An inter-state drug trafficking racket was dismantled in Odisha's Jeypore town, resulting in the seizure of brown sugar valued at Rs 40 lakh and the arrest of six persons, including a woman, police said on Monday. Following a specific tip-off,...
A 28-year-old history-sheeter was killed after a friend allegedly slit his throat during a drunken altercation in Odisha's Berhampur, police said on Sunday. The crime occurred in Nimakhandi area on Saturday night when the duo, accompanied by two other associates,...
A man accused of raping a woman inside her home in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, who sustained a gunshot wound in a police encounter while resisting arrest, was apprehended on Sunday, according to officials. Following his discharge from the hospital, the accused...
A man accused of raping a woman inside her home “at gunpoint” was injured in police firing near Bhubaneswar on Saturday after he attacked officers with a screwdriver while attempting to evade arrest, police stated. During preliminary questioning, the suspect,...
The Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) has demanded a report from the Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) regarding the alleged gunpoint rape of a woman inside her residence on Wednesday night. A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped at...
A POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) after convicting him of kidnapping and raping a minor girl in October last year. The court of the Special Judge...
Odisha Vigilance officials on Sunday arrested four more people for their alleged role in diverting Rs 9.24 crore of public money into the private bank accounts of their associates, officials said. With these fresh arrests, the total number of people...
Odisha Vigilance today arrested a Section Officer and a Junior Assistant attached to the Establishment Section of the Office of the Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings (R&B) Division-I, Bhubaneswar, in connection with the alleged diversion of government funds worth more...
The Odisha Police solved a mobile phone theft case and secured a conviction within 17 days of the crime being reported, a senior officer stated on Saturday. The theft involving four mobile phones and two earbuds was officially registered at...
The Odisha Police seized 128.3 kg of ganja in Koraput district while the illegal consignment was being smuggled to Andhra Pradesh, leading to the detention of two people, a senior official said on Saturday. Acting on specific intelligence, a police...
