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Rayagada: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly bludgeoned to death by her brother-in-law with a spade Friday following a longstanding land dispute, police said. The incident occurred in Fepaguda village under Dhamunipanga panchayat within the jurisdiction of Kalyansinghpur police station in Rayagada district. The victim was...

Angul: Police late Thursday night arrested a youth after a written complaint was lodged against him at Bantala police station July 16. A case (259/25) was registered against the accused youth, identified as Sudipta Swain of Saradhapur under Bantala police limits in Angul district, for...

Hatadihi: Bhagirathi Kabi, the headmaster of Brahmanikala High School in Keonjhar district, has been absconding for over 45 days following allegations of misconduct towards a female student. A case (146/2025) was registered at Nandipada police station, after which Kabi fled evading his arrest. Despite police...

Balasore: A daily wage earner was forced to carry his daughter’s body in a trolley rickshaw to the hospital for post-mortem due to a lack of financial resources and official support. Madhu Bindhani, a resident of Bindhani Sahi in Deula panchayat under Baliapal police station...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress Friday announced it will observe ‘Shraddhanjali Divas’ across Odisha July 24, marking the 'Ekadasah' (11th-day post-death ritual) of the deceased Fakir Mohan Autonomous College girl student. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das made the announcement following meeting with party’s...

Sambalpur: Gangadhar Meher University in Odisha’s Sambalpur district Friday issued an advisory to all its teaching staff a day after the arrest of an assistant professor for "sexual exploitation" of a female student. An assistant professor of GM University was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the self-immolation death of a woman student over an alleged sexual harassment incident in Balasore’s Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, the Odisha government Friday made it mandatory for all higher education institutions to prominently display the Women Helpline Number-181 on the...

Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday sentenced a 62-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a specially abled woman in 2021. The sentence was pronounced by District Additional Sessions Court Judge Satyanarayan Patra. The court also imposed a fine of...

Bhubaneswar: Further intensifying its agitation demanding a judicial probe into the death of a woman college student in Balasore, the Opposition BJD Friday held a silent protest demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue in Bhubaneswar. The party also decided to continue its stir till the government...

Cuttack: Ravenshaw University in Odisha's Cuttack has rolled back an order that restricted female students, faculty, and staff from staying on campus after 5:30pm. An earlier directive, issued July 17 by the university registrar on behalf of the vice-chancellor, cited safety concerns and stated that...