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Three killed as Nor’wester wreaks havoc in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: At least three persons were killed and another sustained critical injury after a powerful nor’wester wreaked havoc in Naranpur area of Keonjhar district on Thursday afternoon.
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Keonjhar Panchayat officials looted of Rs 8.18 lakh at gunpoint
Keonjhar: In a daylight robbery, two panchayat officials in Odisha’s Keonjhar district were allegedly held at gunpoint and robbed of Rs 8.18 lakh on Monday.
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Keonjhar admin asks fuel outlets to maintain emergency reserve stock
Keonjhar: With fuel shortage looming over Odisha, the administration in Keonjhar has directed all retail outlets in the district to maintain a minimum reserve stock of petrol and diesel to meet emergency needs.
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Reverse Wedding: Bride arrives with baraat & takes groom home in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: In an unconventional wedding ceremony, a bride in Keonjhar district arrived at the groom’s house with a grand musical procession and, after the marriage rituals, took the groom back to her parental home on Thursday.
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Four smugglers nabbed with elephant tusks in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: The special enforcement team of Keonjhar Forest Division has arrested four persons on charges of illegally possessing and attempting to sell elephant tusks and other wildlife body parts.
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Jitu Munda undergoes ‘purification’ for exhuming dead sister from grave
Keonjhar: Ten days after exhuming his dead sister’s skeletal remains and carrying it to the bank as proof of her death, Jitu Munda underwent a ‘purification’ ritual at his native Dianali village under Patna block in the district on!-->…
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Deprived of old-age pension, elderly woman forced to reach office on trolley
Keonjhar: An 83-year-old woman of Anandapur had to be carried on a trolley by her son to claim her monthly government allowance. As part of a welfare scheme, people over the age of 80 are entitled to a monthly allowance of Rs 3,500.
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Account settled but second rites ‘burden worries tribal man
Keonjhar: Trouble for Jitu Mundu seems far from over as he now has to perform the last rites of his deceased sister once more and organise a customary feast for community members, as per Ho tribal traditions.
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Keonjhar Skeleton Row: Rajasthan Minister & Physics Wallah CEO offer financial help to tribal…
Keonjhar: The shocking incident of a man exhuming his deceased sister’s remains to withdraw money from her bank account has triggered outrage across the country and continues to dominate public discourse.
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Odisha Skeleton Episode: RDC blames bank officials for negligence
Keonjhar: Preliminary findings of a probe into the episode of a tribal man carrying his sister's skeleton to a bank in Keonjhar district as a proof of death to withdraw her money indicate that the staff "did not cooperate with him", a!-->…
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