BHUBANESWAR: Police on Monday detained three people in connection with the assault of a man from Kerala, who was allegedly beaten by a mob in Odisha’s Sambalpur city after being suspected of being a child kidnapper.A video of the incident has surfaced on social media and is being widely shared online.According to police, the victim…
The duo was travelling from Daringbadi in Kandhamal district to Thuamul Rampur in Kalahandi district on a scooter. KORAPUT: Sixteen people have been arrested after a young woman from Delhi and her Gujarat-based male colleague were allegedly attacked by a mob in Odisha’s Rayagada district, with villagers mistaking them for child kidnappers, police said.The incident…
Carpenters constructing the grand chariots for Puri’s Rath Yatra have halted work due to a dispute with the Jagannath temple administration. BHUBANESWAR: With barely a month left for the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, construction of the three grand chariots came to a halt on Wednesday morning after carpenters staged a protest against the Jagannath…
Chaos erupted in Balasore, Odisha, after a beer-laden pick-up van overturned on NH-16 BALASORE: A road accident involving a pick-up van carrying beer bottles sparked chaos in Odisha‘s Balasore district on Saturday after locals allegedly rushed to the overturned vehicle and took away cartons of beer before police arrived.The incident occurred on National Highway-16 near…
BHUBANESWAR: Days after the body of a third-year MBBS student was found floating in a river in Cuttack, police arrested her estranged lover on Saturday.Odisha administrative service officer Bhimsen Prasad Tudu as the woman’s kin alleged that she was killed.Chandrika Hembram’s family said that she and Tudu were school sweethearts who had been in a…
Representative image created using AI BERHAMPUR: An Odisha Motor Vehicle Department (OMVD) constable who suffered severe burn injuries in an incident allegedly involving his wife and brother-in-law died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Friday, a week after he was hospitalised.The deceased was identified as Ashutosh Mrudungi, who was posted as a constable with…
BALASORE: More than 11,000 people living near the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Odisha’s Chandipur were temporarily evacuated to safer locations on Thursday ahead of a scheduled missile test by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), according to news agency PTI. According to officials, 11,442 residents from 11 hamlets situated within a 3.5-km radius…
Odisha police arrest man for Rs 21 lakh railway job scam (Image used for representational purpose only) BERHAMPUR: A 45-year-old man was arrested by Odisha Police for allegedly duping a person of Rs 21 lakh by falsely promising to secure a loco pilot job in the railways for the complainant’s son, officials said on Friday.The…
An empty train rake narrowly avoided a collision with another stationary empty rake during a routine maintenance movement at Mancheswar yard. BHUBANESWAR: A train with empty rake, being slowly moved for scheduled upkeep, came dangerously close to another stationary empty rake on the same track in the yard at Mancheswar, creating scare on Thursday. An…
BHUBANESWAR: Two persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman at a beauty parlour in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, police said.The accused, a 51-year-old beauty parlour owner and his 52-year-old staff member, were apprehended after the woman lodged a complaint at Khandagiri police station.According to police, the accused allegedly lured the woman with the promise…
