Tag: Odisha

Odisha: senior Bhubaneswar municipal official assaulted on duty, told to “apologise” to BJP leader

In an incident reported on June 30, the motley group of BJP supporters then allegedly started assaulting him without any provocation and demanded that he apologise to Pradhan, reports the Indian Express.

Odisha’s First Ever BJP CM’s Track Record

Mohan Majhi’s demand in 2022 for release of the killers of Graham Staine and his children, if implemented, would have harmed the state’s communal harmony.

Bomb explodes in mosque in Odisha, two injured

Reports from the ground indicate that the culprits hurled the bomb from the top of a flyover and it landed in the courtyard of a mosque.

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

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