Bhubaneswar: The city police on Sunday launched an investigation a day after a woman accused an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of raping her at his residence in Bhubaneswar last month.“We have registered a rape case and are verifying her allegations,” said commissioner of police S. Dev Datta Singh. The officer’s identity and the circumstances…
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has quashed two orders of a judge that had allowed 50 sub-inspectors (SIs) of police to submit their annual property declarations beyond the govt-extended deadline, holding that courts cannot step into the executive’s domain to grant further relaxation.A division bench of Justices Krishna Shripad Dixit and Chittaranjan Dash, in a…
Rules of engagement DG (prisons) Susanta Nath’s outburst has created quite a buzz. His exchange with the media over controversies plaguing his department has gone viral on social platforms, sparking widespread debate. Talking about a series of jail-related issues, Nath had remarked that the prison department was unique in that “almost everyone was facing one…
Hirod Patel plucks bottleguard three years ago Rourkela: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the 131st episode of his Mann Ki Baat radio programme on Sunday, lauded 35-year-old Hirod Patel, a farmer of Sundargarh, for shifting from conventional paddy cultivation to a smart, integrated vertical farming system.Three years ago, this farmer drew all attention to his…
Jharsuguda: Police rescued a man living with the decomposed body of his wife for three to four days in Jharsuguda district on Friday evening. He died moments after being taken to hospital. Sub-divisional police officer (Brajarajnagar) Chintamani Pradhan said the decomposed body of Rukmini Bhoi, 55, was recovered from her home at Hanuman Mandir Pada…
Bhubaneswar: During a Cyber Kawach special operation, police on Saturday busted an organised cyber fraud racket. Acting on a tip-off about a fraud syndicate operating in Dumduma area, police arrested Omkar Shankar Prajapati along with his associates, Kundan Borkate, a resident of Nagpur, and Ashutosh Lenka. Police said through this syndicate, mule accounts were used…
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of its foundation day on March 1, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Odisha (HRAO) urged the state govt to prepare a master plan to develop 15 key tourist destinations and submit it to the Centre. In a media statement, the association said the govt should make short-term (annual) and long-term (4-year) projections…
Rourkela: A medical representative of a pharmaceutical company was arrested by Raghunathpalli police here on Saturday evening, allegedly for killing the manager of the firm on Friday night.The deceased has been identified as Bhagirathi Swain (35). Balaram Das (23), an MR of a pharmaceutical company, stays in a rented house in Civil Township area with…
BHUBANESWAR: At least five police personnel were killed and three others critically injured after a head-on collision between a gravel-laden tipper truck and an SUV in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district early Sunday morning.The deceased personnel were identified as armed police reserve constables Kasiram Bhoi and Debendra Sa, havildar Lingaraj Dharua, sub-inspector Niranjan Kujur, and home guard…