Tag: Jharkhand

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police today busted an online fraud racket and five members including two staff of BSNL. Talking to the media, DCP Sanjeev Arora said police had received a report on cyber crime in Markat Nagar area in which someone had managed to hack the username and password of an account and withdrew Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Tightening its noose around Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) owner Mahima Mishra and son Charchita Mishra in the Seaways Shipping General Manager murder case, the police verified licence documents of aircraft and helicopter owned by the OSL at the Bhubaneswar airport again today. Informing media about the aircraft licence documents verification, DGP KB Singh said, […]

Balasore: With alarming rise in the water level of Subarnarekha and Jalaka rivers, flood situation in Balasore district in North Odisha has become grim. Reports said while the water level of Subararekha has crossed the danger mark at Rajghat, water level of Jalaka river has crossed the danger mark at Mathani this morning. Till reports […]

The Commissionerate police, which arrested an employee of East Coast Railway (ECoR) from Jharkhand today on the charge of defrauding Rs 22 lakh from five youths with a promise to provide them a job in the Railways, suspects involvement of a racket of some ECoR officers and staff in this shady deal

Balasore: Though the floodwaters of Subarnarekha have started receding due to a fall in the water flow from the upper catchments, 20 villages spread over six panchayats in Balasore district still remain cut off from the mainland. Reports said while floodwaters have receded slightly in Baliapal and Bhogarai blocks, about 20 villages of Baliapal, Bishnupur, […]

Bhubaneswar: With the water level of Subarnarekha river rising at an alarming rate, the Odisha government has sounded a high alert in Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts. About 3 lakh cusec of water has been released from Jharkhand into river Subarnarekha, which is likely to reach Rajghat early tomorrow morning, Deputy Relief Commissioner Prabhat Mohapatra told […]

Rourkela: A joint team of Rourkela Police and CRPF busted a Maoist camp inside Sanabalijor forest under K Balang police limits in Sundargarh district and recovered a huge cache of ammunition after an encounter with the Maoists this morning. Talking to media persons here, RK Sharma, IG, Western Range, said acting on a tip-off that […]

Bhubaneswar: The threat letter received by the Governor of Odisha SC Jamir on Monday came from Giridih of Jharkhand in which the senders have identified themselves as Maoists, DGP KB Singh said. “The incident is taken seriously as it is a matter of security concern. We are in contact with our Jharkhand counterparts. The real […]

Cuttack: The arrested criminal brothers – Sushil and Sushant Dhala Dhalasamant - who were produced before the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM)’s residence here today refused to go through a lie detection test.

Revealing chilling details of the wtin murders of Dipu and Om, Commissionerate Police today said that the accused criminal brothers - Sushil and Sushant Dhalsamant (D-brothers) – beat the victims to death in Athgarh and burnt their bodies in a bid to destroy evidence

At least two jawans sustained multiple injuries during an exchange of fire with Maoists ultras on the Boudh-Kandhamal border on Saturday.

Ranchi: Two persons involved in illegal mining died on Wednesday when a coal mine in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district caved in, police said. Rescue operations are on fearing more miners may be trapped. Some persons were extracting coal illegally from an Eastern Coalfields Ltd mine in Nirsa when the accident happened, a police official said. Villagers […]

Palamau (Jharkhand): In an obvious attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he preferred to complete the pending irrigation projects to empower farmers instead of waiving their loans. Modi told a public rally in Palamau, about 160 km from Ranchi, that when he took power in May 2014, he found […]

Ranchi: A Maoist commander carrying Rs 10 lakh reward was arrested in Palamau district of Jharkhand on Friday. Chotelal Yadav was arrested when he was coming from Ramgarh district to Palamau, said Indrajeet Mahta, the Superintendent of Police of Palamau. “We had information of his movement. A team was formed and he was arrested from […]

Ranchi: Maoist Guerrillas on Saturday torched six vehicles involved in the repair work of a canal in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district, police said. A private company was involved the work at Chauparan. Some 25 guerrillas raided the company’s camp office while the staff were sleeping, the police said. The rebels then poured kerosene on the vehicles […]