Tag: Attack

Puri: Personal assistant (PA) of Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty, Bhabani Prasad Sahu was injured in an attack by miscreants near Khakimatha Nuasahi in Puri town on Sunday. Bhabani Prasad has sustained grievous injuries in head, face and legs after unidentified miscreants attacked him. He was rushed to the Puri hospital and later shifted to a […]

Balasore: Miscreants allegedly looted Rs 5 lakh cash and gold ornaments from a medicine store owner after attacking him near Routamandaruni-Khalagadia road under Kamarda police station limits in Balasore district on Tuesday night. The incident occurred when Das was returning home after closing his shop at around 11 pm yesterday. Some miscreants intercepted him and […]

Kendrapara: A man sustained critical injuries after a crocodile attacked him while he was taking bath in Patasala river at Kandira village under Rajnagar block in the district today. The crocodile tried to drag him into the deep river. However, he managed to escape. He has however sustained grievous injuries on left hand. The man […]

Keonjhar: A 60-year-old woman sustained critical injuries after an unidentified man shot her with an arrow at Panaspala under Karanjia police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Sunday. According to sources, the woman identified as Nandi Gouda was plucking leaves in a nearby forest when an unidentified man shot her with the arrow which pierced into […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) general secretary, Rakesh Jena in connection with the recent attack on residence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary VK Pandian, taking the number of arrest to six in the case. A resident of Jharpada area in Bhubaneswar, Jena will be produced before […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian by BJP activists in Bhubaneswar today. “It’s an absolutely shocking incident particularly as some members of a national party have agreed that they took part in it. It’s truly shocking,” Patnaik said while responding to […]

Athagarh: Sarpanch of Kandarpur panchayat under Athagarh police limits was attacked by four miscreants over alleged political rivalry on Friday night. The incident occurred when the sarpanch identified as Paramananda Behera was travelling to Athagarh on a motorcycle. Four miscreants intercepted Paramananda and attacked him with cricket bat and wooden sticks. The sarpanch alleged the […]

Baripada: A man was killed while his wife was critically injured in an attack  by unidentified miscreants at Chatani village under Jamuda police station in Mayurbhanj district last night. The deceased was identified as Badha Baski. The miscreants entered into the house of Baski when the couple was sleeping on Friday night and attacked them. […]

Bhubaneswar: A journalist of a private news channel was attacked by a police officer in an inebriated condition today in the State Capital. The accused cop has been identified as Ramakant Patra , IIC of Talabania police station in Puri. Using unparliamentarily languages, the officer was found kicking and punching the reporter when the scribe […]

Konark: Additional tehsildar Dipak Swain was injured critically after being attacked by timber mafia at Kanpur village here in Puri district. Swain suffered fractures on his right hand and sustained multiple injuries on his body. He was admitted to Konark health centre and later shifted to Puri district headquarters hospital. Around 10 timber mafias attacked […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack:  A man was critically injured after being shot at by two bike-borne miscreants while he resisted a chain snatching attempt on his wife by the miscreants. The incident took place at Sijua here when the couple was travelling in a car to their home at Aiginia area. The injured, identified as Biswaranjan Swain was […]

Rourkela: A man was allegedly thrashed by staff of a privately-run school located in Sector-5 in Rourkela for opposing sale of uniforms on the educational institution premises on Wednesday. The incident came to the fore after a video footage of the attack on the man, who is stated to be an activist of a political […]

Jeypore: A tehsildar was injured grievously after a village guard allegedly attacked him with knife over a land dispute in Nandapur here in Koraput district on Thursday. Injured Subrat Panigrahi was admitted to district headquarters hospital. His condition is stated to be stable. According to police, village guard Damu Khemundu of Padua police station had […]

Paradip: In a bizarre incident, three Coast Guard personnel allegedly attacked the owner of a tyre repairing shop here last night. Sources said two officials came to a tyre repairing shop near the Paradip bus stand last night and  started argument with the shop owner Tapas Ranjan Parija for delay in the repair work. After […]

Cuttack: A traffic constable was injured grievously after being attacked by five unidentified miscreants while he was on duty to regulate traffic ahead of Chief Minister’s visit to the Trishulia for bridge inauguration on Wednesday. Some activists of a particular political party had a scuffle with constable Surendra Jank while he was managing traffic at […]