The rising water of the Baitarani River, due to incessant rainfall, triggered severe flooding in Jajpur district of Odisha, affecting nearly 600 people and 150 households in four villages.

The incident took place on Saturday afternoon when the man, posing as an LPG cylinder mechanic, entered the assistant professor's quarters.

BJD corporator of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Amaresh Jena, was arrested from Balasore district on Sunday in connection with a rape case lodged against him in the state capital, police said.

Adding to the growing concern over sexual exploitation of women in Odisha, two minor girls both students of Class 10 and residents of state-run hostels in Kandhamal district were found to be pregnant during routine health checkups, police said.

A man was booked in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly throwing acid at four cows that were grazing outside his house, police said on Friday.

The death of the student, who died by suicide after multiple pleas to authorities and a sham hearing by the Internal Complaints Committee, has exposed the inadequate, or mostly absent, student support systems in higher education institutions.

Two brothers allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old girl and then attempted to bury her alive after she became five months pregnant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district.

The raids were conducted at the six locations in Jaipur and Bhubaneswar linked to deputy ranger Rama Chandra Nepak.

After heavy rains triggered a flood-like situation in an Odisha town located on the banks of the Mahanadi, the state's largest river, a tractor overturned and was swept away, dragged into the swirling waters by the strong current in the flooded area.

The accused, identified as Karunakar Behera, entered the house in the absence of the minor girl's family and allegedly raped her.

Odisha Police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man, an accused in a child sexual abuse case, who was out on bail, for allegedly again chasing the victim and obstructing her way while she was returning from school.

A minor was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by three men while returning from a birthday party on Sunday and was then raped yet again by another man while fleeing, said the Odisha police.

Calling it a "watershed moment in Odisha's history," Naveen Patnaik said the move undermines the sacrifices of the Paikas, who revolted against British rule nearly four decades before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.

A minor was returning home with a friend and her mother when the incident took place Monday evening in Jagatsinghpur.

In yet another disturbing incident from Odisha, a minor girl was sexually assaulted by a truck driver in the Malkangiri district, according to police reports on Tuesday.

A girl was allegedly gang-raped by her hockey coach and two of his associates earlier this month in Odisha's Jajpur district.

An official in Odisha was found to have 115 land plots in his name, gold weighing 200 grams, a small armoury containing rifles, and other assets worth crores during a raid by the Vigilance Department on Sunday.

Udit Pradhan, the president of the Congress' students' wing, National Students' Union of India in Odisha, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old engineering student in Bhubaneswar

The 15-year-old girl, who was set on fire by miscreants at Balanga in Puri, has been airlifted from AIIMS Bhubaneswar to AIIMS in the national capital for advanced treatment.

The 15-year-old girl set on fire in Odisha's Puri yesterday was running on the road as the flames burned her skin away.

The Odisha Police on Saturday spotted in the CCTV footage of a filling station a woman, of an age nearly that of the student who set herself on fire on the campus of the Balasore college, buying petrol in a bottle around the same time.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday launched 'Shaktishree', a state-wide initiative to ensure the safety, security, and empowerment of women in universities and colleges.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday said that the state government will airlift the minor girl, who was set on fire by miscreants in Puri, to AIIMS Delhi for advanced medical care as per the advice of the doctors.

Heavy rain and accompanying flooding continue to wreak havoc in Odisha's Kendrapara district and has severely impacted the lives of residents.