Jaipur,Jan.10 ( Odisha.in )Drawing curtain on the long drama of hide and seek as well as legal battle, finally, Senior Orissa police officer BB Mohanty surrendered in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate here Thursday, more than a year after his son Bittihotra jumped parole. Bitti was convicted for allegedly raping a 26-year old […]
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Govt deputes high level police team to Kandhamal
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 (Odisha.in) The state government Wednesday deputed a high level police team led by additional director general of police Prakash Mishra to the riots hit Kandhamal to study the situation. The three members team will visit the affected areas, review the situation with the local administration and submit a report to the state government, a […]
112 arrested for violence in Jindal plant
Jajpur, Jan 5 (Odisha.in) Police Saturday arrested 112 activists of the Sukinda Unemployed Technical Youth Association (SUTYA) for violence erupted in the JIndal steel plant in Kalinga Nagar in the district of Jajpur. The SUTYA activists were arrested on charges of attacking police men on duty, damaging police vehicles and locking both entrance and exit […]
Govt takes year to respond court’s queries on police firing
Kendrapada, Jan 4 (Odisha.in) The State government took more than a year to respond to court’s quaries on 2006 firing at Kalinga nagar. The government has filed counter affidavit in response to the first judicial intervention into the matter in a Public Interest Litigation filed by pioneer human right group Committee for Legal Aid to […]
Police pickets posted in Sundargarh
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (odisha.in) Police pickets were posted and patrolling intensified in Chikita village and nearby areas in Sundergarh district on Wednesday in the wake of a VHP-sponsored’re-conversion’ programme, police sources said. Altogether 187 tribals from 42 families from eight villages under Nuagaon block were ‘reconverted’ into the Hindu fold during Tuesday’s mass re-conversion programme […]