An investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in Odisha's Bhubaneswar has led to the uncovering of a sex racket in the state capital.

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In a shocking case, a 24-year-old young man was arrested on charges of attempting to dupe his father by posing as a fake Maoist and demanding Rs 35 lakh as extortion in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said.

A woman agriculture officer was found hanging in her rented house in Odisha's Bhadrak district on Wednesday, police said. Police identified the woman as Niharika Dalai, 30, a native of Randia village under Bhadrak Rural police station.

The friend of the medical student who was raped near a private medical college in West Bengal's Durgapur has been arrested by the police, taking the total arrests in the case to six.

The father of the MBBS student from Odisha, who was gangraped in West Bengal's Durgapur, has said he will be taking his daughter back to Odisha and that he is concerned about her safety in Bengal.

A friend of a 23-year-old Odisha college student, who was allegedly gang-raped by unidentified men near her institute in West Bengal's Durgapur, is also under the scanner and the police must consider interrogating him, the women's body has said.

A tornado hit the famous Chilika Lake in Odisha on Friday, sparking reactions of panic and awe from tourists visiting the site. The tornado was seen southwest of the temple of Kalijai while hundreds of tourists were enjoying the view.

A second-year MBBS student from Odisha was gang-raped near a private medical college in West Bengal's Durgapur on Friday night.

Several passengers were attacked with a sharp weapon inside a government-run bus in Odisha's Puri district today.

A 57-year-old woman went missing after a crocodile dragged her into the Kharasrota river in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Tuesday.

The Odisha government on Monday extended the suspension of internet services in Cuttack till 7 PM of October 7, as tension prevails in the city following back to back violent incidents during the Durga idol immersion last week.

The voting for assembly bypolls in eight constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held on November 11, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday.

Eight people were arrested on Monday in connection with the violence in Odisha's Cuttack, where a 12-hour bandh was underway amid heavy security deployment with prohibitory orders in place, officials said.

Odisha's Cuttack, the thousand-year-old city long celebrated for its communal harmony, remained on edge on Sunday after fresh incidents of violence erupted following clashes during Durga Puja idol immersion two days earlier.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has expressed profound sorrow over the tragic incident and announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the victims.

A mentally challenged woman was kidnapped by a truck driver from a building near a highway in Odisha.

A former National Security Guard (NSG) commando has been found involved in a drug smuggling network. Bajrang Singh had participated in the 26/11 anti-terror operation in Mumbai.

Delhi Police on Wednesday recovered three fake photographs from self-styled godman 'Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati', aka Parthasarathy from Odisha, aka 'Delhi Baba', who has been accused of sexually harassing at least 17 women at a city ashram.

The complainant, 22-year-old Priyanka Bibar from Rayagada district in Odisha, had started working as a domestic help on September 22

A young man in Odisha's Dhenkanal district has died of electrocution while trying to sneak into his girlfriend's house.

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A 32-year-old visually impaired teacher from Jajpur district cleared the prestigious Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination, securing the 300th rank in his third attempt.