Briefs

Odisha: Former MLA Succumbs To Post COVID Complications

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Former MLA of Balasore Sadar Arun Dey passed away on Monday evening while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was 76.

Dey was admitted to Balasore district headquarters hospital for difficulty in breathing and later tested positive for COVID-19. He was shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on July 9 where he was undergoing till he breathed his last.

The veteran leader had last contested assembly election from Balasore in 2014 on Congress ticket and lost to BJD’s Jiban Pradip Das.

The five-time legislator has won thrice on CPI ticket, once as Independent and once on Odisha Gana Parishad (OGP) ticket.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Landslide Victory For Sri Lanka President’s Party In Snap Elections, Wins Majority In Parliament

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a landslide victory in snap…

November 15, 2024

What Bollywood Hopes From New Maharashtra Government

New Delhi: Maharashtra is all set for the state assembly elections on November 20. The…

November 15, 2024

Servitors Among 6 Held For Stealing Silver Ornaments From Odisha’s Tara Tarini Temple

Berhampur: Six persons, including  two night watchmen and four sevayats, have been arrested for the…

November 15, 2024

Consensual Sex With Minor Wife Constitutes Rape, Observes Bombay High Court

Mumbai: Upholding a 10-year sentence for a man against whom his wife had lodged a…

November 15, 2024

Police Give Clean Chit To Canadian Cop Seen In Brampton Temple Attack Video

New Delhi: Canada’s Peel Police on Thursday issued a statement clarifying the altercation between a…

November 15, 2024

Body Of Bank Employee Found Near Rly Tracks In Odisha’s Bhadrak

Bhadrak: A dismembered body of a bank employee was found near Kednuapada railway station in…

November 15, 2024

Fire Engulfs Gourmet Mart In Odisha’s Rourkela

Rourkale: Grocery and gift items worth lakhs were reduced to ashes in a massive fire,…

November 15, 2024

12-Yr-Old Odisha Girl Drowns In Pond During Boita Bandana On Kartika Purnima

Malkangiri: A 12-year-old girl girl reportedly drowned in a pond during Boita Bandana ritual on…

November 15, 2024