Tag: Odisha Police

The matter came to the fore after the woman constable lodged a complaint in this regard at the Balasore Town Police Station on Friday.

Ranjan and his wife were arrested from Bhubaneswar and the child was rescued unharmed within 24 hours of his family lodging a police complaint.

Bhubaneswar: Tension erupted at different places across the State today when thousands of farmers were taken into preventive custody while they were on their way to attend a mega rally organised by Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) in Bhubaneswar today. In Jajpur, several farmers were detained by police personnel near Chandikhol leading to tension in […]

Berhampur: Two Odisha Police personnel bagged two gold medals in All India Police Wrestling Cluster 2019 held in Jaipur, Rajasthan recently. According to reports, Jitesh Das and Balal Khan won in the 75kg and 70kg categories respectively. Both the cops, who serve for Ganjam police, were lauded with a grand welcome after they arrived at […]

Bhubaneswar: Now senior citizens will give road safety lessons to children in Bhubaneswar by helping them in crossing roads. The initiative will be launched by the Forum for Smart Citizens in Bhubaneswar and a decision in this regard was taken at the Road Safety Campaign – 2019 event held in the city today. The campaign […]

Khurda: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has detained two suspects in connection with BJP leader Manguli Jena’s murder. Moreover, IG Soumendra Priyadarshi has assured that the accused will be arrested soon. Earlier today, DGP In-charge of Odisha, BK Sharma had confirmed that Crime Branch will investigate the murder case and DSP Pramod Rath, will […]

Berhampur: Residents of Dengadi village under Patapur Police limits of Ganjam district thrashed some policemen from Telangana presuming them to be child lifters. As many as five policemen were injured in the process. As per reports, a team of 10 Policemen from Telangana dressed in civil clothes came to Dengadi village to nab an accused […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has collected penalty of more than Rs 5 crore from people for violating mask and social distancing rules enforced to stem the spread of Covid-19. In…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has urged the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to train Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel of the state to detect and defuse bombs, officials said. Odisha Director General of Police R P Sharma came up with the suggestion during the first quarterly meeting of the state level security committee for the railways […]

Bhubaneswar: When the State is aghast over the rising cases of rape with as many as 6 cases being reported in a day, what shocks  is charge-sheeting rate in the State has hurtled down to a new low in the first 3-months of the year 2019. This is so when it is mandated by law […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday released a short documentary film on the good work done by police personnel during cyclone Fani which hit the state on May 3 this year. Patnaik said the documentary film will be useful in future for disaster mitigation activities. Sixty four people lost their lives in cyclone Fani […]

Bhubaneswar: How can the aam aadmi feel safe on Odisha’s roads? When around 85,000 – 90,000 new criminals (as per Police records, 2018 saw arrest of 85-90K first time offenders) joined the State’s crime world last year,  there were around 39,715 policemen only, including District Armed Reserve Force (DARF) on duty. But the DARF is […]

Bolangir: A tribal woman was allegedly assaulted by a constable in Bolangir Town Police Station last night after she denied signing a stamp paper for sale of her land. The constable, Anjan Pradhan was allegedly mediating between the woman, who is a widow, and the land purchaser, her brother-in-law Vikash Jain for sale of her […]

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district Superintendent of Police, Niti Sekhar landed in trouble after a video, purportedly showing him raising his hand to slap a local television journalist, surfaced today. The video footage of the SP’s misbehaviour with journalist at the Barimula helipad in the district has gone viral on social media. As per reports, Chief […]

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Media is considered as the fourth pillar of democracy. However, it seems Odisha government is finding it knotty to acknowledge this fact which, in turn, has made journalists the biggest victims. The recent alleged attack on a journalist by a Superintendent of Police (SP) in poll-bound Patkura is a glaring example of this. On […]