Balasore: The Forest Department conducted a raid against suspected poaching activities in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary in Balasore district and arrested two people. Acting on a tip-off, forest officials carried out a surprise raid in the Khumkut area and apprehended Nandia Murmu and Shyam Singh. According to sources, the two had allegedly been involved in illegal…
Bhubaneswar: Two days after a woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint in Nayapalli’s Behera Sahi area, the Bhubaneswar police have made a significant breakthrough after obtaining CCTV footage of the suspected accused. The footage was recovered during an examination of CCTV cameras installed near the crime scene and along adjoining roads. According to the investigation,…
Chhatrapur: A trackman was killed after being hit by a train while carrying out track maintenance work near Podapadar on the outskirts of Chhatrapur inOdisha’s Ganjam district on Friday.According to reports, Patra was among a group of trackmen conducting a routine inspection and maintenance check on the railway tracks at around 10 am when the…
Tension prevailed at the Nudadiha police outpost under Kaptipada police station in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha after a youth who was reportedly detained on suspicion was released from the outpost. The youth’s family members reached the police outpost looking for him. However, they could not find him there and expressed their displeasure over the situation….
A 26-year-old woman has allegedly been raped at gunpoint by an unidentified person who entered her rented house in the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar. The incident was reported at Nayapalli Police Station on Wednesday night. According to the complaint (FIR lodged), the woman was inside the rented accommodation when the unidentified accused allegedly entered the…
Sacks of rice and several ration cards were found dumped in a forested area behind the Barbil Adarsh Vidyalaya and the grid station in Keonjhar district of Odisha. The materials were found lying in the forest, though it is not yet clear who dumped them there or why. The discovery has drawn the attention of…
Bhubaneswar: A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint at Behera Sahi in the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar on Wednesday night, police said. As per a complaint lodged by the victim with the police, the accused entered her rented house forcibly and raped her while threatening her with a gun. The woman was staying in…
Today i.e. on 29.09.2026, Kunja Bihari Jena, Former Junior Clerk-cum-Bench Clerk of the Revenue Officer, O/o-Sub-Collector, Panposh, Raurkela, Dist-Sundaragada (Retired), who was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d)/7 PC Act,1988 for demanding and taking bribe from a complainant in order to intimate the next date of hearing of a…
Today i.e 29.09.2026, on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets( DA) by Umakant Samantaray, Asst. Director of Factories and Boilers, Sambalpur, beyond his known sources of income, simultaneous searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance led by 8 DSPs, 11 Inspectors, 11 ASIs, and other supporting staff on the strength of search warrants issued…
In connection with a Trap case registered against Smt Dash, AE and her associate Sri Sethy, simultaneous searches were carried out by officers of Odisha Vigilance from DA angle. During searches, further cash of Rs.5,15,200/- was unearthed from her residential house near Jenamani Mandap, Jagatpur, Kataka and seized. Yesterday night, Smt. Dash, AE and her…
