Holding preliminary hearings on a PIL alleging human rights violation by Odisha police who forced three girls and as many boys to kneel down at a police station, the High Court on Friday issued notices to the government asking it to file reply within four weeks. The Jajpur district police had made three girls and three boys kneel down in front of the police station in full public view in...
12:41 PM, Mar 02, 2013
A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped and her gold ornaments looted by three youths after they forcibly took her to a forest in Keonjhar district of Odisha, police said on Friday. The three were arrested on Thursday from their villages in Keonjhar district in connection with the incident that took place on Tuesday. ...
07:05 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Jajpur: A 40-year-old woman was axed to death allegedly by her husband at Sundarpur Harijan Sahi, about 45 km from Jajpur, on Tuesday evening police said. The incident took place at their home in presence of the three children. Domestic quarrel over some petty issue lead to altercation between the two. Husband Purna Chandra Mallick allegedly lost control and killed his wife Juli Mallick on the spot with an axe,...
07:34 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Jajpur: Investigation into the sale of a baby boy by his mother in Odisha's Jajpur district has revealed curious details " the money was used to buy a mobile phone and a pair of jeans among other things. "Rakhi Patra of Mundamala village who sold her 17-month-old son for Rs 5000 purchased a new mobile phone, a pair of jeans, few new tops (to go with the jeans) and memory...
11:50 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Jajpur: In a desperate bid to arrange money to get her husband released from jail, a woman in Odisha's Jajpur district has allegedly sold off her 17-month-old son for Rs 5,000, police said on Monday. Rakhi Patra (20) of Mundamal village under Jajpur Road police station went to Cuttack on September 13 and handed the baby boy over to a person belonging to Jagatsinghpur, inspector-in-charge Aswini Kumar Sahu said. After...
04:23 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Girl visits free health camp in Orissa district for surgery on polio-afflicted right hand; docs operate on her right leg. ...
09:03 AM, Feb 09, 2007
