Under the scheme, financial assistance was transferred directly to the bank accounts of over 35.38 lakh farmers in the State through direct benefit transfer, CM Mohan Charan Majhi said

“Helicopters of the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard are engaged in the operation, where several areas remain cut off due to flooding,” officials said

A doctor serving Odisha’s tribal heartland was arrested for allegedly supporting the resistance against bauxite mining. His name, along with those of other activists, did not figure in the FIR, but the police arrested them under a category of unnamed ‘others’. Satyasundar Barik speaks to Adivasi and Dalit communities, which allege the police are using the legal process for intimidation