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Video: Woman Sets Vehicles On Fire Near Orissa High Court
Vehicles caught fire near Orissa High Court after a woman used petrol to ignite flames, police probe underway.
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Odisha Government Forms Probe Team After Student's Self-Immolation Bid
The Odisha Government's higher education department has ordered a probe regarding the Balasore incident where allegedly harassed by her head of department, a girl student set herself ablaze at a college.
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ED Officer, Arrested By CBI For Taking Bribe, Released On Interim Bail
Enforcement Directorate's Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by the CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman in Bhubaneswar, was released on interim bail from the Jharpada jail on Friday evening.
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Orissa High Court Allows 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy
The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her over 27-week pregnancy immediately after recognising the grave risk it posed to her life and well-being.
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Surrogate Mothers Also Have Right To Avail Maternity Leave: High Court
Orissa High Court has recently ruled that female employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as provided to natural and adoptive mothers.
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14-Year-Old Girl Can't Be Treated As "Chattel" In Custody Battle: Supreme Court
Observing that a 14-year-old child cannot be treated as "chattel", the Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Orissa High Court allowing the biological father of a girl her custody, saying she was living happily with her paternal aunt.
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Justice Subhasis Talapatra Takes Oath As Orissa High Court Chief Justice
Justice Subhasis Talapatra took oath as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court here on Tuesday. Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the new chief justice at a ceremony on the Orissa High Court premises.
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Orissa High Court Records 126% Case Clearance Rate In First Half Of 2023
The Orissa High Court recorded Case Clearance Rate (CCR) at 126.66 per cent, disposing of 62,869 cases against institutions and 49,635 cases in the first half of the year between January 2023 to June 23, according to an official statement.
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Consensual Sex Not Rape If Promise Of Marriage Broken: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship was based on a promise of marriage which could not be materialised for some reasons, it cannot be considered rape.
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Bar Members Must Learn To Behave: Supreme Court On Odisha Lawyers' Protest
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not accept the apologies by members of some bar associations at this stage in a contempt matter related to protests in Odisha and stressed they "must learn to behave".
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Congress MLA's Conviction Order Stayed By Odisha Court In Loan Fraud Case
In a relief to Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim, the Orissa High Court Wednesday granted a stay on the execution of a conviction order which had last month sentenced the legislator to undergo three years of rigorous imprisonment in a loan scam case.
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Odisha Ends Contractual Hirings For State Government Posts
Abolishing contractual hiring for state government posts, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced that over 57,000 contract employees will be regularised.
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Couple Arrested For Stealing Infant From Government Hospital In Odisha
A newborn was stolen from the ICU of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttak and the police has arrested a couple for trying to paint the theft as a baby swapping case, officials said today.
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Central University Of Odisha Opens Centre To Impart Digital Literacy To Tribal Students
The Central University of Odisha launched a tribal digital literacy programme at its campus in collaboration with the Forum for Integrated Development and Research to improve digital skills and literacy among the tribal youth.
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Odisha Central University Ties Up With Research Entity To Set Up Tribal Digital Literacy Centre
Acting Vice-Chancellor S K Palita said the university in Koraput district would offer a digital literacy programme to students belonging to tribal and marginalised communities of the region with the support of the Research and Development institute.
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Video: Woman Sets Vehicles On Fire Near Orissa High Court
Vehicles caught fire near Orissa High Court after a woman used petrol to ignite flames, police probe underway.
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Odisha Government Forms Probe Team After Student's Self-Immolation Bid
The Odisha Government's higher education department has ordered a probe regarding the Balasore incident where allegedly harassed by her head of department, a girl student set herself ablaze at a college.
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ED Officer, Arrested By CBI For Taking Bribe, Released On Interim Bail
Enforcement Directorate's Deputy Director Chintan Raghuvanshi, who was arrested by the CBI while allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman in Bhubaneswar, was released on interim bail from the Jharpada jail on Friday evening.
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Orissa High Court Allows 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy
The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her over 27-week pregnancy immediately after recognising the grave risk it posed to her life and well-being.
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Surrogate Mothers Also Have Right To Avail Maternity Leave: High Court
Orissa High Court has recently ruled that female employees who become mothers through surrogacy have the same right to maternity leave and other benefits as provided to natural and adoptive mothers.
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14-Year-Old Girl Can't Be Treated As "Chattel" In Custody Battle: Supreme Court
Observing that a 14-year-old child cannot be treated as "chattel", the Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Orissa High Court allowing the biological father of a girl her custody, saying she was living happily with her paternal aunt.
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Justice Subhasis Talapatra Takes Oath As Orissa High Court Chief Justice
Justice Subhasis Talapatra took oath as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court here on Tuesday. Odisha Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office to the new chief justice at a ceremony on the Orissa High Court premises.
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Orissa High Court Records 126% Case Clearance Rate In First Half Of 2023
The Orissa High Court recorded Case Clearance Rate (CCR) at 126.66 per cent, disposing of 62,869 cases against institutions and 49,635 cases in the first half of the year between January 2023 to June 23, according to an official statement.
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Consensual Sex Not Rape If Promise Of Marriage Broken: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has said that if a consensual physical relationship was based on a promise of marriage which could not be materialised for some reasons, it cannot be considered rape.
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Bar Members Must Learn To Behave: Supreme Court On Odisha Lawyers' Protest
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not accept the apologies by members of some bar associations at this stage in a contempt matter related to protests in Odisha and stressed they "must learn to behave".
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Congress MLA's Conviction Order Stayed By Odisha Court In Loan Fraud Case
In a relief to Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim, the Orissa High Court Wednesday granted a stay on the execution of a conviction order which had last month sentenced the legislator to undergo three years of rigorous imprisonment in a loan scam case.
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Odisha Ends Contractual Hirings For State Government Posts
Abolishing contractual hiring for state government posts, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced that over 57,000 contract employees will be regularised.
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Couple Arrested For Stealing Infant From Government Hospital In Odisha
A newborn was stolen from the ICU of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttak and the police has arrested a couple for trying to paint the theft as a baby swapping case, officials said today.
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Central University Of Odisha Opens Centre To Impart Digital Literacy To Tribal Students
The Central University of Odisha launched a tribal digital literacy programme at its campus in collaboration with the Forum for Integrated Development and Research to improve digital skills and literacy among the tribal youth.
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Odisha Central University Ties Up With Research Entity To Set Up Tribal Digital Literacy Centre
Acting Vice-Chancellor S K Palita said the university in Koraput district would offer a digital literacy programme to students belonging to tribal and marginalised communities of the region with the support of the Research and Development institute.
