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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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Odisha self-immolation case: Police arrest protesting BJD workers, use water cannons

BJD workers burnt tyres on the roads in Balasore, expressing anger over the 'inaction' of the government that led the girl to self-immolate.

Odisha student who self-immolated succumbs to injuries, CM vows harshest punishment to culprits

The student had set herself ablaze Saturday due to inaction against the professor who had allegedly sexually harrased her.

‘Patient is critical, on life support’: AIIMS Bhubaneshwar on Balasore self-immolation case

The student allegedly self-immolated in protest against sexual harassment by a professor at her college. Earlier, the victim's father said she has sustained 95 percent burns.

‘Suffers 95% burns,’ says father of Odisha college student who set herself ablaze in protest

The student, who accused a professor of sexual harassment, was rushed to AIIMS Bhubaneswar. Govt has formed a panel to look into the case. Police have arrested the accused.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.