Crime

Cuttack: The body of a Plus II student was found on Wednesday on the banks of the Katahjodi River beneath the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Bridge in Cuttack. The deceased has been identified as Prateek Das, who was a resident of Niladri…
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Raipur: Two security personnel and 31 Maoists were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday. The gunfight occurred this morning during a combing operation following inputs about presence of the Red rebels at…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday recovered around Rs 1.97 crore in cash during raids underway at properties linked to deputy director and project director (PD) of Watershed in Malkangiri. The government official,…
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Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants allegedly decamped with gold ornaments and a huge amount of cash during a wedding ceremony at a hotel in Bhubaneswar after posing as guests. As per information, the incident took place at the banquet…
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Puri: A tourist died under mysterious circumstances at Konark Eco-Retreat in Odisha’s Puri district on Sunday. According to sources, the tourist, identified as Md Alam Hussain of Patia in Bhubaneswar, had booked a cottage at the…
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Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a professor of Sambalpur University in Odisha and nine others from different states in connection with an alleged bribery case for providing a favourable NAAC rating to a…
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Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Crime unit of Odisha Crime Branch (CB) has arrested two persons from Madhya Pradesh for their alleged involvement in two separate cases of digital arrest and investment fraud. Sachin Kolan, a resident of Ujjain,…
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Bhubaneswar: With demand for a CBI probe into the murder of BJD leader Naba Kishore Das gaining momentum, Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Thursday said that the state government will take concrete steps to uncover the truth. …
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Hyderabad: In a barbaric act, a Hyderabad man—a former soldier— allegedly killed his wife, chopped her body into pieces and boiled the parts in a pressure cooker to hide the crime. According to reports, Guru Murthy, 45, used to work as…
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Bhubaneswar: Soon after the successful anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh in which Odisha’s SOG played an important role, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi increased the special risk allowance for the jawans from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000. …
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