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Bhubaneswar, April 11 – The Delhi Police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Bhubaneswar for suspected links with a terror outfit, according to an official statement released on Saturday.The accused, identified as Sheikh Imran, a resident of the Unit-6 area in the Ganga Nagar locality, was...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 The Odisha Police have invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against a suspected cattle smuggler currently in judicial custody, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, Sakil Khan of the Tigiria police station area in Cuttack district, was arrested in February...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 – On Tuesday, the Odisha Police conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to individuals allegedly involved in the illegal cattle smuggling trade in different parts of the state.Speaking to the media, Pinak Mishra, the Deputy Inspector General of Police...

Balasore, April 7 – On Tuesday, the Odisha police launched a coordinated raid against cattle smuggling gangs in at least 35 locations across Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and Bhadrak districts, an official said."Following the instructions of the DGP, we have conducted searches at 32 locations related...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 The NIA formally requested the Odisha Police to take over the investigation into the blast here in January, which left two people dead, officials said.The central agency wrote to Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh on Monday, seeking to transfer the case for a detailed...

Bhubaneswar, April 5 The Odisha Police arrested two individuals and seized 3,750 bottles of cough syrup, worth approximately Rs 20 lakh, from their possession in the Sonepur district on Sunday, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a van in Sonepur town and seized the...

Bhubaneswar, April 2 A female police havildar in the Odisha police has filed a complaint of harassment against two officers at her workplace in the Angul district, prompting authorities to launch an investigation, an official said on Thursday.After filing the complaint, the havildar also...

Bhubaneswar, April 2 Odisha Police on Thursday arrested an undertrial prisoner (UTP) who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year's Durga Puja celebrations, an official said.In a statement, Odisha DGP Y B Khurania said, "The second UTP, namely Raja Sahani, who had escaped...

Bhubaneswar, March 31 Asserting that Left Wing Extremism (LWE) no longer poses a threat in the state, the Odisha Police said on Tuesday that the surrender window for the remaining Maoists has been closed, with the deadline ending on March 31.Additional Director General of Police (Anti-Naxal...

Rourkela, March 30 – A woman Maoist surrendered to the Odisha Police on Monday, a day before the March 31 deadline to make India "Naxal-free", officials said.The 19-year-old, identified as Mongdi Honhaga, is a native of the Marangponga village within the Chhotangaara police station limits in...

Bhubaneswar, March 29 Odisha Police visited the official residence of BJD MLA Manorama Mohanty in Narla, Kalahandi district, on Sunday, in connection with a case registered against her husband, who is the BJD Narla block president, officials said.According to an official, the case, registered...

Bhubaneswar, March 28 The BJD on Saturday demanded the dismissal of Odisha's Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling and the arrest of BJP's Titlagarh MLA Nabin Jain for allegedly violating laws during Ram Navami processions in separate locations.The opposition party, in a statement, alleged that...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 26 An Odisha Police personnel from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG), involved in anti-Maoist operations in the Kandhamal district, was injured in an accidental shooting while climbing a hill in the Daringbadi area, police said on Thursday.The injured personnel...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday asserted that the Maoist threat would be a thing of the past after this month, and said that 27 red rebels have been killed in the state since the beginning of 2025.During a discussion in the assembly on the 2026-27...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 The Odisha Police said on Wednesday that they had detained two individuals for allegedly flying a drone over the Jagannath Temple in Puri, which is prohibited.The authorities acted after the drone was spotted hovering above the 12th-century shrine on Wednesday afternoon...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Police have arrested a man from Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore online investment scam in which a businessman from Cuttack was cheated of over Rs 12.33 crore, a senior Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.The 36-year-old accused, identified as...

Bhubaneswar, March 22 – The Odisha Police arrested five people on Sunday in two separate cases involving the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in the Dhenkanal district and the killing of a 14-year-old girl in the Mayurbhanj district.In the first case, the police in Dhenkanal district...

Bhubaneswar, March 20 The Odisha Police has launched an operation to apprehend the wanted Maoist leader, Sukru, who carries a reward of Rs 55 lakh on his head, after the forces located his hideout in a dense forest, DGP Y B Khurania said on Friday.Khurania said that security forces comprising...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 – The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested a businessman for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud case related to the embezzlement of funds from the District Mineral Foundation Trust (DMFT) in the Mayurbhanj district, a senior EOW...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested a man for his alleged involvement in defrauding the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Mayurbhanj, of Rs 9.6 crore, an official said on Thursday.One builder, Brajesh Mishra, was arrested from Chhattisgarh...