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Ostracised family carries woman’s body on bicycle

Paikmal: In a distressing incident highlighting the persistence of social boycott, the family of an elderly woman reportedly had to carry her body to a cremation ground on a bicycle after villagers refused to help with her last rites in Bargarh district’s Paikmal area. The...

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Wife not a chattel in husband’s hands: HC

Bhubaneswar: Ruling that a wife cannot be treated as her husband’s property and is free to decide where she wishes to live, the Orissa High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a man seeking the release of his wife from alleged illegal...

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Over 300 turtles seized during raid, three held

Malkangiri: Officials of the Odisha Forest Department Thursday seized 311 turtles during a raid in Malkangiri district and arrested three persons. Acting on a tip-off, Malkangiri forest range officers conducted a special vehicle checking operation at Padmagiri Chowk here and found a total of 311...

Odisha Announces State Film Awards for 2023 and 2024

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday announced the winners of the 35th and 36th State Film Awards for 2023 and 2024, recognising achievements across 30 categories each year. The awards were announced by Odisha's Minister for Odia Language, Literature and Culture, Suryabanshi Suraj, at Sanskruti Bhawan...

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Businessman shot dead by miscreants in Balasore

Baleshwar: A businessman was killed by two masked assailants in broad daylight in Odisha's Baleshwar town Thursday, police said. The deceased businessman was identified as Sk Hamid (48), and the incident took place at Aradbazar under Sahadevkhunta police limit here, the police said. According to...

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Odisha vigilance arrests three contractors in streetlight scam

Bhubaneswar: The anti-corruption vigilance department of the Odisha government Thursday arrested three contractors for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of public money worth nearly Rs 3 crore in the installation of LED street lights in three different districts during the previous BJD regime, an official...

 

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