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SC appoints former Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar as new amicus curiae in Jagannath Temple case

OpIndia Staff -
Kumar has represented the Modi government in a number of important cases including the Sohrabuddin encounter case.
News Reports

Congress’ Mahagathbandhan dream suffers another jolt as Naveen Patnaik declares BJD will not join

OpIndia Staff -
Naveen Patnaik said that the BJD will "continue with the policy of equidistance"  from the BJP and Congress.
Law

Odisha: Jagannath Temple remained shut for several hours due to strife between priests and the Police

OpIndia Staff -
One of the priests was stopped by the police personnel from taking three people inside the temple as the police suspected them to be non-Hindus.
News Reports

Odisha: Man thrashed, abused by wife and mother-in-law for refusing to convert to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
Thabir, a Hindu had married Surabhi, a Christian, in a court in Odisha in 2014.
Crime

ED to probe the finances of the NGO Good News India facing the charges of sexual harassment and religious conversions

Aditi -
The probe into the financial transactions of the NGO is being conducted as a part of the investigation in the sexual abuse case involving the NGO.
Crime

After sexual harassment charges, Odisha police to investigate same NGO for converting inmates to Christianity in WB

OpIndia Staff -
The NGO, Good News, had been recently caught for sexual harassment of their inmates in Odisha
News Reports

Odisha government finally decides to withdraw cases against defence analyst Abhijit Iyer Mitra

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, the Odisha assembly had moved a motion to excuse Abhijit Iyer Mithra for making derogatory comments against the state.
Editor's picks

42 days and counting. In jail for a joke: This is how Abhijit Iyer Mitra got caught in the mess

Sambit Nayak -
Abhijit has spent 42 days in jail because the judiciary has denied him bail. Let that be clear.
Law

Defence analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra’s health deteriorates in Odisha jail, admitted to hospital

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday night, Abhijit Iyer-Mitra's health deteriorated and he had to be admitted to hospital.
Editor's picks

Is the Odisha government trying to muzzle the media?

Sambit Nayak -
However, in the last 2 occasions in the case of Abhijit Iyer and OTV, the state assembly seems to move such motion, which is to be used rather judiciously, at its whims.
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