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Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing debate over the rising cases of atrocities against women, two rape incidents reported in Jajpur and Jagatsinghpur districts have once again rocked Odisha. In a shameful incident, the Jagatsinghpur police on Tuesday arrested one person on charges of raping an 18-year-old girl in Jagatsinghpur Town police station area. Police have launched [...]

Berhampur: Baidyanathpur Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly attempted to rape a woman. The accused has been identified as Jeevan Mishra (29), son of Jagannath Mishra, from Santoshpur, PS-Hinjilikatu, currently residing at Co-operative Colony 2nd Line, PS-B.N.Pur. Based on the written complaint of a 27-year-old woman from Sandhamula village, Ganjam district, the case [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials arrested Nityananda Nayak, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Keonjhar’s KL Division on charges of possessing disproportionate assets. Following a two-day investigation and extensive searches, the vigilance team unearthed evidence of significant wealth accumulated beyond Nayak’s known sources of income. The searches revealed a 9,000-square-foot multi-storeyed building in Angul, a luxurious farmhouse [...]

Bhubaneswar: BJD President and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep concern over the exclusion of Odisha’s historic Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks. Calling the move “a huge dishonour” to Odisha’s legacy, Naveen said the omission undermines the bravery of the Paikas, who [...]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another disturbing incident from Odisha, a minor girl was sexually assaulted by a truck driver in the Malkangiri district, according to police reports on Tuesday. The victim’s family filed a written complaint at Malkangiri Sadar Police Station, according to which, the girl had gone to her friend’s house on Monday evening to [...]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of two disturbing burning incidents in the last few days, the Odisha government on Monday imposed a blanket ban on the sale of petrol in plastic bottles across the state. The government held discussions with officials of various departments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), oil companies and petroleum dealers’ associations to discourage [...]

New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal MPs on Monday met the 15-year-old girl, who is struggling for her life after severe burn injuries, at AIIMS Delhi and enquired about her health condition. On the direction of BJD President Naveen Patnaik, the delegation of BJD MPs visited AIIMS Delhi and met the victim and interacted with [...]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday staged massive protests outside the offices of the Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDCs) in Cuttack, Berhampur, and Sambalpur, demanding a judicial inquiry into the tragic death of a 20-year-old B.Ed second-year student from Fakir Mohan College, Balasore. The student, who had sustained 95% burn injuries in an alleged [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Monday constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the rape allegations against the party’s student wing president, Udit Pradhan, who has been suspended by the NSUI. The OPCC President, Bhakta Charan Das, has directed the newly formed committee to thoroughly examine the incident, hold discussions with the complainant, [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking development, the Commissionerate Police have arrested Udit Pradhan, the president of Odisha Chhatra Congress (National Students Union of India), on charges of sexually abusing a female student. Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, a case (419/25) was registered at the Mancheswar Police Station in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. As per [...]