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Raja Parba, a 3-day festival celebrating womanhood is being celebrated across Odisha starting Monday. During this period, it is believed that Mother Earth menst
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 14 (ANI): Raja Parba, a 3-day festival celebrating womanhood is being celebrated across Odisha starting Monday. During this period, it is believed that Mother Earth menstruates and prepares herself for future agricultural activities with the arrival of monsoon, said Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC), chairperson S Mishra.
Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti, a 3-day festival to honour womanhood is celebrated across Odisha. Mother earth is believed to be menstruating during this period and preparing herself for the coming agricultural season.
2 ANM workers attempt self-immolation protesting against government apathy Post News Network
Bhubaneswar: Two Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) workers tried to set themselves on fire by pouring kerosene on their bodies here Tuesday. The incident occurred close to the Master Canteen Square where the ANM workers are protesting for the past 18 days. The two women were however overpowered in the nick of time by other ANM workers at the site.
The ANM workers have been sitting on a dharna for non-payment of their salaries and have been demanding that they be reinstated in their jobs. Some of them have also resorted to hunger strike to attract the attention of the Odisha government.