Bhubaneshwar
(2001 est. pop. 647,000). The capital of the Indian state of Orissa since 1948, Bhubaneshwar lies in the district of Puri and is famous for its Hindu temples. Most of the temples of Bhuba...
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Veterinarians at a zoo in eastern India struggled Friday to save an orphaned baby elephant who was injured when a train killed his mother, officials said. The four-month-old elephant was brought to...
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BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 30 (Reuters Life!) - Authorities in
eastern India deployed extra police at the site of a proposed
$12 billion steel plant by South Korean steelmaker POSCO after
villagers c...
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A 5-year-old Indian boy whose long-distance running last year sparked an outcry from rights activists _ and prompted a ban on future runs by the child _ is planning to walk 500 kilometers (311 mile...
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Dozens of plastic bags stuffed with skulls and body parts that police believe are from female fetuses aborted or newborn girls killed because their families wanted boys have been found in an abando...
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About 1,000 women formed a human chain in eastern India on Wednesday to protest the recent spate of cases of female feticide discovered in the area.The eastern state of Orrissa was rocked last week...
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BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of federal
police enforced a curfew in parts of eastern India on Thursday
after clashes between Hindus and Christians in which one person
was killed...
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New Delhi (dpa) - A two-day "economic blockade" called by Maoist
guerrillas in six Indian states to protest against Special Economic
Zones (SEZs) left two people dead and af...
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