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Odisha

Crime

Odisha horror: Samir Mansoor befriends Hindu girl through online game, rapes her in hotel, pressures her to convert to Islam; arrested

OpIndia Staff - 10 November, 2024

Samir Mansoor, accused of Love Jihad, rape, and blackmailing a woman in Odisha, was arrested after police investigation. He pressured her to convert and extorted Rs 5,00,000.

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Odisha: Mohammad Masoom Khan occupied 100 acre forest land to build Islam Nagar, built NREGA road and other infrastructure with the help of BJD...

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2024

Mohammad Masoom Khan seized around 100 acres of forest land in the tribal-dominated Motu area of the Malkangiri district in Odisha and established Islam Nagar

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Odisha: Nabeel Abdul Mubin Shaikh arrested for duping 189 Muslims over Mecca Umrah pilgrimage

Shraddha Pandey - 30 September, 2024

Speaking about Shaikh’s arrest, a senior Odisha Economic Offences Wing officer informed that Nabeel Abdul Mubin Shaikh ran a travel agency named ‘Al-Adam Tour & Travels’ along with his father Firdos Bi Abdul Mubin Shaikh and sister Saima Anjum Shaikh, in association with one Mohammad Bismillah Shaikh who runs AlIzma Tours & Travels in Vikhroli Kurla area of Mumbai.

Culture and History

Why did the US Ambassador have to visit Puri Jagannath temple from outside? The difference between Patitapavan Darshan and ‘Chaturdha Murti’ darshan

Sanghamitra - 30 September, 2024

Some of the most famous personalities throughout history, who were denied entry to the Jagannath temple in Puri include Sant Kabir, BR Ambedkar, Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India, former queen of Thailand Mahachakri Siridharan, and former PM Indira Gandhi, because she was married to a Parsi.

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Odisha: CM Majhi orders judicial inquiry into custodial violence case against Army Captain and his fiancée

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2024

CM Majhi while informing about the judicial inquiry in the matter said, "The state government is fully concerned about the dignity, safety, and rights of women. The police officers concerned have been suspended, and a case has also been registered against them. Action has been taken against the youth involved in the incident.”

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Odisha: Army officer and his fiancée allegedly abused, assaulted and the woman molested by cops inside police station in Bhubaneswar, 5 police officers suspended

OpIndia Staff - 20 September, 2024

A dreadful incident of attack on an army officer and molestation of his fiancee by cops inside a police station has come to the fore from the state of Odisha

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Who benefitted? CAG finds major irregularities in Odisha’s ore mining sector, losses over 22,000 crores incurred under Naveen Patnaik govt, says report

OpIndia Staff - 13 September, 2024

Notably, the Odisha government had "not taken any steps to investigate the grades of iron-ore production."

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Adani Ports signs agreement for major berth at Kandla port, company’s 95% acquisition of Gopalpur port also gets Odisha cabinet nod

OpIndia Staff - 12 September, 2024

Adani Ports will now control both major developing ports in Odisha, as it has already established its presence at Dhamra Port.

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Operation Maznoo: Man arrested in Odisha for duping multiple women in the name of marriage, victims took loans to give him money, cars, motorcycles;...

OpIndia Staff - 3 August, 2024

Odisha Police arrested a 36-year-old man on the charges of duping multiple women on the pretext of marriage. He married 5 women and was in touch with 49 others

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BJD MP Mamata Mohanta quits party and resigns from Rajya Sabha saying there is no requirement of her services and her community in the...

ANI - 31 July, 2024

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday announced that he has received the resignation letter of Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta and has accepted her resignatio

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