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Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) Odisha Police on Thursday arrested an undertrial prisoner (UTP), who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year's Durga Puja celebrations, an officer said. In a statement, Odisha DGP Y B Khurania said, "The second UTP, namely Raja Sahani, who had escaped from Choudwar Jail on October 3, 2025, has been arrested from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand." The DGP said Sahani is being brought to Odisha on transit remand by a police team from Cuttack for further investigation.
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing cleanliness drive, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh on Tuesday warned of action against those who indulge in pasting posters on public walls. Speaking to ANI, Singh welcomed the announcement made by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta earlier in the day. Also Read | Ragging Horror in Madurai: Student Stripped, Hit With Slipper on Private Parts at Tamil Nadu ITI College Hostel; Case Registered. "The people of Delhi have been told to keep the walls of Delhi clean and well-maintained so that it looks clean. In that regard, the C ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office mentioned in a letter that the Indian govt had sought British advice over a plan to remove Si ...Read More >
CUTTACK: Nearly six months after the Choudwar jailbreak incident, police on Wednesday night arrested the second fugitive Raja Sahani from a hotel at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. Police said he is currently being brought on transit remand to Odisha for further interrogation. Two others were also present at the hotel in Rishikesh along with Sahani and they have been handed over to the local police there. The other absconding prisoner Madhukant Rana was nabbed on February 13. Police said after fleeing the Choudwar Circle jail along with Rana, Sahani was evading arrest by frequently changing his lo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 29 (ANI): Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati visited the Jobra Durga Puja pandal in Cuttack on Sunday and inaugurated the intricately designed Silver Filigree Medha, offering his prayers to the goddess, the Public Relations Officer, Governor said in an official statement. The governor was accompanied by his wife, Jayashree Kambhampati, Also Read | EPFO Monthly Pension Scheme: Will Government Hike EPS-95 Minimum Pension From INR 1,000 to INR 7,500 Ahead ...Read More >
After escaping from an Odisha jail during Durga Puja, Raja Sahani has been recaptured in Rishikesh following a dedicated police investigation. Photograph: ANI Video GrabKey PointsOdisha Police arrested Raja Sahani, who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail during Durga Puja celebrations.Sahani was apprehended in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, after being on the run since October.The escaped prisoners, Sahani and Kumar, were initially arrested in connection with a dacoity and murder case.After escaping, the ...Read More >
The Supreme Court instructed Chhattisgarh police to preserve Katha Ramchandra Reddy's body. He was a Maoist commander. He died in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. The court's order came after a plea alleging torture and a fake encounter. The High Court will decide the matter after its vacation. The petitioner seeks an independent investigation into his father's death. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The BJP rushed to the defence of the state government over its decision to introduce Hindi as an optional language for Classes 1 to 5 after the Thackeray cousins announced their decision to hold a joint morcha against "imposition" of Hindi in state schools.CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said Marathi is compulsory, Hindi is optional. "Basically, students can learn any Indian language. We have accepted the three-language policy. When NE was introduced, the Uddhav Thackeray govt was in office. An 18-member committee was set up to study the policy, and in 2021 the Thackeray govt accepted i ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a major success for law enforcement, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate apprehended notorious criminal Subham aka Raja Sahani (39) from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand after an intensive, six-month-long inter-state manhunt. According to Commissionerate Police, Raja Sahani, a resident of Lohiyanagar village under Muffasil police station in Begusarai district of Bihar, had escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack on the night of October 3, 2025, along with his co-accused Madhukanta Kumar Rana @ Singh. He was the second fugitive from the jailbreak to be arrested. Sahani was ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (PTI) Odisha Police on Thursday arrested an undertrial prisoner (UTP), who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year's Durga Puja celebrations, an officer said. In a statement, Odisha DGP Y B Khurania said, "The second UTP, namely Raja Sahani, who had escaped from Choudwar Jail on October 3, 2025, has been arrested from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand." The DGP said Sahani is being brought to Odisha on transit remand by a police team from Cuttack for further investigation. Two undertrial prisoners, Madhukanta Kumar and Raja Sahani, both from Bihar, had escaped ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. When locals rushed to the spot, they found that Giri had tried to slit his own throat in an apparent s ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Congress' "anti-farmer" stance. He directed the Morcha members to launch agitations, gather grassroots- ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. The matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih. The petitioner filed the plea before the apex court through advocate Satya Mitra. Both Katha Ramchandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy were killed in the encounter on September 22. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing the petitioner Raja Chandra, contended that his father was al ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed the Chhattisgarh Police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Narayanpur district of the state. The Court ordered this while hearing a petition, alleging that Reddy was killed in a fake encounter. Katha Ramchandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy were killed in the encounter on September 22. The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice A G Masih said the body shall not be buried or cremated till the plea alleging fake encounter and torture is deci ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Police have so far arrested eight persons by registering three cases in connection with the violence that took place during the bike rally of a Hindu organisation in Cuttack on Sunday evening. Police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh informed that more arrests in the case will follow as the manhunt is still on. Speaking to media, Singh said: "Stones were pelted at the police in Cuttack after they restricted a procession that had been organised without permission. The police were compelled to use force to disperse the protestors. Subsequently, a 36-hour curfew was imposed in Cuttack ...Read More >
Cuttack: Notorious criminal Raja Sahani, who fled from the Choudwar jail, is back in the jail after 6 months of hiding. Raja Sahani has been imprisoned inside the cell number 3 of ward number 2 of the Choudwar jail. The jail authorities has appointed a special team to keep an eye on him 24-hours. Raja is under double CCTV surveillance and a special team is monitoring the CCTV. He has been given a special red cap. He is being given food as the per the regulations of jail. He ate roti dalma last night and upma this morning. Meanwhile, the Commissionerate police is set to appeal before the cou ...Read More >