Tag: Crime Against Women

Khurda: Fed up of facing repeated harassment and eve-teasing by a ‘stalker’, a college girl allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison under Balugaon police limits area in Khurda. Though the victim, a +3 student, was rushed to Balugaon and later shifted to Berhampur hospital in critical condition, she succumbed while undergoing treatment. According to sources, […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when senior police officials are gearing up to launch awareness drives to put a check on sexual abuse of minor girls, such incidents continue surface from different parts of the State. Rape of four minor girls including a mentally-challenged was reported from Salepur, Cuttack and Balasore today. In Cuttack, a minor […]

Lucknow: With a view to strengthen security of women passengers in trains, the North Eastern Railway (NER) has planned to install ‘panic buttons’ in coaches as well as deploy women police personnel on trains during night hours. Since the railways is focusing on “women and child safety” this year, it plans deployment of women police […]

Khurda/Bhubaneswar: In yet another incident of sexual assault against minors, a minor girl was allegedly raped in Arisala village under Jatni police limits of Khurda district on Sunday. What is more horrific is that the girl alleged that she was raped by a minor boy of the same village. As per sources, the survivor narrated […]

Sambalpur: There seems to be no end to the disturbing trend of sexual harassment of minor girls in Odisha as another 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Sambalpur on Tuesday. Shockingly, the accused is reportedly a 15 to 16-year-old minor who happens to be the neighbour of the survivor. The juvenile has been detained after […]

Bhubaneswar: Due to effective policing, the overall law & order and crime rate in Odisha has remained under control, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Odisha Assembly today in response to the adjournment motion moved by the Opposition citing rise in crime against women. Patnaik informed the house that heinous cases of crime against women […]

An unknown miscreant made a failed attempt to kidnap a five-year-old girl before cancelling the plan midway due to apparent fear of being caught after the child raised an alarm.

Following the allegations of rape of a woman doctor, OMCA has demanded full protection of doctors and medical staff

Bhubaneswar: Three girl students of a university in Bhubaneswar were allegedly beaten up by a youth near a theatre in Kharabela Nagar area of the capital city Monday evening. The accused, whose identity is yet to be established, has been detained after a complaint was lodged by the girl students at Kharabela Nagar Police Station. […]

New Delhi: As many as 51 MPs and MLAs have declared cases of crime against women, including of alleged rape and abduction, a study said today. Of the 51, 48 are Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and three are Members of Parliament (MPs), said a study by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a non-government organisation […]

Cuttack: The Odisha government has accorded permission for creation of at least 330 different posts in the state Police to establish 22 separate investigating units for crimes against women. Out of 35 police districts in the state, 22 would get one unit each and an unit would have one additional SP, two deputy SPs, four inspectors, […]

Bhubaneswar: National president of BJP Mahila Morcha, Vijaya Rahatkar today alleged that there has been an increase in the incidents of crime against women and children in Odisha. Rahatkar, who is slated to attend the national executive meeting of party’s mahila morcha in Puri tomorrow, further stated that Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government is anti-women while […]

The areas where the progress of Odisha requires much greater political, social and governance focus are too critical to be trivialised by political cacophony.

In a development that seems to point fingers at the efficacy of the police department, identity of a woman reportedly murdered in the outskirts of the city still remains a mystery, despite nine years into the case.

Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: At a time when people across the nation are concerned over the growing incidents of crime against women and minor girls, 42-year-old Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen made a shocking revelation during a show where she claimed that she was misbehaved and inappropriately touched by a minor boy at an award function. Recently, during a […]