By Rajesh Kumar Behera
The religious sentiments of the Khadipala villagers related to a fresh water soft shell turtle has bent down the forest officials and the local administration to take possession of the turtle .Finally, the officials returned with empty hand on Wednesday as the orthodoxical god fearing people refused to hand over the turtle [...]
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Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara (Orissa)
Since last Thursday the inhabitants of Khadipala village and its nearby villages under Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district are worshipping a rare fresh water turtle as the carapace of the turtle is marked with the eyes of the Lord Jagannath . The rustic and gullible villagers considering the turtle as [...]
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Rajesh Kumar Behera in Kendrapara
About 150 Deobandi community members ,including women, of Golarahat and Chasakhanda under Derabish block on Saturday staged a mass demonstration in front of the Derabish Tehsildar’s office at Chhata protesting the step motherly attitude of the district administration for illegally locking the mosque by clamping Section 144 of CrPC and not [...]
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BHUBANESWAR: Maoists might have killed VHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati for securing support of the minority Christians and expand their network in
Orissa’s Kandhamal district, the Commission probing the murder was informed here.
“Maoists might have killed Saraswati to get the support of Christians,” former Inspector in-Charge of Kotgarh police station H K Pradhan told Justice S C [...]
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By Akhand in Bhubaneswar
For the convenience of pilgrims and passengers and to cater to extra rush of passengers during Rath Yatra at Puri, East Coast Railway has decided to run 56 special trains from different parts of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Accoding to an east coast Railway press release Two pairs of special trains will leave [...]
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