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Odisha: Schizophrenia patient rescued from six years captivity
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): A 26-year-old old woman, suffering from Schizophrenia, was rescued from six years of captivity on Wednesday and admitted to a hospital in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
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Odisha: Bamboo pole turns into makeshift bridge for locals
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): For more than 3000 people in eight villages of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, life hangs on a bamboo bridge - the only means of connectivity between the villages and parts of the district.
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Elephant rescued from abandoned well in Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) July 28: An elephant was rescued from an abandoned well in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
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Woman forced to give birth in culvert in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], May 8 (ANI): In an unfortunate turn of events, a woman in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha was forced to give birth in a culvert after her house was destroyed by an elephant six months ago.
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Indian Air Force plane crashes in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): An Indian Air Force plane crashed in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday.
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Tribal students' protest spills onto streets
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Mar. 17 (ANI): Around 350 tribal students of two government-run schools marched around 20 kilometres in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district protesting against the ill-behaviour of their headmaster.
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Mentally challenged girl raped in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India] February 8 (ANI): A mentally challenged girl was allegedly raped in Pathuri Panchayat of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
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School headmaster arrested for harassing minor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Odisha Police arrested the headmaster of a school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, who allegedly sexually harassed a minor girl student.
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Leopard skin, pangolin scale seiezed in Bandipora, two arrested
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baripada (Odisha) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Kaptipada police have arrested two men, who were looking to sell a 6.5 feet long leopard skin and a pangolin scale in Odisha's Baripada in the Mayurbhanj district, adding to a number of animal poaching cases in the area.
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Floods swamp 200 villages in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], October 22 (ANI): Floods triggered by continuous rainfall swamped more than 200 villages in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Saturday.
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Superstition in name of ritual in Odisha: Roll on Cactus thorns to fulfill
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Odisha [India], October 4 (ANI): In an astonishing ritual practiced in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, people roll on top of Cactus thorns and whip themselves in order to get their wishes fulfilled by gods and goddesses.
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Odisha shocker: Four home guards forced to 'kneel down' over imp
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], June 28(ANI): In a bizarre incident, four Home Guards, including a female cop were asked to kneel down with their hands up in punishment for wearing improper uniform in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.
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