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.
Odisha Vigilance raided nine locations linked to ITDA engineer Baikuntha Nath Behera and his family. The searches allegedly uncovered cash, properties and land holdings now under verification.
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 late-night incident in Odisha's capital city of Bhubaneswar was captured on camera when a speeding heavy-duty truck rammed into a car. The truck pushed and dragged the vehicle, which was carrying a father and his daughter, for several metres along a busy city road.
The woman, a resident of the Banpur area in Khurda district, was rescued before she could ignite a matchstick and was later taken to Capital Hospital for medical examination and treatment.
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.
According to sources, the total bribe demanded was Rs 50 lakh, of which this payment was the first instalment.
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.
Following a tip-off, a gunfight ensued between Maoists and security forces in Odisha's Bargarh district. The Maoists managed to flee, but the search operation has been intensified.
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.
Police on Thursday arrested three taxi drivers on charges of chasing, hurling abuse and threatening a woman police officer with a sword while she was returning home in her car after her night duty in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
