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45-year-old man hacked to death

Bhanjanagar: A 45-year-old man was hacked to death in broad daylight in front of local court here in Ganjam district Thursday afternoon, sending shockwaves across the town. The deceased was identified as Ashok Swain of Buduli village. Police said the murder was the result of...

Arrest

Five held for using children in begging racket, nine kids rescued

Berhampur: Odisha Police Thursday arrested five persons, including four women, for allegedly forcing children to beg in Berhampur city and rescued nine minors, an officer said. The rescued children, including three girls, are aged between four months and 12 years, police said. The accused have...

Berhampur Police Station

Auto-driver hacked to death over ‘extramarital affair’

Berhampur: An auto-rickshaw driver was allegedly hacked to death with an axe by a man near a court in Ganjam district Thursday over suspicion of an extramarital affair, police said. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar Swain (47) of Buduli village within Bhanjanagar...

Road accidents

Motorcycle crash claims four lives in Kandhamal district

Phulbani: Four people, including a three-year-old child, died and another was injured in a collision between two motorcycles in Odisha's Kandhamal district Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred at Banduli village, around 40 km from here, under the Gochhapada Police Station limits, when the two...

Blockade

Tension erupts over teacher’s misconduct

Basudevpur: Tension flared Monday after an alleged incident of misconduct involving a Class VIII girl student at Kismat Krushnapur Upper Primary School under Basudevpur block in Bhadrak district. Villagers, relatives of the student and fellow pupils locked the school gate and staged a road blockade...

ganja smuggling

Absconding ex-IIC surrenders in court

Jeypore: Former police inspector-in-charge Rajesh Baliarsingh, who had been absconding for six months following his involvement in a case related to ganja smuggling, surrendered Monday before the district judge’s court in Jeypore of Koraput district. He was later released on bail on a bond of...

Court Order-Rigorous imprisonment

Ex-OECF engineer gets 2-year RI for DA

Dhenkanal: A Special Judge for Vigilance in Dhenkanal Monday sentenced former Assistant of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), Niaranjan Panda, to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000. Panda, who had retired from OECF, was chargesheeted by Odisha...

 

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