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After Paudi Bhuyan, Juang tribals get habitat rights under FRA in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has become a leading State in the country to accord habitat rights to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) under Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006. Juangs of Jajpur district have become the fifth PVTG in the country…
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Date Trap: Jajpur youth arrested for duping women with promise of marriage
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police have arrested a man on charges of duping several women on the pretext of marriage by posing as an IB officer. He was married to five and linked to 49 women.
The accused has been identified as…
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Pregnant woman’s body recovered from river in Koraput, kanwariya drowns in Jajpur
Koraput: The body of a pregnant woman who was swept away with her 5-year-old daughter in Jhanjavati river in Narayanpatna here was found on Sunday morning. Her minor daughter is still missing, and efforts are on to trace her.
The woman…
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Patient killed, 4 critical as ambulance crashes into tree in Jajpur
Jajpur: A patient was killed and four others sustained grievous injuries after an ambulance they were travelling crashed into a tree here on Friday.
The mishap took place when the ambulance was on its way from a private hospital in…
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Odisha gets NMC nod for 50 MBBS seats in Jajpur Medical College
Bhubaneswar: Another medical college in Odisha has received the approval of the National Medical Commission (NMC) for 50 MBBS seats for 2024-25 academic year.
According to official sources, the NMC has approved admission of students for…
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Govt raids mines in Dharmasala over allegations of irregularities
Jajpur: A team of officials on Thursday carried out extensive raids on mines and stone quarries located in Dharmasala block of Jajpur district over allegations of irregularities and excessive mining.
The raids were conducted on the…
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Jajpur district admin to take over Kusuma cottages
Jajpur: Amid a raging controversy over the ‘mysterious’ buildings constructed within Kusuma children’s park and pond campus in Odisha’s Jajpur, Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan on Saturday said that the district administration will take over…
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Luxury cottages in Kusuma park belong to Sports Dept., clarifies Jajpur Municipality
Jajpur: Even as the luxury cottages near Kusuma pond have come under public scanner for private use, Jajpur Municipality has claimed that those belong to the Sports department of the Odisha government.
Speaking at a press conference on…
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Jajpur’s Kusuma bungalow comes under scanner after ‘Balle Balle Dhaba’
Jajpur: Amid a statewide brouhaha over the ‘Balle Balle Dhaba’ in Dharmasala, a new controversy has surfaced over a mysterious Kusuma bungalow on the premises of a children’s park, also in Odisha’s Jajpur district
Locals said that the…
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2 killed, 15 injured as Puri-bound tourist bus hits truck in Jajpur
Jajpur: At least two persons were killed and over 15 others injured when a tourist bus from Kolkata dashed against a cement-laden truck in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday.
As per preliminary information, the mishap took place when…
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