Odisha
- Crime
17-year-old caught transporting 5 kg of hashish oil in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh was apprehended on Friday for allegedly transporting 5.1 kg of Hashish oil worth Rs 1.15 crore, police said. In a joint operation, sleuths from the…
- India
Odisha man arrested for spreading hate speech in social media
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Police has arrested a 19-year-old Muslim teenager for allegedly spreading communal hatred through social media, a senior officer said on Monday. The cyber crime police arrested the accused, identified…
- India
Bengal ‘gang rape’: Three accused sent to 10-day police custody
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: A student from Odisha, studying at a private medical college in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, was raped allegedly by some men on Friday, October 10. The incident occurred outside the…
- India
Hindutva workers destroy meat shop, seize cows in Odisha
A Muslim-owned butcher shop and a nearby shed were attacked by Hindutva in Odisha. A video of the incident was widely shared on the internet, showing the right-wing workers damaging the shop…
- India
Odisha: Clashes erupt during Durga idol immersion over loud music
Clashes erupted between Hindus and Muslims during Durga idol immersions in Cuttack, Odisha over loud music being played during a procession while it was passing a dargah on October 4. The tense…
- India
Odisha govt teacher thrashes students with bamboo stick for not touching feet
An assistant teacher in a primary government school in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district was suspended after she thrashed 31 students for allegedly not touching her feet after morning prayers. The incident took place…
- India
Odisha: Dalit man beaten to death after mob finds him skinning dead cow
In Odisha’s Deogarh district, a 35-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death on September 4 after being accused of killing a cow by a mob. The incident took place in Kendeijori village…
- India
Odisha: Cow vigilante attack dairy farmers over religious identity
Four dairy farmers were allegedly attacked by cow vigilantes in Palasuni locality of Odisha’s capital city, Bhubaneswar, on Saturday, September 6, leading to the death of a calf. Bichitrandra Behera from Alipingal…
- India
TMC MP claims tribal worker from Malda beaten in Odisha over speaking Bengali
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam on Tuesday alleged that a tribal labourer from West Bengal’s Malda district was beaten up in Odisha for speaking Bengali. Islam, who is also…
- Technology
India successfully test-fires ‘Agni 5’ ballistic missile
New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the ‘Agni 5’ intermediate range ballistic missile, in a demonstration of its strategic military capabilities. The defence ministry said the test-firing of the missile from…
- India
Kerala CM terms alleged attack on Catholic priests, nuns in Odisha as ‘Hindutva vigilantism’
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday termed as “Hindutva vigilantism” the alleged attack on Catholic priests and nuns in Odisha’s Jaleswar on false charges of religious conversion. In a post…
- News
Final‑year student sets herself on fire in Kendrapara amid harassment claims
Bhubaneswar: In a fresh case of self-immolation, one more girl student on Wednesday died after she set herself on fire allegedly due to blackmail by her boyfriend in Pattamundai area of Kendrapara…
- India
‘Tortured’ in police custody, Odisha man attempts suicide
Jajpur: A 28-year-old man attempted suicide by consuming a poisonous substance after he was allegedly tortured in police custody in Odisha’s Jajpur district. Police said that the victim Rabindra Mallik, a resident…
- India
Odisha student self immolation case: ABVP state leader arrested
The joint secretary of Odisha Akhil Bharatiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) and another have been arrested on Sunday, August 3, in connection with the self-immolation case of a 20-year-old female student of Fakir…
- Andhra Pradesh
Six migrant workers killed in granite quarry accident in Andhra
Ballikurava: Six migrant workers were killed and three injured after a massive granite rock fell on them at a quarry in Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. According to police, the…
