Orissa

Puri Shankaracharya calls on Gujaratis' to remove Modi

Puri (Orissa), Dec. 7: A concerted campaign must be launched across Gujarat to unseat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, said the Shankaracharya of Puri on Friday.

India test-fires Advanced Air Defence missile

Orissa, Dec 6: India today successfully test-fired it’s indigenously designed and developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile.

India to test Anti-Missile Defence System today

Anti-Missile Defence SystemOrissa, Dec 6: India will conduct a

India to test Anti-Missile Defence System today

Orissa, Dec 6: All preparations have been completed in Orissa, for the test firing of country's most modern Anti-Missile Air Defence System today.

Orissa villagers clash over POSCO steel plant

POSCO Steel PlantJagatsinghpur/Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Dec 1: Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur Distri

Widow manages crematorium in Orissa

Sambalpur (Orissa), Nov. 26 : Compelled to arrange two square meals for her family after husband’s death, a woman in Orissa’s Sambalpur area has opted to be a keeper in a local crematorium here.  

Married at a tender age of 15, Shanti Behera lost her husband after turning 40. His death left her with two unmarried daughters. He used to work at the Kamlibatar Rajghat (cremation ground) located along the banks of River Mahanadi in Sambalpur.

It’s been five years since Shanti (45) took up her husband’s work despite being aware that women were strictly prohibited from working in cremation ground according to local custom.

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