Crime

Berhampur: In a major crackdown on illegal arms and organised crime, Ganjam police arrested 18 persons and seized 17 illegal firearms along with 66 rounds of live ammunition during a special overnight drive. The operation, led by Ganjam…
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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled to be held on Sunday, police on Saturday busted an inter-state racket in selling MBBS seats for huge money and arrested four persons in Bhubaneswar. While…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended CDPO of Koraput’s Dashmantpur block, Sakuntala Das, along with Minati Khosla of Adhamunda Anganwadi centre, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. The CDPO had…
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Bhubaneswar: The Nepal Government has initiated steps through diplomatic channels to probe the death of an 18-year-old Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday apprehended Assistant Fisheries Officer (AFO) of Biramaharajpur in Sonepur district, Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan, and his aide, Babulal Barik, for allegedly demanding and accepting Rs 30,000…
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Mumbai: The Vakola area of Mumbai continues to remain tense, a day after a clash broke out between members of two communities over a protest rally against Tuesday’s terror strike in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir that resulted in the death of…
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, officials said on Sunday. NIA teams, overseen by an Inspector General of Police, a Deputy…
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Guwahati: As many as 19 people, including an MLA, have been arrested in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura over the last 48 hours for adverse comments on the Pahalgam massacre in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 26…
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Boudh: In a major crackdown on red rebels, security forces unearthed a Maoist hideout near Kanagun village in Odisha’s Boudh district and seized a huge quantity of explosive materials. Acting on an intelligence input, a joint team…
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Baripada: A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisoment for raping a minor girl in 2017. The order was passed on Friday by a Special Fast Track POCSO Court in Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak also…
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