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Lovers Jump Before Train In Odisha, 17-Year-Old Girl Dies On Spot: Cops
In a bid to put an end to their lives, two young lovers jumped before a goods train in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Tuesday as the relationship was not accepted by their families, a police officer said.
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2 Cars Stuck After Old Bridge Collapses In Odisha's Kalahandi
Two cars got stuck as a pre-Independence bridge collapsed in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Sunday afternoon, an officer said.
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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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Poverty – A Way Of Life In Odisha's Kalahandi
Kalahandi, Odisha: In 1984, Phanus Punji, the poor woman from Kalahandi in Odisha had sold her sister-in-law Banita for Rs 40 and a saree to feed other members of her family. Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had to fly down to Kalahandi to see for himself the poverty in which people lived in. The government then floated KBK (Kalahandi-Balangir-Kora...
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Man Who Carried Wife's Body For 10 Km Did Not Ask For Help: Officials
Amid an outrage over a tribal man forced to walk 10 km with his wife's body in Odisha's Kalahandi, district health authorities today claimed there was no negligence and an ambulance was arranged to take the corpse to their village when the incident came to light.
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Lovers Jump Before Train In Odisha, 17-Year-Old Girl Dies On Spot: Cops
In a bid to put an end to their lives, two young lovers jumped before a goods train in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Tuesday as the relationship was not accepted by their families, a police officer said.
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2 Cars Stuck After Old Bridge Collapses In Odisha's Kalahandi
Two cars got stuck as a pre-Independence bridge collapsed in Odisha's Kalahandi district on Sunday afternoon, an officer said.
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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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Poverty – A Way Of Life In Odisha's Kalahandi
Kalahandi, Odisha: In 1984, Phanus Punji, the poor woman from Kalahandi in Odisha had sold her sister-in-law Banita for Rs 40 and a saree to feed other members of her family. Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had to fly down to Kalahandi to see for himself the poverty in which people lived in. The government then floated KBK (Kalahandi-Balangir-Kora...
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Man Who Carried Wife's Body For 10 Km Did Not Ask For Help: Officials
Amid an outrage over a tribal man forced to walk 10 km with his wife's body in Odisha's Kalahandi, district health authorities today claimed there was no negligence and an ambulance was arranged to take the corpse to their village when the incident came to light.
