Tag: Women

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Special drive to curb drug peddling, illegal firearms trade in capital city: CP

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police would launch a special drive to curb drug peddling and illegal firearms trade in the state capital. Apart from this emphasis would be given traffic control and protection to women and senior citizens, said Police Commissioner YB Khurania today. Giving a detailed account of the annual crime rate in the twin […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Women harassment: Police arrests 3 accused

Bhubaneswar: Police on Sunday arrested three persons in connection with harassing three girls at Nandankanan road here on Friday, said Police Commissioner YB Khurania. Informing this to the media, Khurania said, the arrested persons have been identified as Madhab Kumar Rout (22), Mrutyunjay Patra (22) and Biswaranjan Pradhan (21). “While Madhab and Mrutyunjay are resident […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Stole pulling case: Cong gives Sundargarh bandh call tomorrow

Sundargarh: Taking note of the inordinate delay in the investigation into the pulling of stoles from women at a recent meeting held in the Sundargarh town on December 4 in presence of the chief minister, the Sundargarh District Congress Committee (DCC) in association with the Rourkela Congress Organisational District has given a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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State level women rally today

Bhubaneswar: The panchayati Raj department is organising a mega women rally at the Exhibition Ground here today. Around 20000 women from across the State are scheduled to attend the big event. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will address the gathering about their empowerment. The panchayati Raj department earlier written to all Road Transport officers to make […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Women storm wine shop

Kamakhyanagar: Women in a group today took up the cudgels after incessant petitions to the police and district administration demanding closure of a liquor outlet at Kankadahada here in Dhenkanal district fall on deaf ears. Around 500 women demanding closure of the wine shop in the Gandhi Bazar area of Kankadahada stormed the premises and […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Crime against women up in Odisha in 2015: NCRB data

Bhubaneswar: With 17,144 cases, Odisha has recorded the maximum number of crime against women in 2015 after Delhi, Assam and Telengana. Figures in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show the coastal State had witnessed 14,606 criminal cases against women in the previous year. While the rate of such case cases in every one lakh female […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Anti-liquor protest turns violent; 4 injured as trader attacks protestors

Balasore: At least four women were injured seriously when they were beaten up mercilessly by a liquor trader, whose shop was ransacked by a group of irate women in Saduapada village under Soro police station of the district on Saturday. All the injured have been shifted to Community Health Centre, Soro for treatment. Their condition […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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High job stress can lead to weight gain in women, claims study

London: Are you gaining weight suddenly? Blame increased stress at workplace, say researchers who found that heavy pressure at work predisposes women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education. The findings, led by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden researchers, showed that long-term exposure to high job demands played a […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Women less sensitive to pain than men: Study

Toronto: Women tend to forget pain that they suffered more quickly than men, confirmed a new study in mice and humans, challenging the widely held belief that the fairer sex are more sensitive to pain than men. The study, by researchers from Canada’s University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), showed that men and women remembered earlier […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Women should be given equal importance in film industry, says Suniel Shetty

Mumbai: Actor Suniel Shetty has said that women should be given equal importance in the film industry like in every other working sector in the country. Shetty was interacting with the media at the launch of Specta Eyewear Boutique on Saturday in Mumbai. On Tuesday, an 18-member panel, including Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn, […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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PCOS raises early risk of diabetes, heart disease in women

New York: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) develop metabolic syndrome earlier than women without the condition, likely putting them at a higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. PCOS is a hormonal disorder that can affect a women’s periods, making them infrequent, irregular or prolonged, and can also […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Exercise can help breast cancer survivors, says study

London: Survivors of early-stage breast cancer who exercise and eat a healthy diet are more likely to lose weight and experience higher rates of disease-free survival, a new study suggests. The research is based on an examination of a lifestyle intervention that included exercise, diet, and at least one other component such as counselling, stress […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Cervical Cancer in India: A preventable tragedy that requires immediate attention

New Delhi: Premature death and disability from cancer is a great tragedy that hundreds of thousands of women and their families in India and other developing countries face every year. Of the various cancers that afflict women, that of the cervix, a part of the reproductive system, is one of the most common causes of […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Air pollution exposure linked to breast cancer, says study

London: Women working near busy roads are at high risk of developing breast cancer, due to traffic-related air pollution, researchers have warned. The team, from University of Stirling in Scotland, analysed the case of a woman who developed breast cancer after spending 20 years working as a border guard at the busiest commercial border crossing […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Early rising women at lower risk of breast cancer: Study

London: Women who begin their day early are likely to have a lower of risk breast cancer, than late beginners, suggests a research. The study found that a preference for mornings reduced the risk of breast cancer by 40 per cent compared with being an evening type. It also found that women who slept longer than […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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