Arrested In Orissa

A newborn was stolen from the ICU of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttak and the police has arrested a couple for trying to paint the theft as a baby swapping case, officials said today.

The premises of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack virtually turned into a battlefield today as hundreds of advocates jostled with each other amid an ongoing strike against the assault of a lawyer by police two months ago. Lawyers of the Odisha high court, who have been protesting since the incident occurred in Cuttack on August 28, have demanded the...

The fugitive husband of a woman who was allegedly set on fire after being rape by her father-in-law surrendered before the police on Wednesday at Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

Controversial former judge IM Quddusi has asked a trial court in Delhi to investigate the leak of transcripts of phone conversations between him and two other accused in the medical college bribery scam. The former Orissa High Court judge is out on bail after his arrest last year in connection with allegations of bribing judges.

The Supreme Court on Thursday started hearing a petition to seek a special team to probe allegations of bribes to judges but later referred the case to a Constitution Bench comprising the court's five senior-most judges. The Constitution Bench will take up the case on Monday, November 13. The petition, filed by senior lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, is link...

The CBI has arrested retired Orissa High Court judge Ishrat Masroor Quddusi and four others in connection with a corruption case, agency sources said here today.

A man was arrested for allgedly duping unemployed youths by promising them jobs in Rayagada district, police said today.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the Hirakud boat tragedy which claimed 31 lives, Orissa High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the State Government asking it to file status reports in two weeks, even as a boatman was arrested in connection with the incident.

Two Maoists, allegedly involved in several incidents of violence including murder, were arrested from Silakota forests in Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday.

The Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist has come out openly in defence of the three abductions by Maoist groups in Odisha and Chhattisgarh saying these were not abductions but arrests carried out by the 'people' to put forth their long standing collective demands and as a reaction to the ongoing state repression unleashed against them.

Excise personnel claimed to have busted an inter-state drug trafficking gang on Wednesday with the arrest of five persons, including four women from Chennai.The police seized around 52 kg processed ganja from them at Sundhipalli, about 25 km from here. The processed ganja packed in four airbags and a box were seized from women smugglers yesterday w...

Strict vigil at railway stations ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup final led to the arrest of a youth from Orissa who was found possessing 52 kilo cannabis at Dadar in central Mumbai, police said.The accused identified as Suraj Pawan (19), hailing from Cuttack in Orissa, was caught with four bags of drugs at Dadar railway station while his aide es...

A 'tantrik' was arrested and remanded to jail custody today for allegedly raping a teenaged girl in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.The incident was reported from Haladigadia village where Bhaju Jena alias Manibaba took advantage of the girl for three years after befriending her parents with the promise of giving them wealth and prosperity th...

A constable of the State Excise Department was today remanded to judicial custody by a Sundargarh court for allegedly torturing his wife and demanding an adequate dowry.The constable, Rajanikanta Das alias Babul, had married Sibarani Das, daughter of Malaya Das of Bilaigarh of the same district on May 10, 2006. The constable, who allegedly had an a...

A 22-year-old engineering student died and seven others sustained burn injuries when ahouse was allegedly set ablaze by its owner at Jagda in Jhirpani.Gopal Pradhan, a 3rd year student of Padmanav Engineering College, succumbed to his burn injuries at Ispal General Hospital (IGH) this morning, police said.The incident took place last night when the...

A newborn was stolen from the ICU of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttak and the police has arrested a couple for trying to paint the theft as a baby swapping case, officials said today.

The premises of the Orissa High Court in Cuttack virtually turned into a battlefield today as hundreds of advocates jostled with each other amid an ongoing strike against the assault of a lawyer by police two months ago. Lawyers of the Odisha high court, who have been protesting since the incident occurred in Cuttack on August 28, have demanded the...

The fugitive husband of a woman who was allegedly set on fire after being rape by her father-in-law surrendered before the police on Wednesday at Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

Controversial former judge IM Quddusi has asked a trial court in Delhi to investigate the leak of transcripts of phone conversations between him and two other accused in the medical college bribery scam. The former Orissa High Court judge is out on bail after his arrest last year in connection with allegations of bribing judges.

The Supreme Court on Thursday started hearing a petition to seek a special team to probe allegations of bribes to judges but later referred the case to a Constitution Bench comprising the court's five senior-most judges. The Constitution Bench will take up the case on Monday, November 13. The petition, filed by senior lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, is link...

The CBI has arrested retired Orissa High Court judge Ishrat Masroor Quddusi and four others in connection with a corruption case, agency sources said here today.

A man was arrested for allgedly duping unemployed youths by promising them jobs in Rayagada district, police said today.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the Hirakud boat tragedy which claimed 31 lives, Orissa High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the State Government asking it to file status reports in two weeks, even as a boatman was arrested in connection with the incident.

Two Maoists, allegedly involved in several incidents of violence including murder, were arrested from Silakota forests in Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday.

The Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist has come out openly in defence of the three abductions by Maoist groups in Odisha and Chhattisgarh saying these were not abductions but arrests carried out by the 'people' to put forth their long standing collective demands and as a reaction to the ongoing state repression unleashed against them.

Excise personnel claimed to have busted an inter-state drug trafficking gang on Wednesday with the arrest of five persons, including four women from Chennai.The police seized around 52 kg processed ganja from them at Sundhipalli, about 25 km from here. The processed ganja packed in four airbags and a box were seized from women smugglers yesterday w...

Strict vigil at railway stations ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup final led to the arrest of a youth from Orissa who was found possessing 52 kilo cannabis at Dadar in central Mumbai, police said.The accused identified as Suraj Pawan (19), hailing from Cuttack in Orissa, was caught with four bags of drugs at Dadar railway station while his aide es...

A 'tantrik' was arrested and remanded to jail custody today for allegedly raping a teenaged girl in Orissa's Jajpur district, police said.The incident was reported from Haladigadia village where Bhaju Jena alias Manibaba took advantage of the girl for three years after befriending her parents with the promise of giving them wealth and prosperity th...

A constable of the State Excise Department was today remanded to judicial custody by a Sundargarh court for allegedly torturing his wife and demanding an adequate dowry.The constable, Rajanikanta Das alias Babul, had married Sibarani Das, daughter of Malaya Das of Bilaigarh of the same district on May 10, 2006. The constable, who allegedly had an a...

A 22-year-old engineering student died and seven others sustained burn injuries when ahouse was allegedly set ablaze by its owner at Jagda in Jhirpani.Gopal Pradhan, a 3rd year student of Padmanav Engineering College, succumbed to his burn injuries at Ispal General Hospital (IGH) this morning, police said.The incident took place last night when the...