Residents say security concerns had been mounting even before 18-year-old Sujankumar Mahato was allegedly killed there; 105 signatories now want round-the-clock police presence and tighter surveillance at the location

The Supreme Court granted Dara Singh two weeks to challenge Odisha’s rejection of his premature release plea. Singh, serving life imprisonment for the 1999 murder of missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, has spent nearly 27 years in custody