Crime

Jharsuguda: The district police have busted a fake BEd admission racket with the arrest of two persons accused of cheating aspiring teachers by promising seats in colleges in Andhra Pradesh. The accused identified as Chittaranjan Barik…
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Balasore: Forest officials in Nilgiri arrested four poachers from Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday and produced them before the court. A special operation led to the recovery of weapons, six wild birds, two torch lights, and mobile…
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Bhubaneswar: A 67-year-old grocery shopkeeper was arrested on Sunday for allegedly entering a women’s hostel and raping an MBA student in Gangapada area in Bhubaneswar. The accused has been identified as Deepak Pradhan. He was taken…
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Nabarangpur: A war of words erupted between former MP Paradip Majhi and School and Mass Education Minister Nityanand Gond over the alleged sexual harassment of a 14-year-old tribal girl at a state-run residential school in Odisha’s…
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Bhubaneswar: In two separate operations, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) rescued 30 children in Odisha, who were allegedly being transported without proper documentation. The RPF personnel at…
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Sambalpur: The district police on Friday arrested five persons for allegedly recording and circulating a video featuring a female sankirtan (devotional kirtan) singer on social media. The accused have been identified as Raja Badhei,…
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Bhubaneswar: A 21-year-old youth was allegedly found hanging at his residence at Nimidha village in Dhenkanal district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Benupani Sahu. According to sources, he had eloped with a 13-year-old…
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Berhampur: Police on Thursday arrested a supari killer in the high-profile kidnapping and murder of a 47-year-old realtor in Ganjam district, from Surat. The accused, Surya Pratap, a native of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, had been on the…
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Jagatsinghpur: Police have apprehended the prime suspect in the brutal murder of 24-year-old Sasmita Das, whose half-naked body with multiple injuries was recovered from a field near Jogadhari village in the district on April 20, just one…
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Phulbani: A Class-X student was accidentally shot dead by one of his companions during a recent late-night hunting expedition in Budeni village under Tikabali police limits in Kandhamal district’s Chakapad block. The deceased has been…
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