Jajpur, October 24 (Odisha.in) As many as 70 animals were sacrificed before the Goddess Dakshinakali at Gopalpur village under Balichandrapur police station limits in Jajpur district. The animals were sacrificed during the Dusserra festival as a part of years old rituals, a villager told Odisha.in. Large numbers of people continue this barbaric practice in this […]
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Angry Villagers lockup Schools
Jajpur,October 17 ( Odisha.in) Angry villagers of Kundapatna locked up both the gates of Darshan High School and Middle English School at Kundapatana under Jajpur police station limits and staged mass dharana before both the schools on Tuesday. The villagers were peeved over suspension of a teacher of the village high school. They did not […]
Villagers ransack electric office in Jagatsinghpur over death
Jagatsinghpur, October 15 (Odisha.in) Hundreds of residents of Andheishai village gheraed and ransacked the electrical office at Jagatsinghpur for death of a student in electric live wire on Monday. Sources said that one Muna Das, student of Andheshai primary school went to school on Monday morning but he came in contact with a live electric […]
Villagers remember martyr
Keonjhar, October 10 (Odisha.in) People of Nandapur village under champua block, about 50 kilometers from Keonjhar remembered Saheed Goutam Pradhan a village man who died on October 9 , 2002 in a mine blast in Kashmir. Pradhan a resident of the village worked for Indian army and died when he was on duty. He is […]
Villagers’ gherao Jindal plant demanding allowance
Jajpur, September 12 (Odisha.in) Hundreds of residents of Bainsipur, Hudisahi and Gadhapur villages in Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district on Wednesday gheraoed the entrance gate of Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) demanding monthly maintenance allowance from the company. It is the second agitation against the JSL by these villagers in a week. The villagers […]