SUBARNAPUR — Subarnapur district Binika police get big success: Binika police have arrested 8 absconding ganja mafia members who were absconding for a long month and 4 days and produced them in court. Along with this, two cars used by the mafia, 8 mobiles and cash of Rs. 10,000 have been seized. The incident revealed…
Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: In a major political development ahead of the Nuapada by-election, Jay Dholakia, son of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday. Dholakia is likely to contest the bypoll on a BJP ticket, a source said. The induction ceremony saw the presence of several key leaders, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Commerce and Transport department has issued a new notification of one-time settlement (OTS) scheme saying that the traffic rule violators have to pay half of their challans. However, it is applicable only for the offences committed on or before July 31, 2025. The Mohan Majhi cabinet had last month approved the one-time settlement (OTS)…
Keonjhar: Keonjhar Town Police have foiled a planned dacoity with the arrest of nine armed criminals in an overnight operation conducted in the wee hours of Friday. Acting on credible intelligence received during night patrolling, Town police intercepted an armed gang that had clandestinely assembled inside an abandoned house near Ghadaghadi Temple in Naranpur, under…
Bhadrak: A sub-inspector of police in Odisha’s Bhadrak district was placed under suspension for sending a youth to investigate a case on his behalf, an officer said. Bhadrak SP Manoj Rout suspended SI Kartik Jena of Bhadrak Rural Police Station Friday for allowing a civilian to impersonate as a police officer and investigate a case. The…
Today i.e on 10.10.2025, a short while ago, Sri Braja Gopal Ghose Mohapatra, Dealing Asst. Sanitation-cum-MIS Co-ordinator and Sri Ratikanta Patra, Sanitation expert, both of Jaleswar Municipality, Dist- Balasore have been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.10,000/- from a Contractor (complainant) for clearing his pending bill for the works executed…
One more case was instituted against Sri Siba Mallick, OAS, Tahsildar, Mahakalpada, Dist-Kendrapara for possessing DA to the tune of 190% of his known sources of income including 4 buildings, 7 valuable plots, deposits Rs.18 lakhs, cash Rs.1.55 lakh, etc unearthed, which he failed to explain satisfactorily. Hence, he was arrested for possessing DA and…
Bhubaneswar: A man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a court in Bhubaneswar for raping a 13-year-old girl last month. Additional Sessions Judge, Khurda, Subhanjan Mohanty delivered the verdict Thursday, 37 days after the incident happened. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict. The girl was on the way…
Bhubaneswar, 8th October 2025: As part of the ongoing Special Campaign 5.0, Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway organised “Amrit Samvaad” at Puri Railway Station on 8th October 2025 evening. The programme aimed at fostering meaningful interaction between Railway officials and passengers, focusing on Cleanliness, Safety and Improvement of Passenger Amenities. During the Amrit Samvaad, passengers appreciated the Station’s cleanliness and overall…
Bhubaneswar: Additional District and Sessions Court, Bhubaneswar has acquitted all six accused in the high-profile 2009 murder case of Manas Ranjan Nayak, a warder at the Jharpada Special Jail, citing a lack of conclusive evidence. The Additional District and Sessions Judge cleared Bikram Mallick, Mihirkant Tripathy, Shivram Sahu, N Venkat Rao Dora, Kanhu Charan Mishra, and…
