Balasore, March 2 (Odisha.in)Even as police prevented the ‘lynch mob phenomenon’ to rerun in Orissa’s Balasore district, but not before 22 of its fellow personnel sustained severe injuries in a clash with the irate mob which wanted to kill a ‘rape and murder’ accused on the spot, on Saturday. While ten villagers from the mob […]
villagers
Villagers refuse to cremate dead body suspecting Aids
Balasore, January 18 (odisha.in) Even today Amitabh Bachchan advocates on TV: “AIDS doesn’t spread with touching the infected person or its dead body”. But it seems such messages making people aware about the killer disease have fallen flat in remote pockets like Gohira village in Orissa’s Balasore district. In a shocking incident, the residents of […]
More missile tests mean more money for villagers
Balasore, December 9 (odisha.in) The residents of at least six villages near the Integrated Test Range (ITR), located in Chandipur-on-Sea in Balasore district want a daily missile test, literally. As, they are being well compensated for the tests without losing anything. Only they have to shift and that too through vehicles provided by the district […]
Evacuated villagers return home as cyclone moves to Bangladesh
Bhubaneswar, November 16(Odisha.in) Thousands of people who were evacuated from hundreds of sea side villages from six coastal districts in Orissa Friday returned home as the very severe cyclonic storm “SIDR” crossed state coast and moved to Bangladesh. The cyclonic strom is now centred over Bangladesh and 70 kilometers of adjoining Tripura and gradually weaken, […]
Villagers gherao office demanding inclusion in govt scheme
Jajpur, November 13 (Odisha.in) Thousands of people Monday gheraoed an office at Dharmasala in the district of Jajpur demanding their inclusion in a government scheme. Rebati Behera, a 35 -year- old woman of Ragadipasi village is one of the people who said had come to participate in the gherao for non inclusion her name in […]