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Odisha: In tribal heartland Mayurbanj, a clash between two narratives

India, May 18 -- The sun is blistering; a heatwave is scorching through eastern India. One early May morning, five people are sitting in a group under the shade of a mango tree in Pahadpur, unhurried ... Read More


Memories of 2008 riots linger in election season

Kandhamal, May 18 -- On an August afternoon 16 years ago, Sukant Nayak, a Dalit Christian teacher, saw his house being torched by a mob at G Udaygiri block in Kandhamal district of Odisha. His wife, w... Read More


'Odisha set to be saffron': Shah pushes for 'double-engine' govt

Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday expressed confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory in over 75 assembly and 15 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, and reiterated his pus... Read More


In tribal heartland, a clash between two narratives

Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj), May 18 -- Rairangpur (Mayurbhanj) The sun is blistering; a heatwave is scorching through eastern India. One early May morning, five people are sitting in a group under the sha... Read More


Odisha: Memories of 2008 riots linger in election season in Kandhamal

India, May 18 -- On an August afternoon 16 years ago, Sukant Nayak, a Dalit Christian teacher, saw his house being torched by a mob at G Udaygiri block in Kandhamal district of Odisha. His wife, who w... Read More


Despite BJD-BJP slugfest, 2008 Kandhamal riots may not cast shadow over 2024 polls

India, May 17 -- A remark by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian last Saturday accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of triggering communal riots in Kandhamal district 15 years ago has... Read More


1 killed, several injured as poll violence rocks Odisha

Bhubaneswar, May 17 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was hacked to death in a clash between BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers over pasting of election posters in Odisha's Ganjam district o... Read More


1 killed, several injured in Odisha poll violence

Bhubaneswar, May 17 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was hacked to death in a clash between BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers over pasting of election posters in Odisha's Ganjam district o... Read More


BJP worker hacked to death, BJD man shot at in two incidents in Odisha's Ganjam

India, May 16 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was hacked to death in a clash between BJP and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) workers over pasting of election posters in Odisha's Ganjam district on Wedn... Read More


Migration a looming issue in Odisha CM's battlegrounds

India, May 16 -- Trilochan Behera, a 34-year-old smalltime trader in Hinjili's S Chikili village and Kumar Bachha, a 37-year-old marginal farmer in Bhalukana village of Kantabanji, may live 300 km awa... Read More