Sexist remarks by BJP MLA Santosh Khatua - targting the BJD's Lekhasri Samantsinghar - have led to yet another fierce showdown between the ruling and main opposition parties in Odisha.

BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan has been arrested over the assault on an on-duty Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer.

The flood situation in Odisha has worsened with two districts, Gajapati and Balasore, being the worst affected by heavy rain over the last few days.

A group of smugglers from Bangladesh attacked Border Security Force personnel who were trying to stop them, resulting in the death of a smuggler in West Bengal's Nadia district on Wednesday.

A West Bengal minister's statement that any incident that happens in the state is blown out of proportion has been used by the BJP to attack the Trinamool Congress and claim that he was talking about the rape of the law student in Kolkata last week.

A CCTV footage showing a Kolkata law student being dragged by two accused from the college gate to inside college premises where she was raped earlier this week has surfaced, sources in the Kolkata Police have told NDTV.

The demolition of a Durga Temple in Dhaka had led to a sharp response from India over the treatment of minorities in Bangladesh. Authorities in Bangladesh have justified the move, calling it a 'makeshift structure', built illegally.

A series of five separate rape cases have been reported across Odisha within a ten-day period. The most recent incident occurred in the Karanjai area of Mayurbhanj district.

China's enhanced role in Bangladesh's domestic politics continues with its latest round of meetings with political parties in the country. Since April this year, China has emerged as a leading player in Bangladesh engaging with all political parties.

The woman, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST), recently married a man from the Scheduled Caste (SC) of a neighbouring village against the diktats of village elders.

The Subarnarekha River, which flows through Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, has flooded large parts of Balasore district in Odisha, affecting over 50,000 people and inundating dozens of villages.

Authorities have issued an alert as the water level in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha's Balasore district has crossed the danger mark, creating a flood threat.

The first batch of 36 pilgrims taking part in the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra crossed over to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of China through Nathula border in Sikkim this morning.

The BJP is planning a grand celebration as the first BJP government in Odisha, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, is set to mark its first anniversary in power on June 20, 2025.

August 5 will mark a year since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh. To mark the event, the interim government has decided to observe the day as Student-People's Uprising Day and declare it a nationwide public holiday.

Ansuni Chinkhe, directed by Dr Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Guwahati, recently screened online at Marche du Film

After the gang-rape of a college student in Odisha's Gopalpur on Sunday, another shocking crime has been reported from the state, this time in Keonjhar district. A 17-year-old girl was found hanging after she was allegedly sexually assaulted.

The Himalayan state of Sikkim has launched a unique initiative in the form of a Time Capsule 2025 to mark five decades of statehood.

Raja Raghuvanshi, killed during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, was attacked by all three men who were friends of his wife's alleged lover, and not one - as was known so far - but two machetes were used in the murder, police have said.

10 men have been arrested for the alleged gang-rape of a young woman near the Gopalpur beach in Odisha's Ganjam district.

Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) has declared that it's ready to hold the fresh parliamentary election in the country, but confusion persists on the timing.

After a five-year gap, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Nathula Pass in Sikkim has resumed with a batch of 36 pilgrims - 23 male and 13 female - heading to the 18 Mile base on Monday, ahead of their scheduled journey to Mansarovar on June 20.

As chilling details emerge in the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, the police have revealed that the accused, including his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi, had made three prior attempts on his life but could not eliminate him.

All five accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon killing - wife Sonam Raghuvanshi, her lover Kushwaha and three alleged hitmen Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi - have admitted to their crime, said the police on Friday.