Devotees perform Kumari puja across Bengal
IANS | 02 Oct 2014, 1:04 PMKolkata: Devotees converged at the Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission for Kumari Puja, the worship of a girl as the Durga Puja carnival
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Maoist carrying Rs.100,000 reward nabbed
IANS | 01 Oct 2014, 5:34 PMBhubaneswar: A Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs.100,000 on his head, was arrested in Odisha, police said Wednesday.Singa Kattami alias Mahesh, 25, was arrested from the Sudhakonda
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Young woman immolates herself after 'physical assault'
PTI | 28 Sep 2014, 5:33 PMMidnapore (WB): A 22-year old woman immolated herself after being allegedly physically assaulted and abused by a group of young men in West Midnapore district today, a senior
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New snake species in Odisha
PTI | 28 Sep 2014, 12:53 PMBhubaneswar: A group of volunteers from Odisha have claimed to have discovered a new species of snake which has been named after this coastal state as Lycodon Odishii.The new
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Over 6,000 children from India, Pakistan in exchange programme
IANS | 27 Sep 2014, 11:28 PMKolkata: Attempting to bridge borders and scale boundaries between school children in India and Pakistan, a private initiative has roped in 6,200 students from 37 schools and
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Ex-Odisha advocate general sent to judicial custody
IANS | 25 Sep 2014, 11:03 AMBhubaneswar: A special CBI court in Odisha has sent former state advocate general Ashok Mohanty to judicial custody till Sep 30, a lawyer said on Thursday.Mohanty was in Central
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Orissa HC lawyers cease work against Mohanty's arrest by CBI
PTI | 24 Sep 2014, 5:21 PMBhubaneswar: Members of High Court Bar Association of Odisha today launched a two-day cease work agitation to protest against the manner in which CBI arrested ex-advocate general
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Kolkata toasts MOM of India's space successes
IANS | 24 Sep 2014, 4:00 PMKolkata: As India Wednesday created space history by becoming the first country in the world to enter Mars' orbit in its debut attempt, the West Bengal capital erupted into
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Dengue cases in Odisha rise to 2,076
PTI | 23 Sep 2014, 8:07 PMBhubaneswar: The number of dengue cases in Odisha rose to 2,076 with the state health department Tuesday confirming 120 new cases since Sunday.“The number of dengue cases
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Tigers of Sunderbans may soon be compelled to enter human habitation
India TV News Desk | 22 Sep 2014, 1:43 PMKolkata: Scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) reveal that Sunderbans tiger population has almost reached its carrying capacity.Carrying capacity of populations is
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MeT forecasts heavy rainfall in Odisha
PTI | 21 Sep 2014, 5:15 PMBhubaneswar: Pounded by heavy rains in the past couple of days, Odisha is unlikely to get any respite soon as heavy rainfall coupled with gusty winds has been forecast in some
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13 members of Kangaroo court get 20 years imprisonment over gangrape of tribal girl
India TV News Desk | 20 Sep 2014, 2:43 PMLabhpur (West Bengal): After months of wait, a tribal girl from West Bengal's Birbhum district has finally got justice. She was gangraped by over 10 men for having a relationship
