It was forenoon. In Mangalajodi village, the familiar sight of women sitting in their verandahs and mending fishing nets was missing. The change in the landscape was apparent since many of the villagers have quit fishing, their traditional occupation. Mangalajodi, with a 5,000-odd population, is on the banks of Chilika, the brackish water lagoon on […]
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Gang raped dalit woman dies
Balasore, February 26 (Odisha.in): Close on the heels of physical assault on a girl student of Sambalpur University, a dalit woman in Balasore district succumbed to her injuries nearly 18 hours after she was alleged gang-raped, police said on Monday. Police sources said, the 38-year-old woman, from fishermen community, of Talapada village, under Khantapara police […]
36 fishermen arrested in Gahirmatha
Kendrapada, Nov 30 (Odisha.in) The forest and the police officials have arrested at least 36 fishermen and seized five trawlers near the sea water of the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary in the district of Kendrapada district for illegally fishing in prohibited area, official said. The state government banned all types of fishing within the 20 km […]