Odisha Vigilance arrested Satyanarayan Sethy, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of Kotpada Block in Koraput district, for possession of disproportionate assets.Officials confirmed he will be produced before the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Jeypore.Searches revealed Sethy owned assets far exceeding his known sources of income. Investigators found two flats, including one benami flat, three farms spread…
Two people died after a car collided with a hyva truck near Kamaladeipur village in Narasinghpur block of Odisha’s Cuttack district.Narasinghpur: In a tragic incident, two people died after a car collided with a hyva truck near Kamaladeipur village in Narasinghpur block of Odisha’s Cuttack district.According to reports, the two deceased people have been identified…
Rourkela: In a significant breakthrough, police shot and arrested two accused in the sensational murder of Tofan Bindhani in the wee hours of Saturday.The encounter took place in the Jhirpani police station area. The two injured accused are Chhunu Harippa and Sushant Nayak. Both sustained bullet injuries in their legs.According to police sources, a raid…
At least two lakh rupees worth of gold jewellery and 60,000 rupees in cash were stolen from the house of a local in Athangaon Ward No. 10 under Udala police station limits in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.As per reports, the incident took place late Thursday night at the house of local businessman Nilakantha Behera when…
Puri Police arrested 11 people in five days for allegedly taking money from devotees to arrange darshan of Lord Jagannath inside the Shree Jagannath Temple.The arrests followed multiple complaints of individuals demanding payment for facilitating entry into the shrine.According to police, one person was arrested after a case was registered at the Singhadwar Police Station….
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday expressed serious concern over the reported non-payment of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries across the state for the past three months and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately release all pending dues.In a letter addressed to the…
Bhubaneswar: Suspended IPS officer of Odisha, Dayal Gangwar, had engaged eight policemen in his domestic works, according to an official report.Gangwar, who was serving as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Home Department, was suspended following allegations of harassment by the family of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain who was beaten to death…
Jaipur: As India tightened restrictions on Telegram amid concerns over the NEET-UG re-examination, Rajasthan Police arrested a 19-year-old student from Bhilwara for selling fake question papers through a Telegram channel named ‘Paper Mafia’. Operating through a US-based VPN and proxy network to conceal his identity, the accused allegedly charged aspirants Rs 4,000 per paper. HistoryThe…
A massive fire gutted a mattress manufacturing unit in Padmapur, Cuttack late Thursday night, reducing the facility to ashes and destroying property worth several lakhs.Firefighters battled the blaze through the night and continued cooling operations on Friday morning.Two teams from Fire Services rushed to the site after receiving information and launched an operation to contain…
Bhubaneswar, June 19: Alarmed by the rising number of drowning deaths across the state, the Odisha government has decided to introduce swimming training for students and youth in both rural and urban areas. The move comes after nearly 9,000 people lost their lives due to drowning in rivers, canals and the sea over the last…
