Tag: Arrest

Bhubaneswar: Over 50 Students Congress activists were detained after a scuffle with the police during a protest against the killing of five innocent villagers in Kandhamal here today. According to reports, hundreds of Students Congress activists took out a bike rally from Congress Bhawan at Master Canteen Square in the morning demanding immediate suspension and […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Labour department will soon issue show cause notice to Motilal Gouda, the arrested former assistant director of the Directorate of Factories and Boilers, for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 63 lakh to the Odisha government by issuing a fake gazette notification. Official sources said the notice will be issued against Gouda […]

Cuttack: Vehemently protesting the arrest of senior lawyer Debasis Panda by the CBI yesterday, lawyers of the Orissa High Court Bar Association began a cease work from today. The Association took the decision at its general body meeting in the morning. “In its general body meeting today, the Association strongly condemned the manner in which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court here on Monday allowed the Crime Branch of Odisha police to take Motilal Gouda, the arrested former assistant director of the Directorate of Factories and Boilers, on a six-day remand. Gouda, who was arrested yesterday from Vizianagaram for embezzlement to the tune of Rs 63 lakh, was […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Youth Congress on Monday suspended its Odisha unit head Rajat Choudhury after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged involvement in the Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Prasad Harichandan informed this to media in New Delhi this evening. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The case of sexual abuse against actor Tatwa Prakash Satapathy aka Papu Pom Pom was turned on its head today when the teenage victim’s father filed an affidavit in the Khurda District and Sessions Judge Court seeking withdrawal of the case since the matter had been ‘amicably resolved’. “The father of the victim filed […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as outraged public hit the streets in many parts of the State on Wednesday demanding immediate arrest of casting couch accused actor Tatwa Prakash Satpathy aka Pappu Pom Pom, the Commissionerate Police has formed a team to arrest the absconding actor. Bhubaneswar DCP Satyabrata Bhoi said a police team is investigating the matter. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Monday said that it will observe a dawn-to-dusk Nabrangpur bandh on Tuesday to protest against the arrest of former MP Pradeep Majhi. Party workers took out a bike rally here from Master Canteen square to Sishu Bhawan square here demanding an early release of Majhi. If the Congress leader is […]

Nayagarh: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested senior clerk of Odagaon block office Bijay Kumar Giri while he was taking a bribe of Rs 500. According to sources, one Kashinath Prdhan had done a construction work worth Rs 1 lakh under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD). Giri had asked Pradhan to give […]

Rayagada: Over two hundred Dongria Kandhs belonging to 12 villages located on the foothills of Niyamgiri in the district gheraoed Muniguda police station on Saturday, demanding the release of their leader Dasuru Kadraka, who was arrested on charges of Maoist activities two days back. Wielding traditional weapons, the tribals gheraoed the police station and staged […]

Cuttack: Vigilance will take arrested executive engineer of General Public Health Dayanidhi Samal on one-day remand. According to source, a local court allowed the anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police to take Samal on remand for further interrogation. On Saturday night, vigilance sleuths had arrested Samal while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday night arrested Executive engineer of General Public Health Dayanidhi Samal while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a contractor to provide him a contract. According to Vigilance sources, sleuths of the agency conducted raids at Samal’s house in Cuttack, his ancestral house and his office and seized […]

Puri: Kumbharapada police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly duping lakhs of rupees by identifying himself as a CBI official. The accused has been identified as Rashmi Ranjan Das. According to sources, Das has duped people worth lakhs of rupees after promising them jobs and helping them with some works at the tehsildar office […]

Puri/ Keonjhar: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Digapahandai Sub Jailor Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik while he was taking a bribe of Rs 10, 000. According to sources, the anti corruption wing nabbed Patnaik while he was taking the bribe from a contractor promising him to provide the contract of food supply to the jail. Besides, it […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproarious scene over the suicide of a farmer of Harabhanga village in Balangir district with the Opposition Congress members demanding immediate arrest of Balangir sub collector. Drawing the attention of the Speaker through a special mention during Zero Hour, Leader of the Opposition Narasingh Mishra and Congress chief […]