Tag: Commissionerate Police

Cuttack: The tracking of calls emanating from the phones of three women helped the Odisha police track down the location of dreaded gangster SK Hyder who allegedly deceived a jail…

Bhubaneswar: People of Odisha’s Ganjam district have been advised to use the ubiquitous umbrella as a tool for maintaining social distancing, besides beating the heat. Ganjam district Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange shared a cartoon picture in a twitter post, showing how a brolly enforces a distance of around 1.5 metres between two persons and thereby […]

Cuttack: Three missed golden hours following the escape of notorious gangster SK Hyder cost dearly to the Odisha police, Twin City Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi said on Friday. The delay…

Bhubaneswar: A thick blanket of security cover is in place in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in view of the 48-hour weekend shutdown which began in 11 districts of Odisha today. Odisha government has ordered a complete shutdown of non-essential services to contain and flatten the COVID-19 curve which saw a sharp rise […]

Cuttack: Commissionerate Police on Monday arrested a man in Cuttack for allegedly divorcing his wife by pronouncing the word ‘talaq’ thrice, a practice that has been criminalised in the country. The accused has been identified as Barkatullah Khan of Diwan Bazar area in the millennium city. As per Cuttack DCP Akhileswar Singh, it is probably […]

Cuttack: Five days after he escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital, Odisha police on Thursday claimed to have nabbed the notorious gangster, Sheikh Hyder. A special team of Cuttack…

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police Crime Branch on Friday achieved a major breakthrough in crackdown against illegal narcotics trade and seized nearly 4.5kg of heroin (brown sugar) from Rasulgarh area in Bhubaneswar. Three peddlers- Debasish Behera, SK Kausar Ali and Prabir Kumar Singh have been arrested by STF in connection with […]

Bhubaneswar: If everything goes as per plan, we might soon see an end to traffic problems particularly on the stretch of NH-16 connecting the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar as Commissionerate Police is keen to introduce the concept of ‘lane driving’. A proposal in this regard is being mooted by the Commissionerate Police which […]

Bhubaneswar: A constable attached to the accounts section of Commissionerate Police was arrested by Vigilance department on charges of corruption. The accused constable, Suresh Chandra Das was nabbed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from another police official, who is presently working as OAPF at Balipatna Police Station. The complainant Ratnakar Pedenti of Rayagada […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to improve the fitness of police personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commissionerate Police (CP) has ordered mandatory fitness regime for its policemen. “Keeping in mind the present pandemic situation, all should bring in change in their lifestyle and take care of their health,” Twin City police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi said in […]

Bhubaneswar: A thick blanket of security cover is in place for the 14-day lockdown which began in four Odisha districts- Ganjam, Cuttack, Khurda (including Bhubaneswar), Jajpur and entire Rourkela Municipal Corporation area on Saturday. Odisha government has imposed the lockdown as part of its strategy to break the chain of COVID-19 in the four districts […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Umashankar Dash and Prateek Singh assumed charge as the new DCsP of the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively on Monday. At a special function held at Commissionerate Police building, Umashankar Dash took charge as Bhubaneswar DCP from Anup Sahoo. We bid farewell to ⁦@anupkumarsahoo⁩ & Akhileswar Singh & welcomed ⁦@usd_ind⁩ & Sri […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another incident of loot during COVID-19 lockdown in Bhubaneswar, miscreants allegedly barged into the house of a lady DSP (Vigilance) and looted gold ornaments at gunpoint here on Sunday. As per reports, two bike-borne miscreants looted a gold chain and bangles from Vigilance DSP Tanuja Mohanty when she was busy in cleaning […]

Bhubaneswar: Throwing open challenge to Commissionerate Police, miscreants looted a gold chain after attacking an elderly woman inside her house at IRC village on Monday. This is the second time in the past 24 hours that miscreants have executed such robberies with women mostly being the victims. Earlier yesterday, robbers had looted a gold chain, […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police foiled a dacoity bid at a petrol pump and arrested four persons in this connection from Chauliaganj area here. According to sources, the four accused were hatching a plan to loot a petrol pump on National Highway when the police conducted a raid and arrested them. The accused have been identified […]