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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 a 19-year-old woman engineering student at a hotel here, police said Monday. The...

New Delhi/Puri: A 15-year-old girl, who had been undergoing treatment at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three youths set her ablaze in Odisha's Puri district, was admitted to AIIMS Delhi Sunday, officials said. The girl, who has suffered 75 per cent burns, was airlifted from Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: Battling for her life after a horrific attack in Odisha’s Puri district, the 15-year-old girl who sustained critical burn injuries after allegedly being set on fire by unidentified attackers will be airlifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi...

Bhubaneswar: Authorities imposed Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Saturday night and declared the hospital ward area a prohibited zone after tensions escalated over the treatment of a teenage girl who was set on fire in Odisha’s Puri district. The Commissionerate...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Puri district, who was set on fire by unidentified miscreants, is reportedly in critical condition with 70 per cent burn injuries, sources said Saturday. She is being treated at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, where doctors said she is conscious and able...

Balasore: A fact-finding team of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Friday went to the college in Odisha's Balasore to probe into the circumstances that led a student to set herself afire on the campus. The UGC is one of the agencies that have been probing...

New Delhi: Reacting to the US designating The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar lauded the decision and termed it a strong affirmation of India-US...

New Delhi: In a firm response to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's threat of secondary sanctions over New Delhi's ties with Moscow, India on Thursday cautioned against ‘double standards’ on the matter and asserted that its energy procurement from Russia is based on national interests...

Bhubaneswar: Normal life was partially affected in Odisha Thursday as opposition Congress and seven other political parties enforced a 12-hour bandh across the state over the death of a college student who set herself on fire after being denied justice in an alleged sexual harassment...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police Wednesday took over the probe into the death of a woman student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, who allegedly set herself on fire on the campus. Director General of Police, CID-CB, Vinaytosh Mishra, in an order deputed...