Police in Subarnapur district busted a sex racket during a late-night raid at a hotel on Binika Road. Officers rescued five women and detained seven customers from different rooms The women and customers were taken to the Sonepur police station for questioning. Investigators are verifying the background of the women, including their native places and…
Bhubaneswar: In yet another tragic incident highlighting the dangerous trend of taking selfies and reels in risky locations, a young man was severely electrocuted after climbing atop a train carriage at Mancheswar railway station in Bhubaneswar.The victim, a diploma student from Gujarat, came in contact with a high-voltage 33 KV overhead electric wire while attempting to…
Bhubaneswar: In a step towards creating a pollution-free environment,utkal unversity in bhubaneswar has started restricting the entry of petrol and diesel vehicles into its campus every Saturday. The initiative was launched following the advice of Odisha Governor and University Chancellor Hari Babu Kambhampati. Every Saturday, fuel-powered two-wheelers and four-wheelers will be barred from entering the…
Bhubaneswar, May 24: The Odisha Government on Sunday transferred SPs of 10 districts as part of a major reshuffle in the IPS and OPS cadres.The Home Department has issued the transfer and posting orders for 18 senior police officers, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) cadres.Smit Parmar, who was serving as…
Authorities in Kandhamal suspended an Additional Development Officer (ADO) and a Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) after allegations of Rs 38 lakh fraud surfaced in Dharakot Panchayat.The irregularities reportedly occurred under the MGNREGA scheme during pond excavation work.The District Collector ordered the suspension following complaints of financial mismanagement. Officials confirmed that the fraud involved inflated expenses…
Bhubaneswar: The state government has undertaken a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.Superintendents of Police (SPs) from eight districts have been transferred as part of this exercise. The affected districts are Nabarangpur, Khurda, Rayagada, Bargarh, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Boudh, and Kandhamal.According to an official notification issued by the Home Department, a total of…
Sundargarh: A suspected case of food poisoning claimed four lives and left at least 17 others ill after they attended a funeral feast at Nuadihi village under Hemgiri block of Odisha’s Sundargarh district.According to reports, villagers had gathered for a dashaha (post-funeral ritual feast) in Nuadihi when several attendees began suffering from vomiting, stomach pain…
Berhampur: At least 20 people were injured after a pickup van overturned near Sapuakhata under Jarada police limits in Ganjam district on late Saturday night.All the injured people have been admitted to the Patrapur hospital. Later, five of the injured people were transferred to the Berhampur MKCG hospital as their condition was critical.According to sources,…
Nabarangpur: In a significant verdict in the much-discussed Baunshbeda violence case, a court in Nabarangpur district today sentenced 19 persons to life imprisonment for their involvement in a triple murder and arson incident that took place in 2016.Additional District and Sessions Judge Sunita Pattnaik of Umarkote pronounced the verdict in connection with two separate cases…
Rayagada Police arrested three more accused in the high-profile Nikhil Hadapa murder case, taking the total number of arrests to 12. The fresh arrests were made on Friday and the accused were produced in court before being sent to judicial custody.The arrested individuals have been identified as Amit Meleka, Hemant Meleka, and Biki Behera. After…
