Orissa

BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Despite weather officials predicting that Cyclone Jal has lost momentum on Sunday, parts of Orissa are expected to be lashed by heavy rains in the upcoming days.
PURI - A woman devotee was killed and two people were injured in a stampede Tuesday during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra (chariot festival), for which eight lakh people turned up in this Orissa temple town, police said.
JAGATSINGHPUR - A man was arrested Friday in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district for allegedly raping two of his minor daughters, police said.