Crime

Cuttack: Gangster Sheikh Hyder, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case, escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital where he was undergoing treatment on Saturday. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force of Odisha Police on Friday morning arrested two illegal firearm smugglers near Sikharghat bridge under Niali police limits in Cuttack district and seized 8 guns...

Bhubaneswar: A mining firm owner of Odisha's Jeypore has been arrested for allegedly duping an NRI from South Korea of Rs 4.8 crore. The accused, identified as Alaga Muthu Shankar,...

Koraput: Police have busted a gun smuggling racket and arrested three persons in the tribal-dominated district. Jeypore Sadar police came to know about the racket after arresting Sankar Pradhan (23)...

Cuttack: About 4 months after an 8-member chain-snatching gang was busted, another gang seems to have become active in the city as 4 persons have fallen victim to such crime...

Berhampur: Police on Wednesday arrested three youths for their alleged involvement in house burglaries in several parts of the city. Additional SP, Berhampur said the arrested persons were involved in...

Guwahati: An Assamese writer has been arrested, reportedly for a comment on security personnel killed in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh on April 2. A report in The Indian...

Bhubaneswar: The tehsildar, who was arrested by Vigilance officials on corruption charge on Tuesday, faces another allegation of misbehaving with a woman police personnel in Bhubaneswar. Following information about collection...

New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has identified Mumbai as the ‘cocaine capital’ of India, while mentioning that some other metropolitan cities are not far behind. In an alarming...

Cuttack: Six touts, including four ambulance drivers, have been arrested for allegedly diverting patients to private hospitals from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Cuttack city. Cuttack DCP Prateek...