Tag: Crime Against Women

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 […]

An elderly woman approached the Commissionerate Police here today accusing her son of showing ill-treatment to her and denying her Aadhaar Card for Covid vaccination. 

Khurda: An anganwadi helper’s minor daughter was allegedly raped, murdered and hanged by a youth inside her house under Jatani Police limits of Khurda district on Monday. The anganwadi helper alleged that her daughter, a Class IX student was first raped and then murdered by one Gajananda Behera of Sardhapur village of the district. Behera […]

Nayagarh: A teacher, who allegedly misbehaved with a girl student of a school under Fatepur police limits in Nayagarh district, was tied to a pole and beaten black and blue by the locals on Wednesday evening. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The accused, identified as PT (Physical Training) teacher […]

Bhubaneswar: Tension ran high after scores of Mahila Congress activists tried to storm into Naveen Niwas, the official residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar today. Wearing masks of newly appointed AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Mahila Congress activists scuffled with police while trying to gherao the […]

Nayagarh: A woman was allegedly murdered by her in-laws over dowry at Binodpara village under Ranapur Police limits of Nayagarh district. The deceased has been identified as Subhrakeshi Swain. The family members of the deceased have alleged that her in-laws tried to burn the body after killing Subhrakeshi over dowry demand. “Our daughter’s husband, her […]