Tag: Surat

Surat/Bhubaneswar: Duped depositors of chit fund companies today protested Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera in Surat during his visit to Gujarat. Demanding immediate refund of money, the protestors held placards and banners and shouted slogans against Behera, who was in Surat to attend a meeting at the Chambers of Commerce at Nanpura. Under the […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: A woman from Ganjam district of Odisha allegedly committed suicide today in Surat, Gujarat. The deceased has been identified as Rinku Patra, who was running a beauty parlour in Surat. The reason behind her death is yet to be ascertained. Colleagues of the deceased informed that after Rinku didn’t respond to calls regarding some […]

Puri: Two notorious criminals were arrested after being injured in an encounter by police at Kaji Patana near Mangalpur in Puri district on Thursday night. The criminals, identified as Subash Pradhan and Amar Omkar were admitted to Pipili health centre and later shifted to Cuttack after primary treatment. Both of them suffered bullet injuries on […]

Surat: It may sound like a script from a Bollywood movie but a 14-year-old in Surat planned his own kidnapping to escape scolding by parents for not studying. According to reports, two class IX students including one from Odisha staying at Kailash Nagar plotted their own abduction. Mahesh (name changed) was reportedly fed up as […]

Surat: In what could be a most deplorable incident for a civilised society, a man from Odisha was accused of murdering his minor daughter after raping and getting her pregnant here in Gujarat. Surat police recently came up with the startling revelation after the DNA report confirmed that the man had committed the crime two […]

Bhubaneswar: Agents and investors from Gujarat, duped by the chit fund company Oscar, on Friday, staged a demonstration in front of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch here in Bhubaneswar demanding return of money. The agents in their protest urged for strict action against the ponzi directors and have demanded return of their […]

Surat: Total 4,600 students of seven Odia medium schools run by the Odisha government in Surat of Gujarat are left in lurch due to unavailability of text books this academic year. Teachers of the seven Odia medium schools are, therefore, providing last year text books to students for practice. Shyam Sundar Puhan, assistant headmaster of […]

Bhubaneswar: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father in Pandesara of Surat. The accused, an employee in a textile weaving unit and a resident of Hariom Nagar in Pandesara, has been arrested after he allegedly strangulated his daughter to death. According to sources, the girl, a […]

Surat: Two persons of Ganjam district were arrested by the Surat Police today on charges of looting Rs 6.5 lakh from a money transfer office located in Sarsana area on Monday. On basis of CCTV footage, the cops nabbed the two looters – Prahllada Barik alias Kuna of Kabisuryanagar and Kalicharan of Polasara in Ganjam […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: In another act of inhuman conduct, a husband’s cry for help fell into deaf ears of onlookers as his stabbed pregnant wife bled to death in Pandesara area near Surat in Gujarat. The victim, identified as Anita hails from Odisha and was married to Dharmesh, who is from Gujurat. The incident occurred on Sunday […]

Surat: Failing to deposit new notes in time has allegedly taken life of a new born of an Odia family at a hospital here. The infant, born to Manju Gauda, became critical and the family was asked to deposit Rs 10,000 for its treatment. However, the family members requested the hospital authorities to receive the […]

Surat: Demanding CBI probe into the Oscar chit fund scam, the duped Odia investors today staged demonstration at Pandesara police station in Surat. Talking to OTV, president of Prabasi Odia Chit Fund Jamakari Mahasangh, Srikant Padhi, said the Mahasangh has submitted its application to Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani through the Pandesara police, Surat Collector […]

A day after its exclusive report on how well-known Ollywood actors and actresses actively promoted the Oscar chit fund company at a function in Surat in 2009, OTV today came up with exclusive footage of some Ollywood stars, including veteran Uttam Mohanty and comedian Papu Pom Pom, lavishing praise on the company at a function in Surat in 2008

Bhubaneswar/Surat: The State Crime Branch probing the Oscar chit fund scam has reportedly received a clue that the scam tainted firm had fraudulently sold one of its office buildings in Surat, where a diamond factory is currently running. The owner of the factory, however, feigned ignorance about the past ownership record of the building. “I […]

Ahmedabad: Over 30 per cent voter turnout was recorded today in 89 seats in the first phase of assembly polls in Gujarat, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress’ heir-apparent Rahul Gandhi are locked in a bitter, high-stakes political duel after a 22-year reign of the BJP. There were reports of technical glitches in electronic […]