Tag: Congress Mla

Puri: Police today arrested former Congress MLA from Pipili Judhisthir Samantaray and his son Priyabrat in connection with a clash between BJP and Congress workers that took place during Odisha bandh at Mangalapur area in Pipili on Wednesday. As per sources, a war of words ensued between the BJP and Congress workers during the bandh […]

Sundergarh: In another instance of assault on bureaucrat by politicians, a case was registered against Congress MLA from Sundergarh Jogesh Singh for allegedly making death threats to the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Tangarapali. The victim identified as Soumendra Kumar Das has lodged a complaint with Lefripara Police. As per the allegations, the MLA over […]

Sundargarh: Sundargarh district’s Tangarapali BDO Soumendra Kumar Das has alleged that he is facing death threats from Congress MLA Yogesh Singh. Sources said the BDO has filed an FIR against MLA Singh at the Lefripada police station in this regard. Das alleged that he faced death threats over phone from Singh when he refused to […]

Police on Monday produced former Sanakhemundi Congress MLA Ramesh Jena in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Purusottampur in Ganjam district

With the Commissionerate police all set to reopen the case relating to the death of two associates of former Congress MLA Ramesh Jena following a complaint lodged by the father of one of the deceased, trouble seems to be mounting for the former Sanakhemundi lawmaker

Police have traced five more vehicles belonging to former Congress MLA Ramesh Jena, together worth more than Rs 2 crore, from different parts of the State

Berhampur: Police on Sunday seized four vehicles belonging to the family members and associates of the arrested former Congress MLA Ramesh Jena. According to police sources, two Mahindra Scorpios, a Toyota Innova and a Volkswagen Jetta were seized from the possession of the relatives and aides of the former Sanakhemundi MLA. In another development, it […]

Berhampur: The court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate here today allowed police to take former MLA Ramesh Jena on five-day remand. The police had moved the court seeking 14-day remand. The arrested congress leader was taken to Gopalpur police station for interrogation soon after the court granted remand. The family and relatives of Jena can meet […]

Bhubaneswar: The special squad of Berhampur Police detained former Congress MLA from Sanakhemundi Ramesh Jena and two of his associates from an apartment in Khanadagiri area here during the wee hours of Sunday for their involvement in number of criminal activities. According to sources, the special squad of Berhampur police, with the help of Commissionerate […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress legislator M. Vincent was on Saturday arrested, a day after being charged with sexual harassment and stalking of a 51-year-old woman who attempted suicide earlier this week. Before being arrested, Vincent, a first-time legislator, was grilled for over two hours by a team of police. He was later taken for further interrogation. The […]

Jaipur: Another Congress MLA in Rajasthan, P.R. Meena, has come out in support of making Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot as Chief Minister in the wake of the party’s rout in the Lok Sabha elections. “The biggest reason for the Lok Sabha debacle is that Sachin Pilot was not made the Chief Minister. Chief Minister […]

New Delhi: Removed from the party for praising Narendra Modi, A.P. Abdullakutty, former Congress MLA from Kerala, met the Prime Minister here on Monday. The meeting was arranged by Keralite businessman-turned-BJP Rajya Sabha member Rajiv Chandrasekhar. After the meeting, Abdullakutty said, “He (Modi) was happy when I told him about my participation in the yoga […]

Bhubaneswar: There has been a substantial decline in the annual incidents of violence related to the left wing extremism in Odisha, said Minister of State (Home) Dibya Shankar Mishra in Odisha Assembly today. While replying to question put up by Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Mishra said that, “Maoist activities have declined considerably in the […]

Sindhudurg: Irked over the poor condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway, Congress legislator Nitesh Rane and his supporters vented their ire on a road sub-engineer by bathing him with wet mud and slime, and even attempted to tie him to a bridge here on Thursday. Rane, accompanied by Kankavli Municipal Council President and activists of the […]

Bolangir: Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja on Wednesday lashed out at the Odisha government over alleged multiple problems at Kantabanji Community Health Centre (CHC) in Bolangir district. The local MLA…