crime

ONI Bureau:  Incidents of sexual assault on minor girls continue unabated in Odisha after an 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man at Khajuripada village in Kandhamal district on Wednesday. As per sources, the girl was…

ONI Bureau:  Delhi's Patiala House Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the Sunanda Pushkar case. He had asked to deposit a bail bond of Rs1 lakh. However Tharoor cannot leave the Country…

ONI Bureau:  The Kendrapara Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court on Wednesday permitted the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch to take dreaded criminal and gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito (56) on a five-day remand…

ONI Bureau: In a shocking and inhuman incident, a woman buried her newborn son soon after delivery at Dhipasahi under Sarat police limits of Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. According to reports, Masuri Singh of the village gave birth…

At least seven unidentified miscreants looted Rs. 45 lakh from the Bazar Branch of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in Rourkela city in Odisha on Tuesday. According to the eyewitnesses, the miscreants entered the bank wearing helmet and mask…

Wanted criminal Rajesh Bharti along with three of his accomplices were brought down in a police encounter in the Chattarpur area here on Saturday, police said. Six policemen were also injured in the shootout as officers of Delhi Police…

Punjilal Meher, the prime accused of sensational Patnagarh parcel bomb explosion, has moved to the Orissa High Court seeking for bail, his counsel Srimat Kumar Panigrahi informed today. On June 1, the Balangir Additional District and…

A court here on Thursday sentenced extradited gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a 2002 extortion case. "...the convict is a hardcore criminal (who) indulged in the activities of extending threats and extortion…

A man was arrested on charge of posing as an IAS officer and marrying a woman in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Tuesday. Rajat Panda of Tihidi area in Bhadrak district created a Facebook account and projected himself as…

A court here on Saturday convicted extradited gangster Abu Salem in a 2002 extortion case. Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sahrawat convicted him under Section 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit…