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Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored
Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday, July 12, allegedly set herself on fire on the…
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Video: Tribal couple forced to plough field for defying marriage norms
Bhubaneswar: A tribal couple in Odisha’s Rayagada district was allegedly forced to plough a field with a yoke placed on their shoulders as a form of public punishment for marrying against community…
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Rahul Gandhi, Kharge reach Odisha to attend ‘Samvidhan Bachao Samavesh’
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reached Odisha on Friday to attend the ‘Samvidhan Bachao Samavesh’ here and other party programmes, officials said.…
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Odisha transport disrupted: Bus, truck drivers on indefinite strike
Bhubaneswar: Transportation services were affected severely across the state as the Odisha Driver Mahasangha, an association of truck and bus drivers, on Tuesday launched the ‘cease work strike’ for an indefinite period…
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Odisha woman worried about son’s safety in West African, Mali
Berhampur: A woman in Odisha’s Ganjam district has moved police stating that she is unable to contact her son, who is working at a cement factory in the West African country of…
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‘Save the Constitution’ rally: Rahul Gandhi to visit Odisha on July 11
Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Odisha on July 11, as part of the Congress party’s national campaign. The Congress leader is likely…
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Outrage after forest officials assault Adivasi women in Similipal Tiger Reserve
The Community Network Against Protected Areas (CNAPA) released a statement demanding an inquiry into a recent clash between Adivasi women and forest officials at Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve. The incident occurred on…
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3 killed, 50 injured in Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha; CM tenders apology
Puri: At least three persons, including two women, were killed and around 50 others injured in a stampede near Shree Gundicha Temple during Odisha’s Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra on Sunday morning, June…
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Odisha: 7 critically injured after 400 attack village church with axes
A group of Christians were attacked by a large Hindutva mob in Odisha’s Malkangiri district during a seed blessing ceremony, a religious ritual seeking blessings for a good harvest and fertile land.…
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Dalit men tonsured, thrashed, made to drink drain water in Odisha
Two Dalit men who were transporting three cows as part of a dowry for their daughter’s marriage were stopped by a group of vigilantes while passing through Kharigumma village, Ganjam district in…
- India
Flood in Odisha’s Balasore district affects 50,000 people
Balasore: With the flash flood in river Subarnarekha affecting over 50,000 people in Odisha’s Balasore district, the state government on Saturday launched rescue and relief operations in the inundated areas. The flash…
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Odisha: Tribal woman’s family forced to shave heads after inter-caste marriage
Around 40 members of a woman’s family were forced to shave their heads as part of a “purification” ritual after she married a man from a different caste in Odisha’s Rayagada district.…
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Declined Trump’s invite to US for coming to land of Lord Jagannath: PM Modi
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he declined an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit Washington, and instead chose to come to Odisha, the sacred land of Lord…
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College student gang raped in Odisha; 10 including 6 minors held
A 20-year-old college student was gang-raped on Odisha’s Gopalpur beach by three men. The incident occurred in Ganjam district on Sunday evening, June 14. Police have arrested 10 people, including four adults…
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Andhra Pradesh: Three top Maoists killed in encounter with police
Visakhapatnam: Three top leaders of CPI(Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday. The exchange of fire between the personnel of…