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Jail warder in possession of ganja arrested

Keonjhar: Town police Monday arrested a jail warder in connection with the seizure of ganja in his possession from the district jail in Keonjhar. The accused, identified as Alok Dhada, was taken into custody by Town police following an investigation into the incident. According to...

mentally challenged man killed two person in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

Youth killed in trap bomb explosion

Digapahandi: A 28-year-old man was killed af ter he came in contact with a crude bomb, allegedly planted by poachers to hunt wild animals, causing it to explode near a pond at Mathura village in Ganjam district's Sanakhemundi block, police said Monday. The deceased was...

Arrest

Man arrested for wife’s murder over extramarital affair

Tangi: In a shocking incident, the Cuttack district police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering his 28-year-old wife over dispute arising from an extramarital relationship, officials said Monday. The accused has been identified as Malay Kumar Samal of Bhatimunda village under the Tangi police...

Rayagada Railway Division begins operations

Rayagada: The newly created Rayagada Division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) became operational Monday, in a major step towards strengthening railway operations in south Odisha, officials said. Headquartered in Rayagada, the new division has been carved out through the reorganisation of the erstwhile Waltair...

CID arrest

Gambling racket busted in Odisha, 26 held

Rourkela: Odisha Police busted a gambling racket in an area bordering Chhattisgarh in Sundargrah district and arrested 26 people involved in such an illegal activity, an officer said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the Jamjharia forest near the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on...

Suicide attempt

Newlywed woman jumps into Mahanadi to kill self; rescued

Sambalpur : A 25-year-old newlywed woman had a providential escape after she allegedly jumped off a bridge into the Mahanadi in a suicide attempt near Sonepur town on the Sonepur-Sambalpur Road Sunday. The woman, identified as Sangita Putel, survived the fall and was rescued by...

Pentazocine injections

Illegal pentazocine injection trade unearthed; five held

Jeypore: Jeypore Town police in Koraput district arrested five persons Sunday for their alleged involvement in the illegal trade of Pentazocine injections and produced them in court. The accused were identifi ed as Debashish Pattnaik, 29, of Soura Sahi, Tapas Saha, 29, of Parabedha, Ram...

 

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