Bhubaneswar: Three days after the Beltikri shelter home shame came to fore, the BJP Mahila Morcha today leveled religious conversion charges against Good News India, the NGO which runs the Dream Center Shelter Home. President of the BJP Mahila Morcha, Prabhati Parida said the shelter homes change religion of inmates especially the boys and girls […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP RP Sharma today rubbished the social media rumours about “child lifting gangs” that have triggered mob frenzy across the state. Briefing media persons, Sharma said, “There are no such gangs and no cases of child theft have been reported anywhere.” He appealed the citizens to restrain from spreading such rumours and stop […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for Bolangir and Kandhamal police for their success in anti-Maoists operations in which seven ultras were killed earlier this week. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the cash reward soon after concerned Superintendents of Police of both the districts and headquarters’ officers briefed […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police is all set to start a mega awareness campaign titled ‘Pari Paain Katha Tie’ to spread the message on safety of minor girls. Giving out the details during a presser on Wednesday, DGP RP Sharma said, “There has been a steep rise in cases of sexual assaults on minor girls in […]
Bhubaneswar: After a crackdown on the properties amassed by some Naxals in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now initiated a probe into the rebel leaders in Odisha – their source of funding, the properties they have amassed and where are their children studying. The Home Ministry has also set up a multi-disciplinary […]
Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Senior officials of Odisha government including Home Secretary Asit Tripathy, DGP RP Sharma and Crime Branch IG Arun Bothra on Tuesday appeared before National Commission for Scheduled Castes at New Delhi in connection with the alleged gang rape and subsequent suicide of a minor girl at Kunduli in Koraput. The National Commission […]
Cuttack: The special investigation team (SIT) of Crime Branch will crack the Patnagarh parcel bomb explosion case soon, informed Odisha DGP, RP Sharma today. Talking to media persons in connection with the case, Sharma said Crime Branch IG Arun Bothra is personally monitoring the case. “Crime Branch officials including IG Arun Bothra is camping at […]
Surat: At a time when the identity of the minor girl, who was brutally raped and murdered in Surat, is yet to be established, the Gujarat government suspects that the victim might be from Odisha. Gujarat Home Minister PS Jadeja on Monday stated that “The identity of the victim minor girl is still not clear […]
Sambalpur: Dreaded Maoist Kunu Dehury surrendered before the Sambalpur police today. The Odisha government had declared a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head. Kunu, reportedly a native of Taparsingha village under Jujumara police limits in Sambalpur, was a part of the military wing of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) organisation and involved in […]
Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took salute of a ceremonial parade organised to mark the 83rd Formation Day of Odisha Police in Cuttack today. During the ocassion, Patnaik awarded cash prizes to police personnel for their exceptional services and also felicitated some retired officers. “As the 83rd Odisha Police Formation Day is celebrated along with […]
Koraput: The encounter in Narayanpatna of Koraput district in which four women Maoists were killed is a major achievement for the police since the Sunki landmine blast, said DGP RP Sharma after a review meeting on anti-Naxal operations held in Koraput SP headquarters today. “The operation which took place on the intervening night of March […]
Cuttack: In what could possibly bring a transparency and faster access to all cases and files, Odisha Director General of Police RP Sharma on Monday inaugurated the state’s first e-office at the police headquarters in Cuttack. Soon after the launch, Sharma addressing the media said, “Today we entered in the era of e-Office at police […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police (DG) RP Sharma inaugurated the 60th Senior Police Officers’ Conference of the Odisha Police at the Police Bhawan here on Tuesday. Addressing the conference Sharma stressed on strengthening police-public relationship. He said it is the primary responsibility of police to bring back the misguided youth, who have joined naxal […]
Bhubaneswar: DGP RP Sharma took the salute at the passing out parade of the first batch of DSP-rank officers at the Biju Patnaik State Police Academy (BPSPA) here on Wednesday. As many as 13 DSPs and 97 SIs, passing out of the academy, took oath to serve the nation till their last breath. “The passing […]
Berhampur: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Rajendra Prasad Sharma inaugurated a newly constructed cyber police station at Bada Bazar and a new office building of SDPO at Bhapur in the city today on the first day of his two-day tour to Ganjam district. He also dedicated a new building of Baidyanathpur police station to […]