Crime

Bhubaneswar: Kendujhar police has arrested a former official of a private bank and his father on charges of misappropriating money from customers’ accounts. The accused have been identified as Jasprit Singh, the former Relationship…
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Debagada: Police in Debagada district have arrested the son-in-law of a former MLA on charges of dowry harassment, assault and attempted murder following a complaint lodged by the woman. The accused, Sabyasachi Mishra (34), a resident…
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Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Commissionerate Police in Odisha has begun formalities to deport six Bangladeshi nationals, including one woman, who were previously arrested for residing illegally in Bhubaneswar. Police Commissioner S Dev…
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Kataka: A special court in Kataka has granted bail to former State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) director Manoj Kumar Padhy, ruling that his continued detention in the school textbook error case would amount to…
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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Sudhansu Sekhar Rout, editor-in-chief of regional news channel Focus Plus, intensifying the possibility of his arrest in connection with multiple…
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Bhubaneswar: With the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing season underway, the Bhubaneswar-Kataka Commissionerate Police has issued a public advisory warning people against cyber fraudsters circulating fake Income Tax notices through WhatsApp. …
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday submitted a chargesheet against 11 accused in connection with the alleged mob lynching of Government Railway Police (GRP) constable Soumya Ranjan Swain in Balianta on the outskirts of…
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Bhubaneswar: Acquitting an Odisha man who had spent nearly 22 years in jail in connection with a 2004 triple murder case in Koraput, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that his conviction was based on “weak and highly unreliable”…
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Jharsuguda: The district police on Tuesday seized over 23,000 bottles of banned codeine-based cough syrup and arrested two interstate drug traffickers. The arrested have been identified as Mohammad Ahsan Ahmed (38) Madanpur area in…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has issued a strict directive prohibiting its personnel from charging private electric vehicles using electricity supplied to office buildings.The department has also ordered a crackdown on unauthorised power…
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