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5 Assault, Rape Woman Over Monetary Dispute In Odisha, Arrested: Cops

July 11, 2024 admin

The woman was rescued by police personnel and undergoing treatment, cops said (Representational) Berhampur (Odisha): Five people were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 30-year-old woman in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Tuesday night in an area near Khairapalli under the Kabisurya Nagar Police Station limits when the accused assaulted…

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Odisha Man Gets 20-Year Jail Term For Raping Girl

July 8, 2024 admin

The court pronounced the verdict after examining 16 witnesses (Representational) Balasore: A 33-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a court in Odisha’s Balasore district on Monday for raping a girl. Special judge of POCSO court Ranjan Kumar Sutar also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict and in default,…

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Boy, 8, Suffers Burns After Falling Into Boiling Rice Pot In Odisha School

April 4, 2024 admin

The incident took place at the government-run Ananat Narayan Upper Primary School (Representational) Kendrapara: An eight-year-old boy sustained severe burn injuries after accidentally falling into a pot of boiling rice being prepared as part of the midday meal scheme at a school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Thursday. The incident took place at the government-run…

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Talks With Naveen Patnaik’s Party Stall, BJP Eyes Solo Contest In Odisha

March 9, 2024 admin

According to sources, the alliance talks hit hurdles primarily over seat-sharing ratios. New Delhi: The much-anticipated pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks between Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hit a roadblock, raising the prospect of both parties contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections independently. The…

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Naveen Patnaik’s BJD Hints At Pact With BJP, 15 Years After Quitting NDA

March 7, 2024 admin

The BJP-BJD alliance collapsed in 2009 following failed seat-sharing talks. New Delhi: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha has hinted at a potential alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. On Wednesday, leaders of the BJD convened for an extensive session at Naveen Niwas, the official…

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Congress MLA Treats Patients In Doctors’ Absence In Odisha

October 26, 2023 admin

CS Raazen Ekka is an MBBS degree holder and a former Indian Army doctor (Representational) Bhubaneswar: With Odisha assembly elections barely six months away, Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka was on Thursday found treating patients and prescribing medicines at a community health centre (CHC) at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district. Mr Ekka, a doctor by profession…

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Strawberry farming making waves in tribal heartland of Odisha

February 25, 2023 admin

February 25, 2023 09:04 pm | Updated February 26, 2023 08:26 am IST – BHUBANESWAR The rugged Sunabeda plateau, 3,000 feet above sea level, along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, has always been difficult terrain to traverse, but for Yuvraj Chhatria, it is just a part of his journey. The 30-km ride from the top of the…

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