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8 arrested in Cuttack after violent clashes during Durga Puja immersion

Following the violence, additional Police Commissioner Bhola announced that internet restrictions have been extended for another 24 hours, with a curfew in place until 10 am Wednesday.

Cuttack violence: Curfew till 7 October, 60 police platoons deployed, internet services remain suspended

This comes after incident of stone pelting during the Durga Puja immersion, in which 25 people, including 8 policemen, were injured.

PM Modi flags off Amrit Bharat Express, unveils Rs 60,000 crore projects in Odisha

The projects span across telecommunications, railways, higher education, healthcare, skill development, and rural housing sectors, among others.

Secularism & right to propagate: Revisiting SC’s 1977 anti-conversion order after Justice Nariman remark

Former SC judge RF Nariman recently suggested top court revisit 1977 judgment in Reverend Stainislaus case which held that right to propagate does not include right to convert a person.

Fame to shame—Odisha civil services topper ‘caught taking Rs 15,000 bribe’

2019 topper Aswini Kumar Panda, posted as Tehsildar in Jajpur district, allegedly sought bribe & had his driver collect it from a man for giving approval for land mutation, conversion.

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.

On Camera

The real truth about the ‘Standstill’ arrangement between Pakistan and Kashmir

The contention that Maharaja Hari Singh could not have offered accession to India because a Standstill Agreement already existed with Pakistan is clearly ill-founded.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.