Crime

Sonepur: The district police have busted a new modus operandi for smuggling ganja (cannabis) with the seizure of 47 kg of the contraband hidden inside specially modified plastic mats. The accused, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was…
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Jajpur: Police on Sunday arrested seven persons for their alleged involvement in an attack on a tehesildar in Odisha’s Jajpur district. This comes a day after Vyasanagar Tehsildar Prashant Kumar Panda sustained serious injuries after he…
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Cuttack: Cuttack Rural Police have busted a burglary gang responsible for at least 27 thefts across Cuttack, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur districts, with the arrest of two main accused and eight receivers of stolen items. According to police…
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Nuapada: Former District Labour Officer (DLO) of Nuapada Sarat Kumar Panigrahi has been convicted in a bribery case and sentenced to three years of simple imprisonment by a Vigilance court. The Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhawanipatna, on…
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Sonepur: Fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 8.47 lakh were seized and two persons arrested by the police in Sonepur district. Police sources said on Wednesday that the seizure was made on the night of April 14 during a…
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Paralakhemundi: Gajapati Police have seized 2,010 kg of ganja valued at over Rs 2 crore, buried deep in remote forest land by smugglers. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by SDPO of R Udayagiri Rakesh Kumar Sahu conducted raids at…
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Angul: Two men died early Tuesday morning after a vehicle rammed their motorcycle in Purunakot area of Angul district. The deceased have been identified as Dhirendra Sahoo (23) and Purnachandra Sahoo (41), both residents of Badasinghar…
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Angul: A group of six women, along with a man, posed as customers and executed a well-planned theft of sarees worth Rs 7 lakh from the Boyanika showroom in Angul on Monday. According to reports, the group arrived in a luxury Toyota…
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Jharsuguda: In a tragic incident, a woman allegedly attempted to end her life after hacking her two minor children to death with a conventional vegetable cutter in Jharsuguda town on Saturday night. The accused has been identified as…
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Puri: Tension flared along the busy Puri–Bhubaneswar National Highway in the early hours of Saturday after two pickup vans allegedly transporting cattle were set on fire by a group of locals near Satashankha in Pipili. Police said the…
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