Crime

Puri: A youth was allegedly murdered by unidentified attackers in Puri, sparking tension in the holy town. The young man has been identified as Tapu Nayak, who was a resident of Bali Upara slum at Penthakata area near Dhobakhali in Puri. …
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Bhubaneswar: Cracking a whip on illegal LPG hoarding and black marketing, officials from the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department raided a residential house near Ganesh Mandap in Jharpada here on Wednesday. Around 120 LPG…
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Balasore: Two young men sustained critical gunshot wounds in a late-night firing incident at Arada Bazaar in Balasore district. The victims have been identified as Manoj Sahu and Kartik Prasad, both residents of the nearby Nua Bazaar area…
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Bhubaneswar: A cook of an eatery at Station Road in Patia area of Bhubaneswar was critically injured after his assistant allegedly attacked him with a sharp weapon, slitting his throat during a heated drunken brawl late Monday night. …
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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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