,” Dutee Chand tweeted

The group is known as the ‘Bada Didi’ group and consists of women from Paraja, Koya, Bhumia, Kui Kandha, and Bonda tribal groups.

One of the women was returning to her hometown in a Balangir-bound train gave birth to a baby girl. Another woman was travelling in a Shramik Special train and gave birth to a baby while being taken to a hospital at Jharsuguda.

Odisha’s top medical institutes that are responsible for COVID-19 testing are being led by women.

The Malkangiri district administration has appointed Durga, Sonali, Tushar, Kailash and Hial as security guards at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in the initial phase.

Anupriya Madhumita Lakra, a native of naxal affected Malkangiri district of Odisha, is now a pilot. She became the first tribal from the state to become a commercial pilot.

Tatwa Prakash Satapathy aka Papu Pom Pom features in an upcoming Odia film Mr Kanheiya and the poster shows seven women tied to seven leashes held by him.

Sumitra Nayak popularly called ‘Rugby Rani’ at her native place, is all set to lead the Indian women’s team. The other four players who are selected from Odisha are Ranjani Sabar, Soni Mandangi, Parbati Kisku and Lija Sardar.