While there is no official data on the current number of transgenders in Odisha, the 2011 census had put their population at 20,332 in the state. A decade after the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) legally recognised transgenders and upheld […]
The women alleged that they were barred from performing a traditional ritual of offering milk to the deity during the holy month of Kartik. Posted by Sayima Ahmad A group of women belonging to the Dalit community staged a dharna […]
News is coming from Odisha’s Kendrapara district about Dalit women being stopped from offering milk to the deity in the temple. The women alleged that the priests of the temple and some people of the upper caste did not allow […]
Odisha is rich in high-quality natural resources, including iron, bauxite, chromite, and manganese ore, as well as a variety of other valuable minerals like coal, limestone, dolomite, tin, nickel, vanadium, lead, graphite, gold, and gemstones. This resource-laden state is responsible […]
Bhubaneswar: Members of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Odisha unit, lodged a complaint on Friday at Capital police station demanding stringent action against Odia film actor Buddhaditya Mohanty for his “controversial” remarks against opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. In his […]
BHUBANESWAR: Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Odisha, the students’ wing of Congress, filed an FIR on Friday before the Capital police station here demanding action against Odia film actor Buddhaditya Mohanty for his ‘controversial’ comment on […]
New Delhi: Odisha stands among the most hostile states for Dalits as it ranked fifth and third, respectively in cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in 2022, according to a new government report. About […]
The ongoing budget consultation for 2024-2025 by the government of Odisha must not be a ritual to follow like their predecessors; rather it must include the real concerns with the special allocations for the Dalit and Adivasi which represent a […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has posed 10 questions to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after the party’s coalition with National Conference for Jammu and Kashmir polls. In a press statement, Majhi asked Rahul to clarify his stand on whether […]
Kendrapara: Police have solved the case of assault and murder of a 36-year-old Dalit tractor driver and arrested six persons, including a man and his two sons, involved in the crime. Kendrapara Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kataria told reporters on […]
