6 killed in Maoists-police crossfire; Odisha orders probe

Six persons, including two women and a child were killed and five others injured in cross fire during an anti-Maoist operation in Odisha's Kandhamal district prompting the state government to order......

VHP leader Praveen Togadia prohibited from visiting Kandhamal

The district administration has prohibited the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble. Togadia was scheduled to address a......

Trainee nun gang-raped in Odisha, 2 arrested

A 28-year-old trainee nun was allegedly gang-raped by three youths, including two cousins, after holding her forcibly for about a week in Odisha's Ganjam and Gajapati districts, police sources said......

Five Maoists killed, one held in Odisha encounter

In a major success in the anti-Naxal drive, security forces on Wednesday gunned down at least five Maoists in a gun-battle and seized arms and explosives in a forest on the border of Odisha's......