A 45-year-old man and his wife were hacked to death by unidentified persons in Odisha's Keonjhar district with the police claiming that the double murder was committed on suspicion that they practised witchcraft, an official said.
Around a fortnight after the arrest of Archana Nag for allegedly blackmailing influential people, her husband Jagabandhu Chand was arrested from their Satya Vihar residence in Bhubaneswar on Friday, police said.
At least six persons died and 20 others got seriously injured after a speeding coal-laden truck hit a bus on Odisha's Jharsuguda-Sambalpur Biju Expressway on Friday.
A 19-year-old student of the prestigious BJB Autonomous College in Bhubaneswar allegedly died by suicide in her hostel on Saturday, sparking apprehension that she ended her life due to ragging by seniors, police said.
Odisha Police on Sunday arrested BJP MLA Subhas Chandra Panigrahi from his official residence here for allegedly assaulting a block development officer in Deogarh district.