Try GOLD - Free
Minor gang-raped while en route to catch train in Palamu; 2 nabbed
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|August 13, 2025
A 16-year-old minor girl was allegedly gang-raped while on her way to board a train in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
The victim, a resident of the Patan police station area of Palamu, was travelling with her younger sister to Punjab. While waiting at Daltonganj railway station, the sisters were approached by two men who falsely claimed that they are police officers.
This story is from the August 13, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Statesman Bhubaneswar
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Venezuela developments unlikely to impact Indian companies: Crisil
The recent developments in Venezuela are unlikely to have any material impact on India’s global trade or the credit quality of Indian corporates, said Crisil Ratings, citing the country’s limited role in global oil supply and India’s minimal trade exposure.
1 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Clashes reported along Rakhine-Bangladesh border
The Bangladesh-Myanmar border is heating up with repeated incursions by Rohingya militants into the rebel Arakan Army-dominated Rakhine State.
1 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Kohli’s form keeps India on course ahead of Rajkot ODI
Virat Kohli’s scintillating form has helped India sideline injury woes, but the team management will be hoping the concerns do not multiply as the hosts aim to clinch the ODI series in the second match against New Zealand in Rajkot on Wednesday.
3 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
SP protests in Lucknow over Meerut murder, seeks arrests
The murder of Rohit alias Sonu alias Ronu Kashyap in Meerut has heated up the political atmosphere in the capital on Tuesday, as the Samajwadi Party workers staged a strong protest against the Uttar Pradesh government.
1 min
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Babies are not commodities
Cases of online “baby or child selling” have gotten worse and more brazen, prompting the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to call fora government crackdown onthe practice that has been going on for years but has proliferated on the internet, where the reach is wider, and the deals are faster.
2 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
PV dispatches rise 27 pc in Dec 2025: SIAM
— -—
1 min
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Reliance says no delays, battery manufacturing on track
Reliance Industries has officially announced that its plans to manufacture lithium-ion battery cell storage in India remain unchanged and are progressing in line with target timelines, in response to reports ina section of the media that the company has backtracked from plans announced earlier after it failed to secure Chinese technology.
1 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Defamatory posts spark SIT probein Telangana
Telangana police have set up an eight-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into two high-profile cases, oneinvolvinga morphed and obscene photograph of chief minister A Revanth Reddy on WhatsApp and another involving defamatory content against a woman IAS officer.
1 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Government reins in 10-minute delivery
Coming as a major relief to gig workers, the Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has persuaded major delivery aggregators to remove the mandatory 10-minute delivery deadline.
1 mins
January 14, 2026
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
Death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spikes to at least 2,000, activists say
The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked Tuesday to at least 2,000 people killed, activists said, even as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days after authorities severed communications during a crackdown.
1 min
January 14, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size