Tag: Case

Khurda: A dowry harassment case has been lodged against former Khurda MLA Jitu Mitra at the Town police station. Mitra’s daughter-in-law has reportedly lodged the complaint alleging that she was harassed for dowry. Names of Mitra’s wife, daughter and younger son are also mentioned in the complaint. Mitra’s eldest son, who had married the girl […]

Cuttack: The Fire Department on Thursday lodged an FIR at Badambadi police station here in connection with the fire mishap which occurred in the city-based garment showroom on Sunday. “A case has been registered under various sections of IPC and investigation has been started,” Badambadi police IIC Biranchi Narayan Pati said. Four employees of the […]

Salipur: Mahanga police today registered a case in connection with the attack on MP Baijayant Panda following a complaint lodged by a social activist of Jayarampur here in Cuttack district. Complainant Subhendra Nayak, who is also a former sarpanch, demanded thorough inquiry and strict action against all accused. He has, however, not named anybody in […]

Cuttack: Acting on the decision of the Odisha government, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh has asked all district superintendents of police to withdraw cases against fake beneficiaries who had fraudulently obtained ration cards. Talking to media persons here today, Singh said as per the order issued by the State Police Headquarters, the SPs […]

Berhampur: Berhampur police on Saturday registered one more case of land grab against former Sanakhemundi Congress MLA Ramesh Jena. Talking to media persons, Berhampur SP Ashish Singh said the police has registered a new case (No 54/16) relating to a land garb. “Along with Ramesh Jena, police has registered cases against R Murali Mohan, corporator […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the parent company of Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Bing to file a response after they disclosed the identity of an eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir. The direction from acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar came […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 13,18,988 cases are pending in different courts including the Odisha High Court for disposal, state law minister Arun Kumar Sahoo today said in a reply to a question in the Assembly. Out of the total cases, 4,05,483 cases were of civil in nature, while the remaining 9,13,505 were criminal cases, he […]

Bhubaneswar: A police complaint was filed Sunday against Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Prasanna Patsani in Puri for his comment on a court order on demolition of a memorial of former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik.

Jajpur: A newlywed woman sustained severe burn injuries after she was allegedly set on fire by her in-laws at Jalanda village under Korei police limits in the district. Though the incident took place on October 23, the matter came to the fore on Wednesday after the video of the survivor’s father accusing her in-laws of […]

Bhubaneswar: While delivering the historic judgment on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya on Saturday, the Supreme Court considered three significant hearings of Odisha as case studies. The first case study pertains to that of 1966 Emar Mutt case between Mutt Mahant Srinivasa Ramanuj Das and Surajnarayan Dass. During the hearing in the case, […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Saturday took Lala Amrit Sagar Ray, the mastermind of the multi crore gold heist from the Nayasarak branch of India Infoline Finance Ltd (IIFL) in Cuttack, on three days remand till December 2. Along with Lala, two others were sent to police remand yesterday. Police will reportedly interrogate the three […]