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Rayagada: At least three Railway staff, including a senior engineer were killed as engine and front Guard-cum-Luggage Van Coach of 18005 Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleswari Express rammed into a maintenance engine between Singapur Road and Keutguda in Rayagada-Koraput Railway Section at 4.30 am on Tuesday. Following the collision the engine also caught fire. The rammed into the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Lokayukta Chairperson Justice Ajit Singh on Monday sought support from people to make the State free from corruption and said anyone can file direct complaint against Government officials involved in corruption. Addressing first ever press conference at the Lokayukta office situated at Toshali Plaza in Satyanagar here Justice Singh appealed to the people […]
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Bolangir: In a major development, Bolangir police has detained Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher in connection with an FIR lodged against him for forcing a Government Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit ups in public on June 5 after blaming him for the low quality of an under-construction road at Gambhari village in Belpada block. […]
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Cuttack: The Special Task Force (STF) of the State Crime Branch busted a leopard skin smuggling racket in Deogarh district on Thursday evening. Three persons, including son of Prison Department official were arrested in this connection. Acting on a tipoff, the STF personnel raided Barkote area in Deogarh districts and nabbed three persons – Sachikanta […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least three more new Cyber Crime Police stations will be set up in Bhubaneswar, Balasore and Jeypore, said Director General of Police (DGP) Dr RP Sharma on the sidelines of inaugural function of a four-day specialised training programme on cyber crime. Sharma said three new cyber police stations have been proposed as there […]
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Bolangir: Demanding immediate arrest of Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher for forcing a Public Works Department Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit-ups in public glare, Bolangir District Tribal Welfare Association on Sunday decided to launch stir from Monday. The victim belonged to a tribal community. The association decided to stage demonstration in front of all block […]
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Bhadrak: A young woman, who was allegedly raped by a youth of her village on Thursday, committed suicide on Friday morning to escape from public shame at Bankamunha village under Dhusuri police station in Bhadrak district. The 24-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house at Bankamunha village. According […]
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Bolangir: Patnagarh Public Works Department (PWD) Junior Engineer (JE) Jaswant Sabar, who was forced to do sit-ups by Patnagarh BJD MLA and later allegedly kidnapped, was rescued by police from Khariar in Nuapada district, informed Patnagarh DSP Suresh Nayak. Earlier on Wednesday a video showing Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher forcing the JE to do […]
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Jagatsinghpur: Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, an Agriculture Department employee, was on Monday night detained by the Jagatsinghpur police for his alleged complicity in a chit fund scam. Mohanty, a resident of the Erasama area, had reportedly worked as a chit fund agent a few years back and collected huge amounts of money from people with promises […]
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Sambalpur: In a bid to control crime and arrest criminals and maintain law and order, a modern integrated police control room, connected with a network of CCTV cameras, was inaugurated here on Tuesday. With the launch of the new facility, police personnel would be able to constantly monitor images and video clippings captured through the […]
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