The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged protests against Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, including burning her effigy, following the horrific incident of a minor girl being set on fire in Nimapara, Puri district, on Saturday.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar confirmed the death of the 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Odisha's Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi led the felicitation ceremony, joined by Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, along with BJP ministers, MPs, MLAs, and senior leaders.
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Friday attacked the Congress party for trying to take credit for the announcement of a caste census, saying that despite being in power for so long, it never conducted such a census.
Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, and BJP MP Sambit Patra inaugurated the Yoga Mahotsav at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
"Today, the state government has disbursed Rs 5,024 crore to 1 crore 64 thousand women in the second instalment of the Subhadra Yojana. Each beneficiary mother has received more than Rs 10,000 in two instalments today," she said
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Women and Child Development Pravati Parida asserted that more than 98 lakh women received benefits from the Subhadra Scheme, and further assistance will be given on March 6 and International Women's Day on March 8.
The nine-day-long Subhadra Shakti Mela successfully concluded on Sunday at Janta Maidan, Bhubaneswar, achieving a milestone with business transactions exceeding rupees five crore and a footfall of over eight lakh visitors.
After the oath ceremony, CM Yadav reached a hotel in Delhi where he participated in a meeting of Chief Ministers from National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-governed states.
Sonia Gandhi stoked controversy with her reaction to President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint session of the Parliament, when she called her "poor thing."