Crime

Balasore: Police on Thursday busted a sex racket and detained four persons at Nahanjara village under Singla police limits in Balasore district. Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a...

Phulbani:  Villagers of Sarangada under Baliguda tehsil in Kandhamal district nabbed three non-Odia persons on Thursday for suspected child-lifting.  Police personnel have rescued the three and interrogation is on. Sources said...

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths arrested the tehsildar of Lathikata block in Sundargarh district following seizure of Rs 5 lakh from his possession on Wednesday night.   The official, identified as Bijay...

Sambalpur: A student of Class-VII was allegedly molested by her English teacher at Muhalapali area under Kuchinda sub-division in Sambalpur district. The Sambalpur district unit of the BJD women’s wing...

Balasore: Unidentified miscreants broke an ATM of State Bank of India (SBI) at Ranipatna Chhak in Balasore town but failed to steal cash from it late on Monday. The miscreants had...

Dhenkanal: The body of a youth was found hanging from the bell of the Jaleswar Mahadev temple at Chhitalpur, under Rasol police station limits, in Dhenkanal district on Wednesday. The...

Rourkela: The Plant Site Police on Monday arrested a woman drug peddler. Police seized brown sugar worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1.66 lakh cash from her possession. The arrested has been...

Balasore: A man was arrested on Sunday night for allegedly assaulting his mother at Batipada village under Basta block in Bhadrak district. The arrest was made after a video featuring Sridhar Barik...

Bhadrak: A man surrendered before police on Monday after allegedly hacking his wife Jayanti to death at Mangalapada village in Jagannathpur Panchayat under Basudevpur police limits of Bhadrak district. The accused, identified...

Balasore: Despite various awareness campaigns, there seems to be no end to atrocities against women with one more girl becoming a target of acid attack in Odisha. A girl sustained...