By Subash Mohaptara BHUBANESWAR: An Odia actress has leveled serious allegation against IFS officer Rajiv Kumar in a deposition made to the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate of Bhubaneswar city claiming that she has been threatened for her life after she was repeatedly raped over the last one year.
By Subash Mohapatra BHUBANESWAR: Days after Odisha government dismissed 448 doctors for prolonged absence from duty without any explanation; eight senior officers of state Revenue and Disaster Management Department have gone missing in action, setting off a frenetic hunt by the authorities for their whereabouts.
By Subash Mohapatra BHUBANESWAR: It seems that the lawmakers themselves break the law of the land. In a blatant case of Dillip Kumar Tirkey, a former national hockey player and a member of Parliament from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the Upper house, Rajya Sabha from Sundargarh, Odisha, it is evidently clear that Tirkey, not…
WASHINGTON: White House and intelligence officials are deciding whether to declassify 28 pages of a congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks. The still-secret chapter could answer or raise new questions about possible Saudi links to the attackers.
BHUBANESWAR: The former sub-inspector of Morada police station today surrendered before a local court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district in connection with falsely implicating two persons for the murder of a woman that never took place. The police official Rashmi Ranjan Dash surrendered before the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court in the district headquarters town…
LUCKNOW: The mastermind in the murder case of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), a senior officer said in Lucknow on Tuesday. Muneer, who masterminded the murder, was arrested by the STF from Noida, he said. Motorcycle-borne assailants had pumped 24 bullets into 45-year-old Ahmad and…
SHIMLA: Nine persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly posing as candidates and appearing in the examination for recruitment of clerks in State Bank of India, police said on Monday. The accused had allegedly appeared in the exam centre in place of genuine candidates at the Bell Institute centre in Mehli near Shimla on…
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha police today registered an FIR against actor-turned-politician Tatwa Prakash Satapathy aka Papu Pom Pom in connection with casting couch allegations involving a minor girl. The Mahila Police have registered an FIR against Papu Pom Pom and his associate Pradipta Swain alias Gitu under Section 354 (A), 506, 509 and 34 of IPC and…
NEW DELHI: The government has narrowed down its list of candidates to become the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India to four, a senior government official told Reuters. A new Monetary Policy Committee also will be chosen soon, the official said. The moves seek to ensure policy continuity after RBI chief Raghuram Rajan…
BHUBANESWAR: Ollywood actress Sharmistha on Sunday filed a complaint with the Commissionerate Police against persons including one producer accusing them of seeking sexual favour to give her role in a film. She lodged a complaint with the women police station against producer Subrat Nayak, director Tapas Sargharia, event manager Bapi jena, producer Bini Samal and…
CHENNAI: A court here has issued an arrest warrant against Hindi film producer Firoz A Nadiadwala in connection with a cheque bounce case. The XVII Metropolitan Magistrate Saidapet issued the warrant, directing the Juhu Police in Mumbai to arrest Nadiadwala and produce him before the court at 10.30 am on June 27. Providing for his…
BHUBANESWAR: Trouble seems to be compounding for Odisha actor-turned-politician Papu Pom Pom as a complaint has been filed against him for allegedly exploiting a minor girl on the pretext of giving her a break in movies. A non government organisation — Friends Foundation Trust—today filed a complaint on behalf of the victim with the Mahila…