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2 Trampled To Death By Elephants In Orissa: Police
A 40-year-old man was trampled to death when he was sleeping in his house at Dangarsahi village in the district on Tuesday.
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To Remind PM Of A Promise He Made Years Ago, Odisha Man Walks 1,350 Km
A man walked for more than a thousand kilometres from Odisha to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just to give him a small reminder of a promise he made to the people of his village years ago.
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In Darkness For Years, This Village Turned To The Sun
Reeling under darkness for years, a small village in Odisha now enjoys uninterrupted power supply. Situated around 25 kilometres from state capital Bhubaneswar, Barapitha now has the distinction of being the first fully solar-powered village in the state.
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Elephants Wreaking Havoc in Orissa's Koraput
Wild elephants have been wreaking havoc on human habitations and crops in three Koraput villages since Saturday night, forest officials said today.
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Police threatening to kill me in encounter: Orissa sarpanch
An Orissa village sarpanch, who allegedly accompanied an Essar executive to meet the Maoists, says he is being threatened by the police with an encounter death.
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Orissa floods: Nearly 800 villages marooned
The flood situation in Orissa continues to remain grim as over 15 lakh people across eight districts have been hit by a second spell of major floods.
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Orissa floods: 2,600 villages submerged, 11 lakh affected
Flood's fury in Mahanadi and other rivers has wreaked havoc in Orissa submerging about 2,600 villages spread over 19 districts and leaving eight dead as the state government today stepped up relief and rescue operations for 11 lakh affected people.
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Two die as goods trains collide in Orissa
Two people were killed early Wednesday when two freight trains collided head on in Orissa's Keonjhar district, officials said. The trains collided near Tigiriapalli village in the mineral-rich district, police officer Prakash Toppo told IANS from the accident site.
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Posco project: Work halted, villagers claim police excess
Work at the proposed Posco steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district could not be taken up today due to protest by locals who chased the police leading to a brief scuffle between them.
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POSCO project: Orissa govt ready to hear villagers' voice
After fresh trouble at the proposed POSCO plant in Orissa, the ruling BJD has told NDTV it is ready for a referendum in villages around the site to find out what the people want. Speaking on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here, BJD MP Jay Panda said that "Orissa government has learnt its lessons from West Bengal." India's largest Foreign Direc...
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2 Trampled To Death By Elephants In Orissa: Police
A 40-year-old man was trampled to death when he was sleeping in his house at Dangarsahi village in the district on Tuesday.
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To Remind PM Of A Promise He Made Years Ago, Odisha Man Walks 1,350 Km
A man walked for more than a thousand kilometres from Odisha to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, just to give him a small reminder of a promise he made to the people of his village years ago.
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In Darkness For Years, This Village Turned To The Sun
Reeling under darkness for years, a small village in Odisha now enjoys uninterrupted power supply. Situated around 25 kilometres from state capital Bhubaneswar, Barapitha now has the distinction of being the first fully solar-powered village in the state.
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Elephants Wreaking Havoc in Orissa's Koraput
Wild elephants have been wreaking havoc on human habitations and crops in three Koraput villages since Saturday night, forest officials said today.
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Police threatening to kill me in encounter: Orissa sarpanch
An Orissa village sarpanch, who allegedly accompanied an Essar executive to meet the Maoists, says he is being threatened by the police with an encounter death.
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Orissa floods: Nearly 800 villages marooned
The flood situation in Orissa continues to remain grim as over 15 lakh people across eight districts have been hit by a second spell of major floods.
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Orissa floods: 2,600 villages submerged, 11 lakh affected
Flood's fury in Mahanadi and other rivers has wreaked havoc in Orissa submerging about 2,600 villages spread over 19 districts and leaving eight dead as the state government today stepped up relief and rescue operations for 11 lakh affected people.
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Two die as goods trains collide in Orissa
Two people were killed early Wednesday when two freight trains collided head on in Orissa's Keonjhar district, officials said. The trains collided near Tigiriapalli village in the mineral-rich district, police officer Prakash Toppo told IANS from the accident site.
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Posco project: Work halted, villagers claim police excess
Work at the proposed Posco steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district could not be taken up today due to protest by locals who chased the police leading to a brief scuffle between them.
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POSCO project: Orissa govt ready to hear villagers' voice
After fresh trouble at the proposed POSCO plant in Orissa, the ruling BJD has told NDTV it is ready for a referendum in villages around the site to find out what the people want. Speaking on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here, BJD MP Jay Panda said that "Orissa government has learnt its lessons from West Bengal." India's largest Foreign Direc...
