The villagers, belonging to Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Class categories, depend on boats to cross a tributary of Subarnarekha river. BALASORE: Elections come and go but the plight of residents of Badatalapada village under Basta Assembly segment remains unchanged […]
Allegedly deprived of basic services since an Oct. 2018 complaint to police about caste discrimination Thirty Dalit families in Odisha’s Khordha district, who have been allegedly facing social boycott by members of the upper castes in their village for over […]
JAJPUR: As many as nine women candidates are in fray for the seven Assembly segments and lone Parliamentary constituency of Jajpur district, which will go to polls in the fourth phase on April 29. While six of them are contesting […]
The Dalit and minority families of Punang village in Jagatsinghpur block are tired of political leaders and their hollow promises. JAGATSINGHPUR: The Dalit and minority families of Punang village in Jagatsinghpur block are tired of political leaders and their hollow […]
BHAWANIPATNA: At least two persons, including an Odisha Industrial Security Force personnel, died and many were injured in clashes between police and protesters outside Vedanta Ltd’s aluminium plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district on Monday. The incident comes less than […]
“It is found that the petitioner had not uttered word “Harijan” intentionally to insult anybody including informant” Quashing a criminal case against Former Odisha Minister, the Orissa High Court observed that mere use of the word ‘Harijan’ during the course […]
Hundreds of landless and homestead-less people from different gram panchayats, including Kharadi, Ampolba, Sukinda, Dudhjori, Lembo, Sansailo, Haripur, Hathibari and Kuchika, coming under of Sukinda tehsil, staged a protest rally and dharna on March 11 before the tehsil office of […]
JAGATSINGHPUR: All attempts to remove the scourge of casteism from society come to naught when the vulnerable are forced to live in fear. One such incident has been reported from the district where around 22 Dalit families of Repurpatana […]
Charged with staging two protest demonstrations Lingaraj Azad, activist and adviser to Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, was arrested by the police in Kalahandi on Wednesday. The arrest of Mr. Azad, who happens to be the national vice president of Samajwadi Jan […]
Despite efforts to get rid of evils of casteism, the scourge continues unabated in the State. KENDRAPARA: Despite efforts to get rid of evils of casteism, the scourge continues unabated in the State. One such incident has been reported from […]
