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Odisha: Woman raped while grazing goats in Jagatsinghpur

India, Aug. 7 -- Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district reported yet another case of sexual violence after a woman was allegedly raped while grazing goats on Wednesday evening. The survivor, who was also phy... Read More


Odisha: 3 Jajpur police staff suspended following youth's suicide bid over custodial torture

India, Aug. 7 -- A day after a youth attempted suicide by consuming poison following alleged third-degree custodial torture, three police staff at Balichandrapur station were suspended in Odisha's Jaj... Read More


Former Odisha Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj passes away

India, Aug. 7 -- Former Odisha Minister and Speaker of the State Assembly, Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj, passed away late Wednesday night while undergoing treatment for cardiac-related complications ... Read More


Online OPD ticket booking for Cuttack's Sishu Bhawan begins

India, Aug. 7 -- In a move to reduce the long queues and overcrowding at the OPD (Outpatient Department) counters of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics, popularly known as... Read More


One more Odisha girl self-immolates as cops refuse to file plaint, 3rd in a month

India, Aug. 6 -- The family members of a college girl, who died by self-immolation in Odisha's Kendrapara district today, alleged that the victim was subjected to harassment and blackmail by a male fr... Read More


Odisha govt pushes for breastfeeding centres at public places

India, Aug. 6 -- Marking the World Breastfeeding Week, the Odisha Government has intensified efforts to promote maternal and child health by urging business establishments, especially shopping malls, ... Read More


Jindal Foundation launches 4th edition of 'Yashasvi' to empower women through education and skills

India, Aug. 6 -- The Jindal Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel, has launched the fourth edition of its flagship initiative, Yashasvi, aimed at empowering girls and women from economically disa... Read More


13-Year-Old Environmental Advocate Dhriti Moksha Panigrahi Appointed to UN Youth Group on Nuclear Disarmament

India, Aug. 6 -- In a moment of pride for Odisha and the entire nation, Dhriti Moksha Panigrahi, a 13-year-old climate and peace advocate from Parlekhemundi in Gajapati district, has been officially a... Read More


Odisha: Headmaster arrested, detained in police custody on wrong warrant in Kendrapara

India, Aug. 6 -- In a highly irresponsible act by the police, a primary school principal was mistakenly arrested on another person's warrant and detained for over three hours in Aul in Odisha's Kendra... Read More


Custodial torture allegation surfaces in Jagatsinghpur's Biridi Police Station

India, Aug. 6 -- A serious allegation of third-degree custodial torture has emerged from Biridi police station in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, as a local youth, Partha Sarathi Das from the Balia a... Read More