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All 5 accused arrested in Odisha gangrape case

15-yr-old school girl was raped in Odisha's Kendrapara district. The prime accused was identified as Happy Mallick, the class 10 student’s paternal aunt.

Odisha girl who was set on fire laid to rest in native village, Deputy CM Parida present at burial

The 15-year-old girl's funeral was held amid heavy security, with around 100 police personnel deployed at the nondescript village on the bank of the Bhargavi river.

Mortal remains of Odisha girl who was set on fire to be airlifted to Bhubaneswar from AIIMS Delhi

Postmortem of the girl who was set on fire on 19 July in Balanga & succumbed to injuries a day ago at AIIMS has been done, and body handed over to her family.

DRDO conducts two consecutive successful flight tests of Pralay missile

Flight tests carried out off the coast of Odisha as part of user evaluation trials to validate the maximum & minimum range capability of the missile system.

News of the day: 21 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

Balasore: Headmaster, teachers of govt school detained on charges of sexual harassment

The Class 9 student was allegedly molested by the mathematics teacher on several occasions, and even after narrating the incident to the headmaster, no action was taken.

Congress student unit president accused of raping woman in hotel arrested, say police

Incident occurred on 18 March but came to light on Sunday after the 19-yr-old filed a complaint, alleging Udit Pradhan spiked her drink before sexually assaulting her.

15-year-old girl set ablaze in Odisha’s Puri to be airlifted to AIIMS Delhi

Incident came to light a few days after a student set herself ablaze over prolonged harassment from her dept head at Balasore's FM (Auto) college. She later succumbed to her injuries.

Sexual harassment, suicide & gangrape—Odisha’s 1st BJP CM battles fallout from rising crime, ‘inaction’

Oppn, from ex-CM Naveen Patnaik to a weakened Congress, has seized the moment, protesting a spate of brutal crimes & alleged erosion of rule of law in CM Majhi's 1 yr in office.

Balasore student who self-immolated wanted to be a teacher. In death, she taught how to stand up

“No one bothered to ask what had pushed her to that point. She was struggling mentally, but the college refused to even listen to her," said Soumyashree Bisi’s friend Kashish.

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A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.