31 workers rescued from traffickers in Odisha
IANS | 23 Dec 2013, 7:42 AMBhubaneswar: Police yesterday rescued 31 workers, including women and children, being transported by traffickers in Odisha to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh to work in brick
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Four killed in Odisha slum fire
IANS | 22 Dec 2013, 1:02 PMBhubaneswar: A family of four, including two children, were charred to death Sunday after a fire broke out in a slum in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said.The fire
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Debate still on for sex education in Bengal schools
IANS | 20 Dec 2013, 6:44 AMKolkata: Study of sex education in state-run schools is still a matter of debate in West Bengal. State Education Minister Bratya Basu Thursday said opinion of various
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Mercury plunges to 5.2 degrees in Odisha town
IANS | 18 Dec 2013, 7:09 AMBhubaneswar: Several places in Odisha continued to reel under a cold wave with Phulbani town recording 5.2 degrees Celsius Tuesday, the day's lowest in the state.Phulbani, the
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Odisha Assembly adjourned sine die 8 days before schedule
PTI | 17 Dec 2013, 8:45 AMBhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was yesterday adjourned sine die eight days before schedule, following pandemonium by opposition Congress members demanding the resignation of
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Odisha Govt orders crime branch probe into BJD leader killing
PTI | 16 Dec 2013, 4:18 PMBhubaneswar: With Bolangir district police unable to get any clue to the killing of BJD youth leader Abhimanyu Sahu, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ordered a Crime Branch
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Maoists kill two kidnapped villagers in Odisha
IANS | 14 Dec 2013, 12:11 PMBhubaneswar: Maoists Saturday killed two of the six men they had abducted two days ago in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.The bodies of Jaga Madakami and Tulsi Behera
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14-year jail terms to two rapists in Odisha
IANS | 11 Dec 2013, 8:49 AMBhubaneswar: A court in Odisha handed down 14-year jail terms to two people for raping a women in a forested area of the state about two-and-a-half years ago, a lawyer said
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TMC asks Ashok Ganguly to step down on Human Rights Day
PTI | 10 Dec 2013, 10:50 AMKolkata: Trinamool Congress has asked West Bengal Human Rights Commission Chairman and former Supreme Court judge Ashok Ganguly, indicted by a Supreme Court panel in a sexual
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Odisha bags award for cyclone Phailin evacuation efforts
IANS | 10 Dec 2013, 6:51 AMBhubaneswar: Odisha has bagged a prestigious award for evacuating more than a million people which ensured minimum loss of lives during cyclone Phailin in the state, an official
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Maoists free two villagers in Odisha
PTI | 09 Dec 2013, 3:30 PMMalkangiri (Odisha): Four days after abducting them, Maoists freed two villagers, including a woman and son of a sarpanch, in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Padia Madhi, son of
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Odisha tribal students to join US programme
IANS | 06 Dec 2013, 6:59 AMBhubaneswar: Two tribal students of Class 8 in Odisha have won a scholarship to join a programme in the US, their institute said Thursday.The US embassy selected Bhutal Hansdah
