Crime

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Soumendra Pradhan, brother of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a vigilance case over alleged black marketing and adulteration of cooking gas by the gas agency owned by him.

The Odisha government has ordered a probe into the alleged violation of environment laws by KIIT and KISS in Bhubaneswar.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought a report from the state police over torture of a minor boy in the presence of police in Udala of Mayurbhanj district.

A 25-year-old biker died while performing a stunt inside a Maut Ka Kuan (Well of Death) show at a fair at Jeypore in Odisha's Koraput district, said police on Sunday.

A fraudster posing as a prospective buyer on Tuesday allegedly fled with an expensive car in Bhubaneswar while having a test drive of it.

The police on Tuesday arrested Bajrang Dal’s Odisha Unit General Secretary Manas Mohanty for his alleged involvement in the communal violence in Bhadrak.

His urge to watch ‘Bahubali-The conclusion’ has landed him into police custody. Most wanted ATM looter Sambhav Acharya was on Monday arrested from theater while watching Baahubali.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to self-styled godman Sarathi Baba, who was arrested in a medical girl student molestation case in August 2015.

Properties worth around Rs 30 lakh were gutted as fire broke out in a lime godown at RM Market Complex in Odisha’s Bhadrak district on Sunday morning.

The Commissionerate Police has filed a charge sheet against comedian and former BJD leader Tatwa Prakash Satapathy alias Papu Pom Pom for his alleged involvement in casting couch case.