Police in Ganjam district have arrested two persons for allegedly cheating job aspirants out of Rs 15.50 lakh by promising them employment in government departments and banks in two separate cases, officials said on Wednesday. The accused have been identified...
The Odisha Vigilance Department officials on Tuesday arrested two government officials for allegedly demanding and taking bribes in separate cases in the state, officials said. The Vigilance officials arrested a revenue inspector while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs...
A government doctor was taken into custody in Bhubaneswar after allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30,000 bribe from a non-governmental organisation, said officials on Monday. Acting on a formal complaint, Odisha Vigilance officers caught Dr Satyajit Behera, assistant surgeon...
Odisha Police have seized stolen gold and silver ornaments valued at roughly Rs 50 lakh, which were robbed from a Chhattisgarh jewellery dealer last month, officials said on Monday. The recovered ornaments, consisting of 300 grams of gold and 1.4...
Odisha Police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with a gang-rape case that took under the Nischintakoili police station limits in Cuttack district of the state on Tuesday night. Briefing reporters, Cuttack (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vineet Agarwal said...
The Odisha Vigilance Department on Tuesday arrested a former secretary of a cooperative society for his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of public funds totalling Rs 21.28 lakh, according to officials. An official statement revealed that during the investigation, the...
Two brothers have been arrested in Odisha's Bhadrak district after allegedly fabricating official records to declare their living mother deceased and fraudulently transferring her property and land into their names, police said. The matter came surfaced after 60-year-old Aisha Bibi,...
A woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons after when she visited a pine forest for a photo shoot in Odisha's Koraput district, police said on Monday. According to Koraput Superintendent of Police Rohit Verma, the incident took place on...
Police in Odisha's Jajpur district on Saturday detained a youth for allegedly spreading an AI-generated video that claimed a Royal Bengal Tiger was roaming near sugarcane fields in the Baniari-Saudia area, sparking widespread panic among residents, officials reported. The video...
A woman died after allegedly receiving a wrong injection at a local pharmacy in Odisha's Rayagada district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at JK Pur on Thursday, resulting in the death of 55-year-old Baidehi Kumar, a resident of...
