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Balasore, Apr 7 (PTI) Odisha police on Tuesday launched a coordinated raid against cattle mafia in at least 35 locations in Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and Bhadrak districts, an officer said. "On the instruction of the DGP, we have launched searches at 32 locations in connection with illegal cattle transportation and smuggling. The places were identified earlier during an investigation as some people were indulging in the illegal practice like an organised crime," DIG (eastern range) Pinak Mishra tol ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Monday suspended former Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and her husband, former Dhamnagar MLA Muktikanta Mandal for anti-party activities. Sources in the BJD said both the leaders were hobnobbing with the BJP which went against the interest of the party in Bhadrak district. Both the leaders are likely to join the BJP soon. Manjulata was elected from the Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 parliamentary election on a BJD ticket by defeating Avimanyu Sethi of the BJP. However, she ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 7 (PTI) The opposition BJD in Odisha has suspended former Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and her husband, ex-Dhamnagar MLA Muktikanta Mandal, for alleged anti-party activities. "Manjulata Mandal, state council member, BJD and Muktikanta Mandal, member BJD, Bhadrak district, are hereby suspended from Biju Janata Dal with immediate effect for their involvement in anti-party activities," the party said in a release. While Manjulata Mandal was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhadrak in ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has suspended former Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and her husband, former Dhamnagar MLA Muktikanta Mandal, for alleged anti-party activities. Party sources indicated that the couple had been engaging with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), actions seen as detrimental to BJD's interests in Bhadrak district. Speculation is rife that both leaders may formally join the BJP in the near future. Manjulata won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Bhadrak on a BJD tick ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Monday suspended former Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and her husband, former Dhamnagar MLA Muktikanta Mandal for anti-party activities. Sources in the BJD said both the leaders were hobnobbing with the BJP which went against the interest of the party in Bhadrak district. Both the leaders are likely to join the BJP soon. Manjulata was elected from the Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 parliamentary election on a BJD ticket by defeating Avimanyu Sethi of the BJP. However, she ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A young man lost his life in Odisha's Bhadrak district on Thursday after jumping into the Salandi river to record a social media reel. The incident unfolded around 10 AM near Santia bridge. According to police, two youths -- identified as Himanshu Sekhar Nayak and Mithun Nayak -- leapt into the river while a companion filmed the act. While Himanshu managed to swim back to safety, Mithun was swept away by the strong current. His body was recovered more than two hours later following ...Read More >
BHADRAK: A notorious criminal was injured in an encounter with police near Charampa in Bhadrak Town early on Tuesday. The accused, Kamalakant Das alias Budhia of Tudigadia village in neighbouring Balasore district, sustained gunshot wound to his right leg during the exchange of fire. He was later admitted to Bhadrak district headquarters hospital (DHH). According to Bhadrak SP Manoj Rout, the incident took place near the Charampa Malgodown area at around 5.15 am. Bhadrak Town police received i ...Read More >
Bhadrak: A gangster, wanted in at least 15 criminal cases, was injured in a shootout with the police in Bhadrak district in the early hours of Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a six-member police team went to Malgodown area to nab Kamalakant Das alias Budhia, who was on a motorcycle along with his associates. SP Manoj Rout said as the police tried to intercept Budhia, he allegedly opened fire. "The police personnel retaliated, and Budhia was shot in the right leg. His associate managed to flee the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so lon ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's crackdown on suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators intensified on Thursday, with Jagatsinghpur police conducting a major raid on the residence of Sikandar Alam -- the prime accused in allegedly providing shelter and rented accommodation to illegal migrants. The search operation, carried out at his house in the Dhani Pur slum, was conducted under a heavy security blanket. Two platoons of police force, led by senior officers, were deployed for the operation, which forms part of ...Read More >
BHADRAK: A sub-inspector (SI) of Bhadrak Rural police station was placed under suspension on Friday for allegedly sending a civilian to investigate a case on his behalf. Bhadrak SP Manoj Rout ordered suspension of SI Kartik Jena pending further inquiry. Kartik was relieved of his duties immediately following the order. The civilian, Piyush Ranjan Panda of Dhusuri area in Dhamnagar block, was also arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer. Sources said Piyush was informally assistin ...Read More >
Bhadrak, Oct 3 (PTI) A massive search is underway for a mentally-challenged woman who was allegedly kidnapped by a truck driver from the roadside in Odisha's Bhadrak district, with the entire incident being caught on CCTV, police said on Friday. The woman had taken shelter at the verandah of a shop near the police outpost at Charampa along NH 16 on Thursday night, as it was raining heavily, they said. The passing truck driver picked her up, took her into his vehicle, and drove away. The entir ...Read More >
Balasore: A mentally unstable woman was allegedly abducted by a truck driver near Charampa on NH-16 in Bhadrak district early on Friday.According to reports, the woman had taken shelter under the verandah of a roadside shop to protect herself from heavy rainfall. At around 12:55 am, a truck halted on the highway. The driver stepped out, approached the woman and dragged her into the vehicle before speeding away. The entire episode was captured on a nearby CCTV camera and the footage has gone vira ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police has recorded the statement of Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra in a Rs. 60 crore alleged fraud case. Mumbai Police shared an update in the case and stated: "Investigations are going on against actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra in an alleged fraud case of Rs. 60 crore. A summon was issued by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police to Raj Kundra. He was asked to appear before police for the investigation." They further stat ...Read More >
CUTTACK: In a significant development aimed at preserving the dignity of the judiciary and legal profession, the Odisha State Bar Council has suspended advocate Hemanta Kumar Nayak from practising law for a period of two years. The decision came through a judgement passed on September 13, by a three-member disciplinary committee chaired by Bibhu Prasad Tripathy, with Phoni Bhusan Patnaik and Tapan Kumar Biswal as members. The disciplinary proceedings were initiated suo motu under section 35 of ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Alleging that Odisha's BJP government has failed to meet the fertiliser requirement of farmers, the Opposition BJD on Friday said it will stage a protest near Raj Bhavan on September 15. The BJD's announcement came a day after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi claimed that there was no shortage of fertiliser for the ongoing kharif crop cultivation in Odisha. The BJD vice-president Sanjay Das Burma and Opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik, at a press conference here, however, reject ...Read More >
New Delhi: Diagnosed with thalassemia at the age of two, a 23-year-old woman depended on blood transfusions every three weeks to stay alive. But when she was hospitalised with dengue in Class VIII, doctors discovered something more alarming -- she was HIV-positive. "I wasn't recovering. After several tests, they told me I was HIV-positive. I suspect it came from a transfusion. If the blood was properly tested, maybe this wouldn't have happened," she said. Now living with both thalassemia and HIV ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Commuters, patients and examinees faced a tough time on Thursday as the Congress-led statewide bandh disrupted vehicular movement and train services. The dawn-to-dusk bandh, supported by Left parties, was called demanding justice for the 20-year-old Balasore student who died by suicide over alleged sexual harassment by a faculty member and the apparent inaction by college authorities to her complaint.Three-year-old Raju Munda, from Dhenkanal district's Kankadahad block, died after t ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP on Tuesday reappointed Manmohan Samal as its Odisha unit president. Samal's reappointment to the post was announced by BJP's central election observer Sanjay Jaiswal in the presence of senior leaders at the party's State headquarters. He was the lone leader to file the nomination for the post and, therefore, elected unopposed, Jaiswal said. This will be Samal's second consecutive term and fourth term in all. His earlier three terms were from November 1999 to October ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 8 (PTI) The ruling BJP on Tuesday reappointed Manmohan Samal as its Odisha unit president. Samal's reappointment to the post was announced by the BJP's central election observer Sanjay Jaiswal in the presence of senior leaders at the party's state headquarters. He was the lone leader to file the nomination for the post and, therefore, elected unopposed, Jaiswal said. This will be Samal's second consecutive term and fourth term in all. His earlier three terms were from Novembe ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 8 (PTI) The ruling BJP on Tuesday reappointed Manmohan Samal as its Odisha unit president. Samal's reappointment to the post was announced by the BJP's central election observer Sanjay Jaiswal in the presence of senior leaders at the party's state headquarters. Also Read | Cuddalore Train-School Van Accident: Speeding Passenger Train Rams Into Van in Tamil Nadu; 2 Students Die, Railway Gatekeeper Suspended for Negligence. He was the lone leader to file the nomination for the ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Manmohan Samal is set to be re-elected as Odisha BJP president as he was the lone person to file nomination paper for the post on Monday. Samal, the incumbent State party president, filed the nomination paper for the post before Odisha BJP Election Officer and MP Pratap Sarangi in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, party's central observer Sanjay Jaiswal and other senior leaders. Samal was the lone leader to file nomination papers for the Odisha BJP president's post, ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru Police on Monday arrested a man from Assam on charges of murdering his lover, a mother of two children, and dumping her body into a garbage truck. The case was reported under the jurisdiction of the Channammanakere Achukattu police station. The accused has been identified as Shamshuddin, a native of Assam, and the victim as Asha. DCP South Lokesh Jagalasar stated on Monday that a case was registered following the discovery of an unidentified fe ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru Police on Monday arrested a man from Assam on charges of murdering his lover, a mother of two children, and dumping her body into a garbage truck. The case was reported under the jurisdiction of the Channammanakere Achukattu police station. The accused has been identified as Shamshuddin, a native of Assam, and the victim as Asha. On Sunday, police discovered the body of an unidentified woman stuffed inside a gunny bag in a garbage truck. Follow ...Read More >
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