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Bhubaneswar, November 14: A 57-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping his minor daughter. The court also imposed on him a fine of Rs 10,000 and directed the State Government to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the girl. Ad Hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Special Court […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 1: The Commissionerate Police on Monday arrested Odia actress Mousumi Nayak on charges of blackmailing and denigrating the public image of a young lady writer. The 39-year-old actress Mousumi was arrested by the Infocity police and produced in a local court and later sent in judicial custody on the charge of extracting money […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 4: Odia filmmaker Sanjay Nayak, aka Tutu Nayak was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a female journalist here. In a complaint filed at the Kharvel Nagar police station, the woman alleged that the filmmaker slapped her and hurled abuses, at a programme on Friday. Based on the complaint, a case was filed […]
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Bhubaneswar, November 3: The Commissionerate Police on Friday registered an FIR against controversial Odia film producer Sanjay Nayak, aka Tutu Nayak, was booked on Friday for allegedly slapping and abusing a woman journalist while she was at a theatre here to cover an event. Nayak was booked after the television journalist Debasmita Rout lodged a […]
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Cuttack, September 27: The Salipur JMFC Court on Wednesday issued summons to former Law Minister and Mahanga MLA Pratap Jena to appear before it personally on October 6 in connection with the double murder case involving a 75-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader two and half years ago. On Monday, the Judicial Magistrate First Class […]
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Jharsuguda/Bhubaneawar, January 29: Naba Kisore Das, senior BJD leader and Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister, sustained a bullet injury to his chest after being shot at by a police officer at Brajrajnagar in his home district Jharsuguda on Sunday. Das, who represents the Jharsuguda Assembly constituency since 2009, was first rushed to the District […]
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Bhubaneawar, December 31: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch arrested Zafer Ahmed, the mastermind of job fraud, who allegedly duped over 50,000 job aspirants in five States including Odisha, from Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. The accused was reportedly duping job aspirants in at least five States – Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West […]
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Nabarangpur, December 31: Nabarangpur police has seized a tiger skin worth lakhs of rupees in international market and arrested an alleged poacher from Papadahandi area, informed DSP Chandrasekhar Hota here on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Papadahandi police led by Sub-Inspector Sibji Panda arrested one Kamal Kumar Mohanty (30) from near Papadahandi […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 20: Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational lady teacher Namita Meher murder case in Kalahandi district, committed suicide in the Kantabanji Sub-Jail in Bolangir district on Tuesday. The incident took place hours before he was scheduled to appear in the Kamtabanji JMFC Court. According to jail authorities, Sahu was found hanging […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 6: Archana Nag, kingpin of the alleged honey-trap and sextortion racket, on Tuesday made explosive remarks saying her statement would create ripples in the State. “I won’t spare anyone. I will expose bigwigs who framed me in the case. I will reveal the truth to the ED officials. My statement would drop a […]
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