Odisha
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‘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…
- India
College pressured my daughter: Odisha female student’s father
Bhubaneswar: The father of the 20-year-old college student who attempted self-immolation after allegedly being denied justice in a sexual harassment case on Sunday claimed that his daughter was pressured by college authorities…
- India
Odisha female student self immolation: Woman in ‘highly critical’ state
Bhubaneswar: The health condition of the 20-year-old college woman student who set herself on fire on the college campus in Balasore over an alleged sexual harassment incident is “highly critical” as she…
- India
Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored
Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday, July 12, allegedly set herself on fire on the…
- India
Video: Tribal couple forced to plough field for defying marriage norms
Bhubaneswar: A tribal couple in Odisha’s Rayagada district was allegedly forced to plough a field with a yoke placed on their shoulders as a form of public punishment for marrying against community…
