Crime

Balangir: The district police arrested a 19-year-old youth in connection with a POCSO case registered at Turekela police station. The accused, Rinku Parabhu of Larki village, allegedly abducted a minor girl from Ramuda village on June…
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Kataka: The Cyber Crime Police have arrested two persons, including a lawyer and an engineer, for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 2.7 lakh by promising to settle his pending traffic challans through a fake online service. The accused have…
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Bhubaneswar: In connection with a bank fraud case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at different places in four states including Odisha related to a Bhubaneswar-based infrastructure company. CBI official…
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Puri: In a major crackdown on street crime during the ongoing Rath Yatra, police in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri have arrested 103 alleged snatchers and recovered 203 stolen mobile phones as part of a special anti-snatching drive. The…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department has issued a statewide alert warning for district administrations, government staff, and the general public against a fraudulent government order circulating on social…
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Baripada: A father, struggling to provide for his family of five children, allegedly took the life of his four-year-old son, leaving an entire village in shock and grief. The tragic incident occurred at Purunapani village under Sarat…
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Bhubaneswar: A day after the arrest of former Director of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Manoj Padhi in connection with alleged irregularities in school textbooks, two owners of a private printing firm linked to…
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Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police, probing the alleged disappearance of two important inquiry commission reports from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), has summoned former IAS officer Rajesh Verma and ex-IT Secretary Manoj Mishra. …
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Anugola: In a gruesome murder, a man was allegedly hacked to death by a group of attackers at Baluakata Talasahi village in Odisha’s Anugola district. The brutal killing, which took place in the middle of the village on Saturday night,…
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Bhubaneswar: A 22-year-old woman from Odisha’s Ganjam, who had allegedly attempted self-immolation after accusing her father of sexually abusing her for years, succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar. …
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