Tag: Police Personnel

Bhubaneswar: Palpable tension prevailed in Raghunathnagar area of Bhubaneswar following a group clash in which bombs were hurled and several police personnel were also injured. According to sources, bombs were hurled at a few houses following which one house was partially destroyed. The intensity of the bomb was so strong that two motorcycles were gutted, […]

Nabarangpur: Body of retired police personnel was found under mysterious circumstances from the Inspection Bunglow (IB) premises in Nabarangpur district on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Premchandra Bag (62), a retired Assistant Sub-Inspector of police. Though the exact reason behind the death of Bag is unclear, his body was found hanging at […]

New Delhi: As many as 383 police personnel from different state police forces, central paramilitary forces and central police organisations were killed this year, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director Rajiv Jain said on Saturday. Jain, during the Police Commemoration Day parade, read out the names of all the police personnel who laid down their lives in […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 36 police personnel from Odisha have been selected on the eve of the Independence Day to receive police medals. The police personnel who will receive President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) are–Prakash Kumar Karan, Sushil Das, Akash Mahapatra, Chandramani Bhoi, Shyam Dhangad Majhi, K Shiva Subramani, Dilip Kumar Danta, Jyotiranjan Pati, […]

New Delhi: A total of 1040 police personnel will be conferred President’s police medal for gallantry award and distinguished service on Republic Day on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Police will receive the maximum number of gallantry honours with 108 medals followed by the Central Reserve Police Force (76). Total four police personnel will receive President’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Following inordinate delay, finally, some hope seems to have emerged for home guards in Odisha after the Orissa High Court directed the State government to provide them higher allowance & status. As per reports, the High Court has directed to provide enhanced interim daily allowance of Rs 500 to home guards with retrospective effect […]

Rourkela: An irate mob pelted stones at police personnel and broke barricades around a Covid-19 containment zone in this steel city on Monday, causing injuries to around four and triggering tension in the area, police said. The incident happened when a group of residents of Nala Road, which has been declared a containment zone following […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 11 police personnel of various police stations and outposts in Banpur and Balugaon areas in Khurda district have tested positive for COVID-19. As per Khurda Collector, the frontline warriors of different police stations and outposts have contracted Coronavirus in their line of duty. Khurda SP, Ajay Pratap Swain informed that earlier […]