Tag: Odisha girl

From stigma to successful entrepreneurship – Odisha woman’s saga of success

Basanti has the credit of training over 1,200 women from poor families in stitching in the last one decade. Among them, 200 girls have become entrepreneurs and run their own independent business enterprises.

November 28, 2022

Odisha girl, who alleged gang rape by ‘men in uniform’, commits suicide

A 14-year-old tribal girl, who had charged “four men in uniform” with rape three months ago in Odisha’s Koraput district, allegedly committed suicide Tuesday, the police said. The Class 9 student allegedly hanged herself this afternoon when her family members were not at home. She was later rushed to a local community health centre in...

January 23, 2018