Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Saturday apprehended Madan Mohan Pradhan, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police at Lahunipada Police Station in Sundargarh district, along with his associate Mandeep Kumar Dasmodak, a private individual, while they were allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.The duo was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from an eatery owner. According…
A routine visit to his in-laws’ village turned into a nightmare in the forests of Balangir district. Khetra Bag of Chandanajuri village was electrocuted and killed after he and his sister-in-law came into contact with a live electric wire laid as a trap for wild boars.The incident occurred in Guinchadihi forest under Larambha police station…
A shocking incident unfolded at Ashram School in Sundaragada district’s Bisra block, where 13-year-old Abhishek Minj, an eighth-grade student, was found dead by suicide inside the school hostel.Police confirmed that the boy, hailing from Kemang village under Nuagaon block, had been residing at the tribal welfare-run institution.According to reports, Abhishek had developed a close bond…
Puri: Police recovered body of an elderly woman from beneath a cement-plastered kitchen slab in Puri’s Kumbharapada area Tuesday, with her son allegedly suspected of killing her and fleeing the spot.The accused is identified as Madan Dalai, 45, at Patitapaban Sahi under Kumbharapada police limits. The house owner reportedly informed police about the incident.The case…
Bhubaneswar: Members of the All Odisha Teachers Aspirants’ Association began a hunger strike Saturday at Bhubaneswar’s Lower PMG after talks with the government reportedly failed to resolve their demands, sources said.The teacher aspirants reportedly held discussions with the Mass Education Minister Friday to seek a resolution to their demands. However, the talks reportedly failed to…
Bhubaneswar: Unit 1 market of in Bhubaneswar caught fire, a cause of panic among the customers and vendors of this locality.According to reports the fire started from the leaf plate-making shop and later spread to the next few shops due to some short circuit, engulfing the shops and burning everything stocked there.Upon notification of the…
Odisha Vigilance has arrested Sanoj Kumar Mishra, the former Secretary of Tusura Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) Ltd. under Gudvela Block in Balangir district, for misappropriating ₹42.31 lakh in government paddy funds during KMS 2014-15. He was produced before the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Balangir.The arrest stems from a detailed probe into systemic fraud…
Today i.e on 17.08.2025, a short while ago, Dr. Satyajit Behera, Assistant Surgeon, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking a bribe of Rs.30,000/- from a functionary of an NGO for signing the work certificate of employees engaged by the NGO required for drawal of their two month (…
An unknown person allegedly pushed a youth out of a moving train. Following a complaint, Bhubaneswar GRP has launched an investigation.The incident reportedly took place near Mancheswar railway station, where the youth was pushed out of a moving train. The youth sustained injuries to his right hand.The injured youth has been identified as 19-year-old Rakesh…
Kendrapada: A fast-track court in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl.Special Judge Tribikram Keshari Chinara convicted the accused under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and relevant sections of the BNS.The court also directed the Odisha…
