Kishore Das

Naba Kishore Das as health minister was at the forefront of state’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic and played a key role in the implementation of state’s flagship health coverage scheme -- Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY).

Uncontrolled diabetes and heavy metals in drinking water are identified as primary drivers of chronic kidney disease in Odisha, according to a study. Researchers found that while diabetes accounts for a significant portion of cases, contaminated water also plays a crucial role. Experts emphasize lifestyle changes and regular check-ups for prevention.

In minister Naba Kisore Das’ murder aftermath, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government faces twin challenges of quick fair investigation and filling the leadership vacuum of party’s go-to man in western Odisha that the slain leader used to be.

Popular Assamese actor Kishor Das breathed his last on July 3 after battling cancer for the past year or so. The 30-year-old actor, who appeared in so many music videos, passed away at a Chennai hospital where he had been receiving treatment since March this year. According to reports, the popular actor from Kamrup, Assam was down with COVID-19 also at the time of his death.

The crime branch, which has been groping in dark to unravel the motive behind Odisha health minister Naba Kishore Das’s killing by ASI Gopal Das, is seemed to have made a significant headway in the investigation with the sleuths coming to know that the accused had reportedly written his motive on a piece of paper.

Odisha health minister Naba Kisore Das died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, hours after he was shot by an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) at Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district, where he had gone to attend an event.

Odisha Assembly speaker Niranjan Pujari on Tuesday suspended Congress MLA Naba Kishore Das for seven days for watching porn clips inside the assembly on his mobile phone on Monday. The speaker sent the matter to ethics committee for further probe.

With elections round the corner, it will be a testing time for Congress to find a suitable person to replace Naba Kishore Das at Jharsuguda assembly constituency. Naba Kishore resigned from the party on Wednesday and is expected to join the BJD soon. Jharsuguda has been a Congress stronghold so far with Naba Kishore representing it since 2009.

Kabhi Na Bhool Payenge, a musical evening paying tribute to the legends Kishore Kumar and Mohd Rafi on Kishore da’s birth anniversary, is being organized by R-Vision today at Arya Auditorium, East of Kailash, New Delhi, at 6pm.

In sync with Digital India programme, ‘e-Girdawari’ app was launched Haryana additional chief secretary (revenue) Pranab Kishore Das on Monday. The app has been designed and developed in-house by National Informatics Centre, Haryana, on state-of-the-art framework.

BJD members on Monday sought an inquiry into alleged land grabbing by Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das (Congress) in Sambalpur.

Three siblings, Rohit Kishor Das (8), Rakesh (5) and Shweta (4), drowned in a pond at a farm at Ambethan village of Khed tehsil, nearly 40km from Pune, on Tuesday. Police said the three children were playing in knee-deep water in the pond. They drowned after deciding to move further into the waters.

At least three persons were injured when a neem tree fell on their houses in Garadamaha village under Mohana block of Gajapati district on Friday afternoon following heavy rain for the past three days.

Police are yet to ascertain the identity of the two women whose bodies were found near railway tracks in Azara.On Friday, locals clashed with police alleging that the two were first raped then murdered.

Gopal Das has told police that he spent Saturday night alone preparing the blueprint for killing health minister Naba Kishore Das on Sunday, imagining his own death after the crime either by mob lynching or from gunshots fired by the minister’s PSO, a Crime Branch officer said. Gopal was surprised that he was not killed after he shot Naba.

Health minister Naba Kishore Das on Thursday ordered a probe into a video clip that surfaced on social media in which a nurse is seen administering saline to an allegedly dead patient at Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital on Wednesday.

In a jolt to former assembly speaker and BJD leader Kishore Mohanty, Orissa high court on Monday rejected the election petition filed by him seeking to declare the election of Jharsuguda Congress legislator Naba Kishore Das as null and void.