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Odisha Man Sets Lender On Fire After He Demanded To Repay Rs 2 Lakh Loan
A borrower allegedly poured petrol on a 55-year-old man and set him on fire after he demanded the repayment of Rs 2 lakh loan in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Thursday.
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Odisha Farmer Grows World's Most Expensive Mango
A farmer and teacher, Rakshyakar Bhoi, in Odisha's Kalahandi district has claimed that he has grown Miyazaki', world's most expensive variety of mango, in his orchard.
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BJP, Congress Demand Neutral Probe Into Death Of Kalahandi Murder Case Accused
The opposition BJP and Congress Thursday intensified their demand for a neutral inquiry into the death of Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the Kalahandi woman teacher's kidnap and murder case.
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Maoist Carrying Reward Rs 5 Lakh Surrenders In Odisha
A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head surrendered before police in Kalahandi district, an officer said on Monday.
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Former Maoists Get Married In Odisha, Police Play Host
Kalahandi Police on Friday solemnised the marriage of surrendered Maoists - Ramdas and Kalamdei - who has laid down their arms in 2020. The marriage took place at a temple on Reserve Police premises of Bhawanipatna.
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BJP Chief Forms Committee To Visit Odisha, File Report On Teacher's Alleged Murder
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda on Wednesday formed a three-member committee to investigate the case of kidnapping and alleged killing of a woman in the Mahaling segment of Junagarh Assembly under Kalahandi Parliamentary cons
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7-Feet-Long Python Rescued In Odisha's Kalahandi
A 7-feet long python was rescued from a fishing net near Ganga Sagar pond, Golamunda in Kalahandi district by the forest department on Saturday. The reptile was later released into the forest.
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NIT Rourkela To Work Towards Uplift Of Backward Districts Of Odisha
NIT Rourkela has signed an agreement with its alumni for the uplift of backward regions of Koraput, Balangir and Kalahandi in Odisha.
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Chowkidar, Centre Changed Odisha Even When BJD Did Not Cooperate: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government for "not cooperating"with the Centre to bring about speedy development in the state and said he has taken advantage of central schemes to ensure welfare of Odiyas.
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Minor Girl Raped By Relative For 2 Days In Odisha
A minor has been allegedly kidnapped and raped for two days by her relative in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Friday.
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A Dana Majhi Everywhere. No Ambulance, Woman’s Body Carried By Family
Bihar: A woman’s body was carried by relatives in Bihar after they were refused an ambulance at a government hospital on Tuesday – another example of dignity denied in death, which was brought to the nation’s attention in stark images last year of Odisha tribal Dana Majhi walking with his wife’s body on his shoulder. Shyama Devi, the 30-yea...
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Kalahandi Struggling With Acute Shortage Of Doctors
Kalahandi, Odisha: Barely 6 km away from Dana Majhi’s home in Kalahandi, Odisha, is the Narkundi primary healthcare centre. This is where Dana Majhi took his wife for a check-up when she first fell sick. There was no doctor to attend to her then. Eight months later, when she succumbed to tuberculosis at Kalahandi district headquarter hospit...
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Hospital Where Dana Majhi’s Wife Died Is Not Just Short Of Ambulances
Bhawanipatna: Days after Dana Majhi had to walk 10 km carrying his wife’s corpse on his shoulders, NDTV visited the Kalahandi District Headquarter Hospital in Bhawanipatna in Odisha where she breathed her last. A young man with severe meningitis was seen lying on the hospital’s floor, with his family by his side, struggling to hold him still as...
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Dana Majhi, Who Carried His Dead Wife, Has Money Now. Not Much Else.
Melghar : The door to Dana Majhi’s empty one-room mud hut is always unlocked. Despite being given Rs 9 lakh from various government schemes and private donations after his wife’s death, there is nothing valuable in here – a change of clothes, a pair of shoes that aren’t slippers. The only thing that can’t be replaced is the memory of his ...
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Odisha Officials Harassing Man Who Carried Dead Wife's Body: Complaint
A complaint has been filed against the District Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Odisha's Kalahandi for allegedly harassing the tribal man who walked for 10 km with his wife's body on his shoulders after he was denied a hearse.
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Odisha Man Sets Lender On Fire After He Demanded To Repay Rs 2 Lakh Loan
A borrower allegedly poured petrol on a 55-year-old man and set him on fire after he demanded the repayment of Rs 2 lakh loan in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Thursday.
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Odisha Farmer Grows World's Most Expensive Mango
A farmer and teacher, Rakshyakar Bhoi, in Odisha's Kalahandi district has claimed that he has grown Miyazaki', world's most expensive variety of mango, in his orchard.
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BJP, Congress Demand Neutral Probe Into Death Of Kalahandi Murder Case Accused
The opposition BJP and Congress Thursday intensified their demand for a neutral inquiry into the death of Govind Sahu, the prime accused in the Kalahandi woman teacher's kidnap and murder case.
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Maoist Carrying Reward Rs 5 Lakh Surrenders In Odisha
A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head surrendered before police in Kalahandi district, an officer said on Monday.
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Former Maoists Get Married In Odisha, Police Play Host
Kalahandi Police on Friday solemnised the marriage of surrendered Maoists - Ramdas and Kalamdei - who has laid down their arms in 2020. The marriage took place at a temple on Reserve Police premises of Bhawanipatna.
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BJP Chief Forms Committee To Visit Odisha, File Report On Teacher's Alleged Murder
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda on Wednesday formed a three-member committee to investigate the case of kidnapping and alleged killing of a woman in the Mahaling segment of Junagarh Assembly under Kalahandi Parliamentary cons
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7-Feet-Long Python Rescued In Odisha's Kalahandi
A 7-feet long python was rescued from a fishing net near Ganga Sagar pond, Golamunda in Kalahandi district by the forest department on Saturday. The reptile was later released into the forest.
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NIT Rourkela To Work Towards Uplift Of Backward Districts Of Odisha
NIT Rourkela has signed an agreement with its alumni for the uplift of backward regions of Koraput, Balangir and Kalahandi in Odisha.
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Chowkidar, Centre Changed Odisha Even When BJD Did Not Cooperate: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government for "not cooperating"with the Centre to bring about speedy development in the state and said he has taken advantage of central schemes to ensure welfare of Odiyas.
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Minor Girl Raped By Relative For 2 Days In Odisha
A minor has been allegedly kidnapped and raped for two days by her relative in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Friday.
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A Dana Majhi Everywhere. No Ambulance, Woman’s Body Carried By Family
Bihar: A woman’s body was carried by relatives in Bihar after they were refused an ambulance at a government hospital on Tuesday – another example of dignity denied in death, which was brought to the nation’s attention in stark images last year of Odisha tribal Dana Majhi walking with his wife’s body on his shoulder. Shyama Devi, the 30-yea...
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Kalahandi Struggling With Acute Shortage Of Doctors
Kalahandi, Odisha: Barely 6 km away from Dana Majhi’s home in Kalahandi, Odisha, is the Narkundi primary healthcare centre. This is where Dana Majhi took his wife for a check-up when she first fell sick. There was no doctor to attend to her then. Eight months later, when she succumbed to tuberculosis at Kalahandi district headquarter hospit...
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Hospital Where Dana Majhi’s Wife Died Is Not Just Short Of Ambulances
Bhawanipatna: Days after Dana Majhi had to walk 10 km carrying his wife’s corpse on his shoulders, NDTV visited the Kalahandi District Headquarter Hospital in Bhawanipatna in Odisha where she breathed her last. A young man with severe meningitis was seen lying on the hospital’s floor, with his family by his side, struggling to hold him still as...
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Dana Majhi, Who Carried His Dead Wife, Has Money Now. Not Much Else.
Melghar : The door to Dana Majhi’s empty one-room mud hut is always unlocked. Despite being given Rs 9 lakh from various government schemes and private donations after his wife’s death, there is nothing valuable in here – a change of clothes, a pair of shoes that aren’t slippers. The only thing that can’t be replaced is the memory of his ...
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Odisha Officials Harassing Man Who Carried Dead Wife's Body: Complaint
A complaint has been filed against the District Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Odisha's Kalahandi for allegedly harassing the tribal man who walked for 10 km with his wife's body on his shoulders after he was denied a hearse.
