Crime

Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested Himanshu Das, former Managing Director of Betnoti Large Area Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (LAMPCS) Ltd. in Mayurbhanj district, for allegedly misappropriating ₹40.94 lakh. According to the...

In a major blow to interstate narcotics trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF), CID-CB, Odisha, has busted a sophisticated cannabis smuggling racket, seizing a staggering 497 kilograms of ganja valued...

The Rayagada police have solved the much‑talked‑about murder case in Chandili police station limits, arresting the accused from Andhra Pradesh after a month‑long investigation. At a press briefing, SP Raj...

In a swift anti-corruption operation, Odisha Vigilance on Thursday (30 July 2026) caught two employees of Brahmagiri Tahasil in Puri district — Junior Clerk (Record Keeper) Narendra Kumar Sahoo and...

In a decisive move against alleged media malpractice, Commissionerate Police have arrested Susant Kumar Sahoo (41), the News Editor-cum-Owner of the newspaper *Sahara Times*, on charges of extortion, criminal intimidation,...

In a tragic incident that has left a family shattered, a man in Bhubaneswar’s Mancheswar area allegedly murdered his wife by strangling her before trying to take his own life....

A sophisticated fraud involving forged government documents has come to light in the city, leaving a local businessman poorer by nearly Rs 80 lakh. Rajendra Sahu, proprietor of M/s Brilliant...

A female doctor in Bhubaneswar became the latest victim of a sophisticated land fraud when a man posing as a genuine property seller allegedly swindled her of more than Rs...

In a fresh controversy, the office of Focus Plus, a private web channel, was sealed by Capital Police on Sunday after its editor, Sudhanshu Shekhar Rout, could not be traced....

Police arrested Sagar Oram in Sundaragada on July 17 after he attacked his brother-in-law with an axe during a drunken quarrel. The incident occurred in Badkhalia village when Sagar, visiting...