Tag: Held

Puri: Satyabadi police arrested two women of a family on charges of killing their mother in law and dumping her body in a pond in Someswarpur village in the district. According to sources, daughters-in-law Sandhya Maharana and Manasi  Maharana, had allegedly planned and executed the murder of their mother in law Minati  Maharana.They had later […]

Cuttack: A minor girl studying in Class 4th was allegedly sexually assaulted yesterday by a youth under Darghabazaar police limits in Cuttack. The matter came to light after a written complaint was filed by the Childline and family members of the victim at the police station against the accused, who also happens to be a […]

Khurda: Locals of Chotipalanga village under Town police station here detained seven dacoits while they were attempting to loot a fish godown late on Thursday night. According to sources, the villagers held the dacoits while they were stealing from a fish godown in the village and locked them inside a room. Later, they informed police […]

Bhadrak: Three days after eight Chinese nationals working at Dhamra Port Company Limited were asked to leave the place by the state government on security grounds, the district marine police on Thursday detained three foreign nationals for using a satellite phone on their way to Dhamra port on an Australian ship. According to sources, among […]

Berhampur: Ganjam Police busted dozens of gambling dens in different places and arrested 216 gambles in the district in last fifteen days. In this connection police has registered as many as 32 cases and sized more than Rs 15 lakh. With Durga Puja and Kumar Purnima in sight, gambling has been rampant in Ganjam and […]

Malkangiri: A day after a Maoist cadre was gunned down by security personnel in an encounter on Thursday, in yet another major breakthrough a top Maoist commander was arrested from the dense Jantri forests in the Swabhiman Anchal area during a search operation on Friday. The arrested top ranking Maoist operative is presently being interrogated […]