Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal paid last respects to the state Health Minister Naba Kishore Das at the minister's residence on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and leaders across political lines mourned Odisha Health Minister Naba Das' demise who succumbed to his bullet injuries after being shot at near Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district on Sunday.
Odisha government directed the crime branch to take up the investigation of the shooting incident in which state Health Minister Naba Das was critically injured, according to the officials on Sunday.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday reached the private hospital in Bhubaneswar where state Health Minister Naba Das was airlifted after being critically injured due to bullet shots and enquired about the health condition of the minister.
Odisha Health Minister Naba Das, who sustaind injury after being shot at by one police personnel near Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district, was airlifted to Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Naxal-affected Tetam village in the Dantewada district in Chhatisgarh was provided with an electricity connection under the 'Manwa Nava Naar' scheme on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Nepal celebrated India's 74th Republic Day and it started with the unfurling of the national flag by the Ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava on Thursday.