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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…
- India
15-yr-old Odisha girl set on fire by miscreants dies in AIIMS Delhi
Bhubaneswar: The 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by three unidentified miscreants in Puri district a fortnight ago, succumbed to her burn injury while undergoing treatment in AIIMS Delhi, Odisha…
- India
Odisha peon served urine instead of water to junior engineer, probe begins
Bhubaneswar: The police on Friday issued a notice to a peon asking him to clarify his alleged role in serving urine instead of drinking water to a newly appointed junior engineer at…
- India
Odisha: Two brothers held for rape of minor in Jagatsinghpur
Paradip: Police have arrested two brothers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district for allegedly raping a girl, an officer said on Friday. According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s father at Kujang police…
- India
NSUI’s Odisha unit president arrested for ‘raping’ engineering student
Bhubaneswar: In a major embarrassment for opposition Congress in Odisha, which has been highlighting rising crimes against women in the state, its student wing chief Udit Pradhan was arrested for allegedly raping…
- India
‘Save me’: Odisha man recounts moments after girl, set on fire
Puri: The man who saved the life of the 15-year-old girl, kidnapped and set on fire by some men in Odisha’s Puri district, recounted on Sunday the 90 minutes that he spent…
- India
3 miscreants set 15‑year-old girl on fire in Puri; AIIMS treatment underway
Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by unidentified persons in Odisha’s Puri district on Saturday, officials said. The girl was rushed to AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical condition, and she…
- India
Will ensure justice: Rahul Gandhi to Odisha student’s father
Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to the father of the female B.Ed student of FM Autonomous College in Balasore, who succumbed to her burn injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS,…
- India
Odisha college student who set herself afire over sexual harassment dies
Bhubaneswar: After fighting for her life for three days, the Odisha college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor passed away at AIIMS on Monday night, July…
