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  2. The Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 - Wikipedia

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    There has been an age long demand from various organizations as well as from civil society for change of the Name from Orissa to Odisha and Oriya to Odia Odisha Cabinet for the 1st time resolved a proposal in this regard in June 2008.

  3. Amiya Kumari Padhi - Wikipedia

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    Padhi studied law and enrolled at the Bar in 1964. On April 18, 1988, she was elevated to judge of the Orissa High Court and retired from that position on September 14, 1995. [2] Padhi was the only woman judge to serve at the Orissa High Court until the appointment of Sanju Panda in February 2007. [3]

  4. Sarala Devi - Wikipedia

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    She married well-known lawyer Bhagirathi Mohapatra in 1917, and the latter joined the Indian National Congress in 1918. Sarala herself joined the Congress in 1921, following Mahatma Gandhi's first visit to Orissa. She was the first woman Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly as well as its first woman Speaker for one day.

  5. History of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    The capital was later moved to the Guheshvarapataka (modern Jajpur) after the conquest of the Bhauma-Kara kingdom, following which it was renamed to Abhinava-Yayatinagara (the new city of Yayati). Yayati I is credited with building of a new temple at Puri, and installing the image of Purushottama (Jagannatha) there.

  6. RI nominee to federal court faces confirmation hearing. Why ...

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    A daughter of Providence “You often hear me talk about how important honest courtrooms are to our system of government. An honest courtroom protects people’s rights, maintains order and holds ...

  7. Italy protests to Hungary over Italian woman shackled in court

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    ROME (Reuters) -Italy on Tuesday protested to Hungary over the treatment of an Italian woman who appeared in a Budapest court chained and shackled for a hearing in an assault case. Images of ...

  8. Orissa High Court - Wikipedia

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    On 1 April 1936 Odisha was made a separate province but no separate High Court was provided for it. The Government of India agreed to create a new High Court, and for that purpose the Government of India issued the Odisha High Court Order, 1948, under the Section 229(1) of the Government of India Act, 1935, on 30 April 1948. Finally, on 26 July ...

  9. Transgender inmate sues over Trump's order curtailing ... - AOL

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    A transgender woman serving in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's executive order directing the U.S. government to recognize only two, unchangeable sexes ...