The accused, 32-year-old Deepak Beura of the same village, was allegedly tormenting the woman for the last few months and forcing her to marry him. JAGATSINGHPUR: In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old Dalit woman committed suicide on Thursday after a […]
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has issued notice to the Collector of Puri in response to a PIL for release of 13 ‘Bartan’ victims of three villages in the district. The persons, according to the petition, continue to be victims […]
Phulbani: Adding to the sorry tale of Odisha’s track record of being in the top-10 infamous states in the country where the crime rate against women is worryingly high, a lady doctor in Boudh district on Tuesday lodged a police […]
Chandbali: Hundreds of people staged protests at the Dhamra marine police limits Friday over alleged torture by an influential person on some Dalit people. The alleged torture and attack on Dalit people had taken place at Jagula under Dhamra marine […]
BHUBANESWAR: A mob in India killed a man after accusing him of butchering a cow, police said on Monday, in the latest case of violence involving the animals considered sacred to the country’s Hindu-majority population. M L Meena, a senior […]
Five Dalit families of Lipaspali village under Hemgir police limits are living in constant fear after the upper castes allegedly ostracised them. HEMGIR (SUNDARGARH): Five Dalit families of Lipaspali village under Hemgir police limits are living in constant fear after […]
Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding the spurt in awareness levels among the masses relating to the third gender and their legal rights, the marginalised community in the state is still a victim of unregulated and unscientific ways of sex-change operations. Despite spending lakhs […]
Rayagada: After a few days’ lull Maoist fear loomed large again in Rayagada district today after a Red poster demanding for a held cadre surfaced in Chatikona village under Bissam Cuttack police limits. The incident came to light after some […]
Brahmagiri, Puri District: There’s nowhere to go beyond Talamala. It is the last village in Puri district’s Brahmagiri block in eastern Odisha, sandwiched between the Bay of Bengal and the Chilika lake. When Cyclone Fani swept through Talamala at 240 […]
JAGATSINGHPUR: Twenty-two Dalit families of Repurpatana village under Tirtol police limits are living in constant fear after the upper castes allegedly ostracised them by barring them from shops, temples and even farmlands. The situation worsened on Tuesday when upper-caste men […]
