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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
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Unregistered hospitals allowed to function as Covid hospitals, Patna HC questions move
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Murder convict spends 18 years in jail, Odisha HC orders new trial
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