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Santhal vanvasis tie rakhis to trees as part of annual festival to protect forests: Mayurbhanj, Odisha
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Hundreds of acres of forestland in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha are safe today, thanks to the Jungle Raksha Bandhan Utsav organised annually by the...
The guardian angels of Odisha’s Gundalba forests
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Sitting in her house in the nondescript Gundalba village in Odisha's Puri district, Charulata Biswal (55) speaks with poetic creativity. A noted environmental crusader,...
Two Muslim men caught stealing from hundi of Maa Tarini temple in Odisha
Two men, Mohammad Margub (23) & Sheikh Iqbal Hussain (38) have been caught while stealing from the hundi of a Maa Tarini temple in...
Smt. Droupadi Murmu to become Bharat’s next President
NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu secured victory in the Presidential poll on Thursday after the third round of counting as out of the 3,219 valid...
Meet Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Bharat’s first woman vanvasi Presidential candidate
The BJP on Tuesday announced the name of former Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu as its Presidential candidate. The decision was taken by the BJP...
Bhadrak district administration seals gate of Church reportedly forcibly converting innocent vanvasis: Odisha
Odisha's Bhadrak District Administration is reported to have sealed the gates of a Church located in Geltua village following complaints of innocent vanvasis (tribals)...
Administration preparing dual plan for Puri Rath Yatra
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The Puri district administration is preparing two plans to conduct the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath scheduled on July 1 -- one expecting...
Odisha’s rural women set up 76 ‘millet tiffin centres’ to promote millets
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The Odisha Millets Mission (OMM), a flagship initiative of the state government of Odisha, has supported women self-help groups (WSHGs) to set up 76...
NCW chief seeks CBI probe into Odisha teacher Mamita Meher murder case
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National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Thursday demanded the CBI probe into the murder of Odisha school teacher Mamita Meher.
Sharma met...
Hamvira Deva Mohapatra: The great Gajapati warrior from Odisha who hammered the Bahmani Sultanate
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Hamvira Mohapatra was a Suryavanshi Khandayat and a scion of the Gajapati dynasty. One can't imagine the Gajapati empire without him, such was his...