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Ramdas Athawale for cash reward, jobs for inter-caste couples
Union minister of state for social justice Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday stated that inter-caste marriages should be encouraged to abolish caste system in the country.
21 Sep 2016 3:31 AM
6 electrocuted in bus mishap
At least six passengers got electrocuted and as many as 25 were injured, two of them seriously, when a passenger bus on Tuesday evening came in contact with a 11KV live wire at Bhuban village in Oriss
21 Sep 2016 3:30 AM
N-capable Barak-8 successfully test fired
India on Tuesday successfully test-fired the most advanced surface-to-air ballistic missile Barak-8 from the Integrated Test Range launch pad at Chandipur off Orissa coast, nearly 210 km from here.
21 Sep 2016 3:19 AM
Orissa: Man kills wife as she opposes his affair
The Orissa police on Monday arrested six people in connection with the murder of a woman at Chhend’s Bank Colony near Rourkela, around 450 km from here.
20 Sep 2016 12:40 AM
Orissa: 4,000 died in road accidents in a year
As many as 4,217 people were killed and 11,606 were injured in 10,356 separate road accidents in Orissa in 2015, according to data released by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.
16 Sep 2016 4:48 AM
Marry me or die with me, girl tells boyfriend
Residents of Balakati village, in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, had a tough time on Wednesday to convince a lovelorn girl not to commit suicide over the denial of her lover to marry her, reports said
16 Sep 2016 4:34 AM
High Court notice to Orissa on deaths due to malnutrition
The Orissa high court issued notices to the state government and the Centre on Wednesday over malnutrition deaths in Nagada village under Chungudipal block in Jajpur district.
15 Sep 2016 1:19 AM
BJD to intensify stir over Polavaram, to hold rallies
The ruling BJD, which had a brainstorming session at Naveen Niwas on Saturday to discuss abo-ut the contentious Polav-aram project, came up with a series of action plan on Sunday.
12 Sep 2016 1:03 AM
Pregnant teen says she was raped 8 months ago
A 17-year-old girl, in her eights month of pregnancy, alleged that she was raped by a 35-year-old man from her village.
12 Sep 2016 12:22 AM
Orissa: ‘Poor’ woman kills her 3 kids
The bodies of three boys, who were brothers, were recovered on Saturday from a well, while their mother was rescued by locals at Gurujanga village under in Orissa’s Angul district, 250 km from Bhubane
11 Sep 2016 6:03 AM
Mahanadi water: Naveen Patnaik prepares for a hard bargain
With its battle against Andhra Pradesh in the Polavaram multi-purpose dam issue almost lost after the NDA government on Wednesday announcing to fund all its construction expenses, the ruling BJD in Or
09 Sep 2016 4:34 AM
BJD upset with Centre over Polavaram issue
The ruling BJD in Orissa is peeved over the Union finance minister Arun Jaitely’s announcement on Wednesday that the Centre would bear all the Polavaram project expenses.
09 Sep 2016 4:28 AM
Parents sell toddler for Rs 6,000 in Orissa
Unable to bear the burden of bringing up three children, a couple allegedly sold their newborn baby girl for Rs 6,000 to unidentified people under the garb of adoption.
08 Sep 2016 3:13 AM
Orissa parties gear up for local polls
As the panchayat polls draw nearer, the war of words between the Centre and the Orissa government over several issues promises to get shriller.
08 Sep 2016 1:01 AM
Orissa gives nod, GST Bill goes to President
The special one-day sitting of the Orissa Legislative Assembly held on Thursday ratified the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax.
02 Sep 2016 3:37 AM
Orissa: Baby delivered in pickup van
A pregnant woman of Palakhamana village under Kalyansinghpur block in Orissa’s Rayagada district on Thursday delivered her baby on the way to hospital in a Tata Magic van as the government ambulance f
02 Sep 2016 1:42 AM
Bhubaneswar gets its first water ATM
Marking the Local-self Government Day, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday gifted its citizens with the first water ATM OR water vending kiosks of the state and a foot over bridge (FO
01 Sep 2016 3:15 AM
Bahrain PM offers funds to man who carried wife’s body
Moved by the news of an Orissa tribal man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders after being denied a mortuary van, Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has extended financia
29 Aug 2016 1:19 AM
Rio hockey stars made to sit on train floor
It was a great moment for sports lovers in Orissa when four women players from the state were picked up in the national squad for the recently-concluded Rio Olympics.
29 Aug 2016 1:13 AM
11 dead due to unknown illness in Orissa village
At least 11 people died due to an unknown disease in the past 40 days in Mahadeijoda panchayat in Orissa’s Keonjhar district.
29 Aug 2016 12:34 AM
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