Bhubaneswar: In a case of forgery and loot, a woman was arrested by the Bhubaneswar cyber police for allegedly looting Rs 8.75 lakh. The woman has been identified as Sanjukta Bhuyan. She projected herself as a police official and extorted Rs 8.75 lakh from a man she befriended on social media platform Facebook. The man has…
Jajpur: In a shocking incident, miscreants attacked the vehicle of former Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balabantaray of BJD. The incident happened in Aruha locality of Dharmasala in Jajpur district. According to sources, former Pranab Balabantaray was going in his vehicle to attend a religious ceremony of Maa Hingula. The former MLA has alleged that the miscreants…
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah on Sunday came down heavily on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging a total breakdown of law and order in the state in the wake of the recent Murshidabad violence and the police crackdown on protesting teachers. Referring to the clashes during protests against the Waqf Act in…
New York: One person died after a plane crashed in a field near the town of Copake, New York, on Saturday, The New York Times reported, citing the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Two passengers were onboard the plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B heading to Columbia County Airport near Hudson, New York, which crashed a little after noon,…
Tajikistan: Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Tajikistan on Sunday, April 13. The tremors were felt at 9.54 am in Tajikistan and surrounding areas. The activity occurred at a depth of 10 km. The National Centre of Seismology (NCS) gave an update on the seismic activity in a post on X (formerly twitter),,…
Kolkata, 13/4: BJP’s Purulia MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging the Centre to declare select bordering districts of West Bengal as “disturbed areas” under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), alleging repeated attack on Hindu community. In his letter dated April 13, Mahato alleged that districts such…
Bhubaneswar: A young man was murdered with his throat slit, near the STI Chhak overbridge in the Raghunathpali police station area in Rourkela. The deceased, identified as Amrit Mahakud from the Bonai area, had been staying at Gadhakhola area in the city for several months. He worked as a daily wager. The police have sent the…
Ganjam: As many as 20 passengers have been injured as a bus hit a truck on the National Highway 16 near Langaleswar of Khallikote in Ganjam district. According to reports, a private bus named Balunkeswar was going from Bhubaneswar to Aska when the incident happened. The bus coming behind the truck hit it in a bid…
Sambalpur: The Sambalpur police achieved success as a notorious gangster Sitaram Sarangi was fired this morning around 5.15 am. The police firing occurred near Rangiatrika in Gobindapur. Acting on a tip off the Sambalpur police chased Sitaram. Seeing the police approach he fired at Police. The police retaliated and fired at the notorious gangster and the…
Bhubaneswar: A special parade was held in the Lok Seva Bhawan marg on the occasion of the 77th foundation day of Bhubaneswar. Along with the Police department, students of several educational institutions participated in the parade. Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy graced the event as the Chief Guest and spoke at the outset. MLA Susanta Rout,…
