Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has seized nearly 3,500 litres of diesel and arrested one person on charge of clandestinely procuring materials from ships anchored in deep sea areas, an officer said Saturday. The seizure was part of a special enforcement operation conducted in the coastal jurisdiction...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday ordered the Crime Branch of Odisha Police to probe the lynching of a GRP constable by a mob for allegedly attempting to rape a woman on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar May 7. Majhi issued the direction while chairing...
Koraput: The inspector in charge of (IIC) of Dabugaon police station in Odisha's Nabarangpur district has been placed under suspension on charge of dereliction of duty in connection with the death of a man in police custody, an officer said Saturday. Earlier, three police personnel...
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD Saturday alleged that peace-loving Odisha has become a "disturbed state" in view of the rising crime graph under the BJP rule. Addressing a press conference here, BJD senior general secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar claimed that incidents of murder and violence that have...
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an IPL match in Jaipur Saturday. Jaiswal is leading the side against GT after regular skipper Riyan Parag pulled his hamstring in RR's previous match. GT made...
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of neighbouring West Bengal. Patnaik, who was the longest-serving CM of Odisha, said he was hopeful that West Bengal would reach new heights of...
Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple authorities Saturday said the inventory process of the sacred 'Ratna Bhandar' of the Puri temple will resume May 11 and will continue for two days, adhering to the SOPs approved by the Odisha government. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator...
New Delhi/Balasore: India has successfully test-fired an Advanced Agni missile with the strategic ability to deploy multiple payloads to separate targets simultaneously -- a milestone that places the country among a select league of global powers. The testing of the missile with Multiple Independently Targeted...
Bhubaneswar: Six more people were arrested for allegedly being involved in the lynching of a 32-year-old GRP constable, who was accused of attempting to rape a woman in Odisha's Khurda district two days ago, police said. With these arrests, the number of people apprehended in...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Renowned Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta has been left frustrated in his attempts to secure the prize money for the Odisha Open title he won earlier this year, with repeated assurances from the organisers yielding no result. Despite writing several letters to the All...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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