Cuttack: Expediting investigation into the escape of dreaded gangster Sheikh Hyder from SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Mangalabag police on Tuesday arrested two more persons including a constable,…
Boudh: A man and his son were arrested for allegedly setting a forest ablaze at Madhapur in Boudh district on Monday. The accused duo identified as Asan Majhi and his son Shyamghan, residents of Madhapur Colony sahi were setting dry leaves on fire in Mundeswar reserve forest under Madhapur range. Axes and match box have […]
Kendrapara: A tutor has been arrested for allegedly beating two class-III students at Purusottampur under Marshaghai police limits in Kendrapara district on Sunday. The accused, Rajendra Rout was nabbed following a complaint lodged by a guardian at Marshaghai police station. Rout has been forwarded to court today, police said. According to reports, Manabaditya Dash (9) […]
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Yes Bank’s former Chairman Rana Kapoor in an alleged money-laundering case pertaining to the probe in a HDIL group company, official sources said on Wednesday. Currently in jail in the DHFL case, Kapoor – who has been sent to ED custody till January 30 – had allegedly sanctioned […]
Cuttack: Sending a clear message to criminals seeking to thrive on extortion, Commissionerate Police on Wednesday night arrested two youths who threatened a builder at gunpoint and demanded Rs 20 lakh. Addressing a presser, Cuttack DCP, Prateek Singh today informed that the two accused – Jitendra Parida and Govinda Sahu have been arrested and two […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Forest Department on Friday arrested one person in the killing of a pregnant elephant in Palakkad that has bleeded millions of hearts across the country. The probe team are also checking if the killing last month was the work of illicit liquor brewers who do their job in the forests. “KFD has […]
Bhubaneswar: Hours after the roof of an under-construction terminal linkage building collapsed at Bhubaneswar airport leaving one dead, the Commissionerate Police arrested four persons including the chief of the company engaged in the construction of the building. As per police sources, Dillip Khatei, chief of Dilip Constructions Pvt Ltd which is executing the construction work; […]
Koraput: Almost a month after a teacher was found hanging in the official quarter of district education officer (DEO) in Koraput, a special squad of police have arrested the DEO Pramod Panda from Cuttack in connection with the case. Earlier, two persons were arrested by Koraput police over the incident. On December 8, Chittaranjan, a […]
Rayagada: Police have seized fake currency notes worth Rs 2.30 lakh from Tikiri area of Rayagada district and arrested one person in connection with the case. According to reports, all the currency notes are of Rs 2000 denomination. After getting a tip-off, police raided the residence of the accused Jogendra Nayak in Tikiri area and […]
Berhampur: A total of 78 people have been arrested for allegedly vandalising an industrial unit in Ganjam district and also assaulting cops, police said on Wednesday. Police said that most of the accused, who were arrested on Tuesday night, are workers of the ferro chrome unit in the plant. They were displaced during construction of […]
Keonjhar: Police have arrested another journalist in connection with an obscene video featuring a Lok Sabha candidate that went viral. The arrested journalist Simanchal Patra of OTV has been suspended from the news channel. OTV clarified that it has no direct or indirect connection and Simanchal’s role could be at personal level. “Another person, Simanchal […]
Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested Irshad Ahmad Reshi for involvement in attack on the CRPF Group Centre in Lethpora, Jammu and Kashmir, in 2017. A resident of Ratnipora in J&K’s Pulwama district, Reshi is the fifth accused to have been arrested in the case. “An active overground worker of proscribed terrorist […]
New Delhi: Six people, including a married couple, were arrested with 62 passports and 28 fake visa stamps, said a police officer here on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Vicky, Sunny, Mukesh, Saurav, Sunita and her husband Ravinder Singh. They were arrested during raids between March 2 and April 5 from different places […]
Balasore: The Sahadevkhunta Police on Friday arrested two dacoits involved in several crimes in Balasore district. The arrested criminals have been identified as Deepak Behera alias Kalia and Pravakar Mandal. According to sources, the duo had decamped after snatching a bag containing some cash from a lady at Police line in the town yesterday. However, […]
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch of Odisha Police today arrested four persons including a woman on charges of misappropriating Rs 2 crore from a regional rural bank. Police informed that the arrests were made based on a complaint lodged by the regional manager of the rural bank, Odisha Gramya Bank […]
Sambalpur: Vigilance sleuths arrested an Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) of Sadar police station in Sambalpur yesterday on charges of accepting bribe. The accused ASI, Kishore Bagh, was caught red-handed by the officials of anti-corruption department while taking bribe. According to sources, Bagh accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a man for releasing the latter’s vehicle. […]
Kalahandi: In another breakthrough, police busted a fake currency note racket in Dharmagarh of Kalahandi district on Friday. While two persons have been arrested in the case, fake notes worth Rs 17,000 were seized from their possession, sources said. The two arrested persons- Rajendra Bhoi and Kulmani Naik, have been identified to be the residents […]
Imphal: Eighty students and six professors of the Manipur University were arrested after police stormed the boys’ hostel early on Friday following a complaint by the Vice Chancellor’s office, officials said. According to Inspectors General of Police S. Kailun and Clay Khongsai, the police entered the campus right after midnight on the basis of a […]
Bhubaneswar/Delhi: Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra who was arrested by police in Delhi earlier today on charges of making derogatory remarks on Odisha, has been granted bail. Delhi Saket Court granted conditional bail to Iyer till September 28 on a surety of Rs 1 lakh and has directed him to depose before Konark Police Station after […]
New Delhi: Two suspected Islamic State (IS) militants hailing from Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested from here, police said on Friday. The suspects were arrested from the Red Fort area on Thursday night, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, P.S. Kushwah said. Kushwah said the arrested were suspected to be associated with the global […]
Khurda: The Khurda district excise officials today arrested three persons on charges of possessing brown sugar and seized 125 grams of the contraband item worth Rs 12.50 lakh from them. Following joint raids by the Khurda district excise officials and a flying squad from Cuttack at Baseli Sahi, Matha Sahi and Hada Chhak of Khurda, […]
We had all hoped against hope that Abdul Rahman, who was arrested by Delhi Police in December, 2015 for his alleged links with Al Qaeda, was the last we would hear about terror’s connections in the Land of Jagannath. But that hope has been rudely shattered with the arrest of Kendrapara resident Habibur Rahman by […]
Bargarh: Normal life has been affected in Bhatli of Bargarh district today due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh being observed by members of the BJP Yuva Morcha protesting arrest of their leader Irashish Acharya. Acharya was arrested on Thursday in connection with a firing incident that took place on June 1. Following the bandh call, shops […]
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force(STF) of Crime Branch arrested two sharpshooters for having links with gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito. The accused S K Sayed & Babula Pati were arrested on Saturday night and are now being interrogated, said STF DIG (Deputy Inspector General of Police) Himanshu Lal today. While Pati was nabbed from […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh law enforcers have arrested 22,000 people since launching a crackdown on drug trafficking last month, the country’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Monday. He made the remarks at a press conference in capital Dhaka organised on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which falls on Tuesday, […]
Puri: A youth was arrested from Talabania Jagannath Colony in Puri by West Bengal police today for posting a picture of the private moments with his girlfriend on social media. According to sources, the accused identified as Manoj Nanda, a resident of Rourkela, posted the picture after relationship with his girlfriend turned bitter. Police have […]
New York: Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, accused by over 80 women of sexual harassment, on Friday surrendered to police here to face charges of sexual misconduct more than seven months after the allegations first surfaced publicly. Weinstein, 66, turned himself into authorities at the first precinct in Manhattan on Friday. He was arrested […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today filed a case at the SDJM court in Bhubaneswar demanding the arrest of various government officials in connection with the recent Bomikhal flyover tragedy. BJP leader, Jagannath Pradhan registered the case on behalf of the party and demanded the arrest of the chief […]
New Delhi: The Anti-Corruption Branch on Thursday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s nephew, Vinay Bansal, in an alleged scam totaling Rs 6 crore in the Public Works Department (PWD). Bansal was arrested from his residence in Pitampura in west Delhi in the morning, after he failed to give satisfactory replies on firm Mahadeo […]
Indore: The Indore police has arrested seven people for allegedly betting on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches, Superintendent of Police S K S Tomar said today. The police also recovered Rs 4.3 lakh cash from them, he said. Based on a tip-off, the police raided an apartment in Rajendra Nagar area […]
Bhubaneswar: Popular Odia film and opera actress Usasi Misra today met DGP RP Sharma and requested him to expedite investigation and arrest the culprits who allegedly molested her during a jatra performance at Derang in Angul district on the night of April 22.Usasi was accompanied by some members of Cine Critics Association. “Although seven […]
Cuttack: A man was arrested today by the Cuttack police and forwarded to the court for duping money from people by faking his son’s cancer. The accused has been identified as Sukant Puhana from Gudari area of Bhadrak. According to sources, Puhana lied to an employee of a private media house that his son […]
Beijing: China on Monday hinted it won’t push for fugitive Indian jeweller Nirav Modi’s arrest, who is suspected to be in Hong Kong, saying the Chinese autonomous region has its own set of judicial rules and India can deal with the authorities directly. India has reportedly asked Hong Kong to arrest the main accused in […]
Bhubaneswar: Janmejaya Rout, who was wanted in several cases including kidnapping and attempt to murder, was injured in a police encounter in Laxmisagar area of the Capital city late last night. The police opened fire at him when he attempted to escape. Sources said when Janmejaya along with his two associates was attempting to kidnap a […]
Hyderabad: Global Hindu Heritage Foundation and Save Temples Organisation have suspended Telugu singer Ghazal Srinivas as their brand ambassador following his arrest on charges of sexually harassing one of the women employees at its India office here. Velagapudi Prakasarao, founder and president of the foundation, on Wednesday said the board of directors unanimously decided to suspend […]
New Delhi: A 17-year-old youth and a young man have been arrested for fatally shooting an Assistant Security Officer of APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) in north-west Delhi earlier this month, police said on Tuesday. Sumer Singh was found dead in the APMC complex in Azadpur in the early hours of September 13. Deputy Commissioner […]
Berhampur: The Ganjam police has arrested eight persons in connection with the murder of Councillor Laxmidutta Pradhan of Ward-6 in Chhatrapur of the district. Police arrested the accused, who had been absconding since the incident, after conducting raid at various places, informed SP Ashis Singh at a Press meet today. Singh informed that seven of […]
London: A second man was arrested over the terror attack on a London Tube train that left 30 people injured and resulted in an increase in the country’s terror threat level from “severe” to “critical”, police said on Sunday. According to the Metropolitan Police, the 21-year-old man arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night, […]
New Delhi: An ATM fraudster, who has cheated at least 50 people over the last three years, has been arrested here, police said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said the accused Sandeep, 28, was arrested from Farsh Bazar area of east Delhi on Thursday. Prasad said that Sandeep, a resident of Punjab, […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the AAP government to run an awareness campaign informing the general public about their rights in the event of arrest or detention by the police in criminal cases. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that there […]