Odisha
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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…
- India
‘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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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.…
- India
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…
- India
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.…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- Andhra Pradesh
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…
- Hate Crime
Odisha Dalit family ostracised for resisting child marriage; police denies claims
A Dalit family in Balia Pati village, located in the Balasore district of Odisha, is allegedly facing a social boycott by the villagers for the past three years for refusing to marry…
- India
CRPF official killed in IED blast during anti-Naxal operation in Odisha’s Sundergarh
Bhubaneswar: A CRPF official was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during an anti-Naxal operation in Odisha’s Sundergarh district on Saturday, officials said. ASI Satyaban Kumar Singh (34) of 134th…
- India
Odisha women take revenge, kill alleged rapist, burn body
Bhubaneswar: A group of women, who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a 60-year-old man over a period of time, killed him and burnt his body in Odisha’s Gajapati district, police said on…
- India
Ban on non-veg food, liquor near Jagannath temple: Odisha minister
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will ban the sale of non-vegetarian food and liquor within a 2-km radius of the Jagannath temple in Puri, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said on Sunday. Speaking to…
