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Bhubaneswar, March 6 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Odisha on Friday to launch projects worth Rs 3,275 crore and participate in the CISF's raising day ceremony and several other programmes, an official said.Shah, who was earlier scheduled to arrive in Bhubaneswar on Thursday evening...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 – The Odisha Police will host a five-day “Nyaya Sanhita Exhibition” in Bhubaneswar as part of an initiative aimed at raising public awareness about India’s revamped criminal justice system.The event will be held at the Exhibition Ground in Unit-III of Bhubaneswar from...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 5 Odisha Police on Thursday arrested five individuals, including four women, for allegedly forcing children to beg in the city of Berhampur, and rescued nine minors, an official said.The rescued children, including three girls, are aged between four months and 12...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation for the campus of the National Forensic Sciences University in Bhubaneswar on Friday, besides inaugurating a three-day exhibition on the new criminal laws being organized by the Odisha Police.Shah, who is...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate a three-day exhibition on the new criminal laws, organized by the Odisha Police here on Friday, Director General of Police (DGP) Y B Khurania said.The ‘Nyaya Sanhita Exhibition’, to be inaugurated in the presence of...

Bhubaneswar, March 3 – The Odisha Police have made extensive security arrangements in view of the Holi celebrations across the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, informed Suresh Dev Datta Singh, Commissioner of Police, on Tuesday.Speaking to the media, Singh said that Holi is celebrated...

Sambalpur, March 2 Odisha Police searched the Sambalpur district court building after receiving an email threatening to blast the premises, an officer said on Monday.The threatening email, written in the Odia language, was received around 10 pm on Sunday. Following this, local police engaged a...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The Odisha Police have declared Bolangir and Bargarh as 'Naxal-free' after 15 Maoists operating in the two districts surrendered to security personnel in neighboring Chhattisgarh, officials said.DGP Y B Khurania said the force has achieved a significant milestone in its...

Bhubaneswar, March 1 The Odisha Police declared the Bolangir and Bargarh districts as "Naxal-free" on Sunday after 15 Maoists operating in the two areas surrendered to security personnel in neighboring Chhattisgarh, officials said.DDP YB Khurania said that the force has achieved a significant...

Koraput (Odisha), February 28 The Odisha Police formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday to investigate the illegal hashish oil trade racket operating from an island in the Koraput district, from where narcotic drugs worth Rs 225 crore were seized two days ago, an officer said on...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 Security forces have launched an operation in the forests of Odisha's Kandhamal district to end Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the state, Director General of Police Y B Khurania said on Friday.Issuing an ultimatum to the remaining Maoists, including the state's top cadre...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a 31-year-old cybercriminal from Bihar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 2.06 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official informed on Friday.The accused, identified as Prins Raj of Ratanapur in Begusarai...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani, February 26 A wanted Maoist leader is alleged to have killed his commander, Anwesh, who carried a reward of Rs 22 lakh on his head, because Anwesh was planning to surrender to the Odisha Police, a senior officer said.Police in the Kandhamal district exhumed the decomposed...

Kendrapara, February 22 The Odisha Police's crime branch has classified the alleged gang-rape of a class-7 girl at a private school in Kendrapara district as a "Red Flag" case, requiring a fast-track investigation and close monitoring, an official said on Sunday.While the investigating officer...

Bhubaneswar, February 17 The Odisha Police has launched a search operation to locate two juvenile offenders who escaped from the observation home in Angul, officials said on Tuesday.Although the incident occurred on February 14, it came to light only after the police initiated the search.The...

Rourkela (Odisha), February 17 The Odisha Police has seized over 500 kg of ganja worth Rs 80 lakh and arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in the illegal trade, officials said on Tuesday.The seizure follows continuous police vigilance against the illegal transportation of ganja...

Bhubaneswar, February 14 Odisha Police on Saturday arrested one of the two prisoners who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year’s Durga Puja celebrations.The absconding prisoners, Madhukanta Kumar and Raja Sahani, both from Bihar, had escaped the high-security jail on...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 13 Odisha Police has arrested two individuals, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from the Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said on Friday.The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in...

Bhubaneswar, February 12 The main suspect in the murder of a transgender person near Bhubaneswar earlier this month was injured in a police encounter in Odisha's Puri district, an official said on Thursday.The transgender person was found lying in a pool of blood near Uttara Chowk along the...

Bhubaneswar, February 12 The Odisha Police is preparing to launch a major anti-Maoist operation in the Gandhamardan hills, a top officer said.ADG (Anti-Naxal Operations) Sanjeeb Panda said a plan has been drawn up to arrest or neutralize some Maoist rebels taking refuge in the Gandhamardan...