Tag: Cuttack

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 […]

New Delhi: Hearing several petitions related to the demolition of religious establishments in Odisha, the Supreme Court today asked the committee constituted by State government to take a call on which structures have to be demolished. The apex court also directed the committee to provide complete data on such establishments within three months. “As per […]

Cuttack: A three-member team led by Chief Fire Officer on Monday started an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the fire mishap in a garment showroom in Cuttack on Sunday even though the mall authorities refuting any kind of violation as far as fire safety compliance was concerned. “The showroom did not have any […]

Cuttack: A major fire broke out in a premier garment showroom located at Palamandap near Badambadi in Cuttack on Sunday. The incident occurred at around 11:40 am when a few customers first noticed the fire and later alerted the employees of the showroom. Sources said, the intensity of the fire was so high that it […]

Salepur: Chakradhar Rout is now a worried man as his entire savings of over Rs 2 lakh that he had kept for his daughter’s marriage has been fraudulently withdrawn from his bank account. The latest ATM fraud has been reported from Malsasan village under Salepur police limits in Cuttack district. Chakradhar runs a small tea […]

Cuttack: Court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate in Cuttack has allowed the Commissionerate Police to conduct DNA test of the baby girl and the couple who alleged that their baby boy was swapped with the girl in the SCB Medical College and Hospital here. The blood samples of the infant and the couple will be […]

Cuttack: Baby swapping slur returned to haunt authorities of the SCB Medical College and Hospital here once again when a woman lodged a complaint at Mangalabag police station today alleging her baby has been swapped with another one. The woman alleged her baby has been taken away and another baby, which she says is not […]

Cuttack: The current generation of selfie-maniacs and the trend of getting famous through videos on social media have increased the number of daredevilry acts that very often go awry. However, this young man from Athagarh in Cuttack district had a providential escape as he ran through the legs of a wild elephant that had strayed […]

Cuttack: Tension ran high after scores of residents and members of Balu Bazaar Puja Committee on Monday staged a demonstration against administrative approvals for opening of a licenced foreign liquor shop in the locality. Resentment was brewing among locals as they questioned how licence was granted to open the liquor shop in the area which […]

Bhubaneswar: The multi-starrer Odia movie ‘Happy Lucky’ of Tarang Cine Productions, which hit the silver screen amid packed theatres across Odisha today, received a huge response from the film fans on the beginning day of the show. Heavy crowd  was witnessed at Jayashree Talkies in Cuttack  for the premier show of the movie. Film lovers […]

Bhubaneswar: With internal-investigations into allegations against BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda still continuing, the parliamentarian today said that a conspiracy is working against him. While responding to one of his Twitter followers, the MP stated a powerful conspiracy is being hatched against him though he has no intention to quit his party. “I have no […]

Athagarh: Former Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) and Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) of Gurudijhatia Gram Panchayat in Athagarh block of Cuttack district landed in trouble after a complaint was registered with police against them for allegedly misappropriating old age pension. As per preliminary investigation, ex-PEO Phakir Jena and GRS Swagatika Mishra allegedly misappropriated pension funds to […]

Cuttack: Police today cracked the murder case of Nirjara Behera of Choudwar by arresting the key accused, identified as Sambit Senapati, from Cuttack today. Police said the crime was a fall out of an illicit relationship of the accused with his sister-in-law who was scheduled to get married to Nirjara. Police were able to get […]

Bhubaneswar: On a day when Odisha police laid out plans to make educational institutions ‘crime free’ zones, an incident of a girl student being molested inside a classroom in Athgarh in Cuttack couldn’t have proved more shocking. The incident was reported from SST College in Gurudijhati under Cuttack rural police limits on Tuesday. The victim, […]

Athgarh: Panic gripped the locality after five human skulls were recovered from a garbage dump near Nuapatna Sri Jagannath spinning mill complex under Tigiria police limits in Athgarh of Cuttack district on Tuesday. The skulls were stuffed inside a gunny bag and were found by a few villagers who then reported the local police. It […]