Crime

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a 5.6% increase in crimes against women in 2025 compared to the previous year, with the number of registered cases rising from 30,958 in 2024 to 32,687 in 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the…
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday informed the Assembly that the State is close to becoming completely free of Maoist influence. Only 15 Maoists remain active, confined to the border areas of Kandhamal, Kalahandi,…
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Bhubaneswar: Just days after the family of a former Nabarangpur MLA was allegedly ostracised by their community for his daughter’s inter-caste marriage, a similar incident has come to light in Koraput district, underscoring the persistent…
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Sonepur: Rampur police achieved a breakthrough by seizing 1,500 bottles of cough syrup from a private night coach bus in Subarnapur district. The bus, travelling from Bhubaneswar to Dunguripali via Binika, was intercepted near Rampur…
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Phulbani: In a significant blow to Left-Wing extremism in Odisha, security forces busted an illegal country-made gun manufacturing unit allegedly operated by Maoists in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. Some finished country-made…
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Baripada: A school warden was killed and principal critically injured after unidentified miscreants attacked them near a private school in Mayurbhanj district on Friday night. As per information, the incident took place near Gadadeulia…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Thursday achieved a major breakthrough in a high-profile pension fraud case, involving the alleged misappropriation of Rs 5.56 crore in government funds, with the arrest of the main accused, Pradip…
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Bhubaneswar: Tension gripped the Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar (BJB) Autonomous College hostel premises here after a violent clash broke out between two groups of students on Tuesday night, leaving more than 25 injured. The incident…
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Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Odisha Vigilance on Monday arrested a junior clerk-cum-accountant at Block Education Officer’s office in Barpali in Bargarh district, on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000. According to Vigilance sources, the…
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Deogarh: In a horrific incident that has left a village in shock, a 52-year-old man allegedly bludgeoned his wife, daughter-in-law, and young granddaughter to death with a hammer late Wednesday night in Odisha’s Deogarh district. …
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