Work on the project started in 1974 but stopped in 1997 after the partially built dam was responsible for flooding the area. By Gurvinder Singh Kutku is a village lit by solar power. Now its residents fear they will be doomed by hydropower. A dam project, which has lain dormant for two decades, has been revived […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over her death and paid tributes to the departed soul Noted Odissi dancer Laxmipriya Mohapatra, the wife of legendary classical dancer Kelucharan Mohapatra, has died due to old age-related ailments, family sources said on Sunday. She was 86. Mohapatra died at her residence here around 11.20 p.m. on Saturday, […]