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Odisha: 6 Months in Power, ‘Double-Engine’ BJP Govt Looks Button-Holed
The Majhi government rode to power on women’s empowerment, but revised eligibility criteria for cash transfers under Subhadra Yojana are creating discontent.
Denials of Public Health in Odisha
As gods and goddesses receive the lion’s share in...
Orissa: Despite efforts to stymie participation in a public hearing at Kashipur against Vendanta, villagers attend
While social media, a trite singular in its projection of opinions, is awash with either the Israel-Palestine conflict with doses of pure hate and even comments on the Supreme Court ruling on same sex unions, in the east of India, Kashipur in Orissa, villager Adivasis are facing the strong arm of the state, being prevented from legitimately voicing their opposition to bauxite mining, it is being alleged
Odisha: Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests
The Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 and the Forest Conservation Rules 2022 have opened the floodgates for massive deforestation.
Alarming Odisha arrests, ‘illegal’ detentions ahead of Vedanta bauxite public hearing
More than 80 lawyers, legal academics and researchers have...
Armed cops, paramilitary sent to ‘protect’ top mining group, ‘oppose’ Odisha tribal rights
The civil rights group, Forum Against Corporatization And Militarization...
Odisha: Over 1.5 lakh Individual Forest Rights claims rejected without reason!
Even though Odisha has usually been at the forefront in implementing the FRA, rejection rate at the district level paints an incongruent picture
Muslim woman makes history in Odisha, elected chairperson of Bhadrak Municipality
31-year-old Gulmaki Dalawzi Habib, an independent, defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate, Samita Mishra, by 3,256 votes
SKM demands justice for West Bengal and Odisha Adivasis
Adivasis in parts of West Bengal and Odisha say that the administration does not acknowledge their forest and constitutional rights; they fear their fertile land will be usurped
UP Police arrest Odisha man for sedition after VHP member alleges threatening calls
Initially only a case of criminal intimidation was made but further investigation allegedly revealed, his social media posts had derogatory remarks against the PM
Prashant Bhushan is an undeclared conscience keeper of the highest court: Odisha intellectuals
Yet another statement in support of Prashant Bhushan in connection with the contempt of court charges against him