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Bhubaneswar: With the Ministry of Home Affairs fixing a meeting on May 8, two days after the deadliest Naxal encounter in Sukma of Chhattisgarh in which 25 security personnel were killed, Odisha police has intensified its operation and sealed the border areas apprehending influx of rebels from the bordering State. Director General of Police Kunwar […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is alleging the ruling party leaders’ hand in the disappearance of Babula Panda, the grandson of freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda, Odisha police on Tuesday said that family quarrel is the main reason behind his ‘hiding’. DGP KB Singh informed media that he (Babula) is matured enough […]

Bhubaneswar:  The Border Security Force (BSF) will provide two bulletproof boats for patrolling in cut-off areas in three to four months. This would not only intensify patrolling in cut-off areas but also help in anti-Maoist operation, said BSF DG KK Sharma after a discussion with Odisha DGP KB Singh here today. Also Read: Maoists protest […]

Bhubaneswar: To ensure full-proof security arrangement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day Bhubaneswar visit starting from April 15, a total of 100 platoons of police and two companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be deployed. This was informed by Odisha DGP KB Singh here today. Apart from this, four IG rank officers […]

Bhadrak: Though situation in the communally tense Bhadrak town is slowly clawing back to normal with no untoward incident being reported, palpable tension continues to prevail in view of which police staged a flag march today. The Centre today rushed 2,000 paramilitary personnel to Odisha to assist the local administration in maintaining law and order […]

Bhubaneswar: The unified command of Odisha met today to discuss the prevalent Maoist situation in the state and review various underlying coordination issues between various agencies involved in anti-Naxal operations. Chief Secretary AP Padhi who chaired this first meeting of the year said discussions were held on coordination issues between the state and central agencies. […]

Bhubaneswar: Mainly Maoists are infiltrating from the neighbouring state into Odisha to create disturbances, said DGP KB Singh today while ruling out possibilities of much activities of the local naxal cadres in the State. Talking to newsmen after a high-level meeting at the DGP camp office in Bhubaneswar on anti-Maoist operations in the State, Singh […]

Bhawanipatna: The Director General of Odisha Police (DGP) KB Singh reviewed anti-Maoist operations at the district police headquarters in Kalahandi today. Official sources said, Singh held discussions on shortage of force and proposals for upgradation of the police stations particularly in border areas in the district. IG Operations R.P. Koche, DIG Intelligence Narsingh Bhola, DIG […]

Cuttack: Former Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha Bana Bihari Panda passed away at the age of 78 at a privately-run hospital in Cuttack where he was undergoing treatment on Thursday. Panda was suffering from Pneumonia due to which he was admitted to the hospital few days back. Dibya Jyoti Panda, son of the […]

Bhubaneswar: A three-tier security cover has been put on place in and around Odisha Assembly in view of the two phase budget session scheduled to begin today, Twin City Police Commissioner YB Khurania said. The commissioner along with Police DG KB Singh and State Intelligence Director took stock of elaborate arrangements here. Speaking to media […]

Cuttack: Protesting the rise in the number violence in Odisha in the ongoing three-tier Panchayat polls, the BJP today gheraoed the office of the Director General of Police (DGP) here. Reports said hundreds of activists of Cuttack Nagar BJP and BJP Yuva Morcha led by their leader and former minister Samir De went on a […]

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of two senior officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) including joint director AK Singh with DGP of Odisha KB Singh at his camp office in Bhubaneswar today has set rumour mills rolling. Sources said the CBI’s probe into the chitfund scam in Odisha might be discussed during the meeting. However, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police today ruled out involvement of Maoists in the derailment of the Hirakhand Express in which the railways are suspecting sabotage. “There is no indication of Maoist hand behind the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express,” Odisha DGP K B Singh told reporters after attending a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhawanipatna: After reviewing Maoist situation and preparation for three-tier panchayat poll in tribal dominated Malkangiri district yesterday, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh on Saturday visited Kalahandi district and took stock of security arrangement for the ensuing panchayat poll there. The DGP also discussed about the Maoist situation with SP Brijesh Ray, Nuapada SP […]

Malkangiri: Citing that people have lost faith on Maoists, Director General of Odisha Police (DGP) KB Singh on Friday said that the police administration will be able to conduct safe and peaceful panchayat elections in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-infested areas of the district. Singh who visited Malkangiri today held discussions with police officials and […]