BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra revealed that the party's decision for a bandh came after consultations with party president and Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik.

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD called Bhubaneswar shutdown on Tuesday, protesting the alleged assault of an Army officer and his fiancee in police custody. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, BJD MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo said the hartal will be held for six hours from 6 am till noon.

Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the ongoing investigation into the alleged assault on an Indian Army officer and his fiancée, the Crime Branch wing of Odisha is reportedly considering

The opposition BJD called Bhubaneswar shutdown on Tuesday, protesting the alleged assault of an Army officer and his fiancee in police custody. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, BJD MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo said the hartal will be held for six hours from 6 am till noon.

Opposition parties BJD and Congress mobilized protests in Bhubaneswar, demanding justice for a woman allegedly sexually assaulted at Bharatpur police station. They called for a court-monitored SIT probe and judicial inquiry,

In an acutely embarrassing incident for the Mohan Majhi-led BJP government in Odisha, a woman and her fiancé, an Army officer, have alleged that they were subjected to the worst kind of torture at a police station in state capital Bhubaneswar.