New Odisha Age

Children to be sent back to Odisha

The district-level child welfare committee here has decided to send back six minor girls from Odisha who were detrained under suspicious circumstances at the Shoranur Railway Station in the first week of July along with 29 others. The children were travelling in a coach of Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express and a medical examination found that they had…

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More than 50000 devotees accompanied the Divine Rathayatra of Emami Jagannath Temple at Balasore, Odisha

The Lord Jagannath Temple built by the Emami Group of Companies hosted its very first colourful Car Festival (Rathyatra) at Balgopalpur , Balasore, Odisha. After the “Prana Pratistha” of the divine Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra in November 2015, this is the first Rathayatra that is being celebrated at this temple. Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra &…

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Steps to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) have been entrusted with the task of…

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