Bhubaneswar News

Odisha Police arrested 113 people after a drivers' protest in Bhubaneswar turned violent. The crackdown has widened into permit action as fare and welfare demands remain unresolved.

A fish trader was hit and dragged for three kilometres on NH-16 in Bhubaneswar, killing him on the spot. Police are examining CCTV footage after another trader was injured in the incident.

A 17-year-old student fell to his death after trying to hide from his friend's mother in a Bhubaneswar apartment. Police are examining CCTV footage and awaiting forensic and post-mortem reports to establish the exact circumstances.

A love triangle allegedly led to the murder of a young man in Bhubaneswar, where six accused chased down Varun Kumar Rautaray in an SUV and deliberately rammed his motorcycle before running him over.

A Hyva truck allegedly hit a car carrying a father and daughter and dragged it along Palasuni Bridge in Bhubaneswar on Friday night. The pair survived, while viral videos sparked outrage and a police investigation into the driver's conduct.

A PhD scholar at IIT Bhubaneswar died after allegedly falling from the sixth floor of a hostel building on campus. Police are investigating the circumstances after the student was declared brought dead at a private hospital.

The woman student, in her early 20s, had sought some grocery items from the nearby shop, for which the accused came to her house and raped her.

The body of the victim, Rahul Yadav, was recovered by the InfoCity Police and sent to the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences hospital, where he was declared dead.

A Hindu boy and his Muslim classmate were allegedly subjected to moral policing by five young men in Bengaluru. The group allegedly tried to assault the boy and filmed the duo.

The police have prohibited the use of DJs during Ganesh Puja in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Puja committees directed to use traditional instruments and install CCTV camera in pandals.

Following the BJD's poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Naveen Patnaik has dissolved all state-level office bearers and formed a new panel of spokespersons. District-level officers will continue in their roles.

An eight-year-old boy, whose organs were donated, was cremated with full state honours in Bhubaneswar. His parents decided to donate all his organs, including kidneys, lungs, liver, eyes, heart and pancreas, after his death.

The Odisha government has transferred 41 IAS officers, including 17 district collectors. The move comes ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and assembly elections in the state.

A woman and her second husband have been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her 13-year-old daughter in Odisha's Balasore district. The woman had strangled her daughter to death in June last year, as her second husband was not ready to accept her in their new lives.