Odisha
- India
Uike’s death has broken backbone of Maoist activities in Odisha: DGP
Bhubaneswar: Ganesh Uike, 69, a battle-hardened Maoist leader, finally fell to the bullets of security personnel in Kandhamal district on Thursday, less than a year after taking charge of Odisha operations, officials…
- India
Bengali migrant worker lynched in Odisha, six arrested
Sambalpur: A 30-year-old Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal was allegedly killed in Odisha’s Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi, police said on Thursday. Juel Sheikh was working, along with…
- India
Telugu Maoist Ganesh Uike neutralised in Odisha, carried Rs 1.1 crore bounty
Bhubaneswar: A high-ranking Telugu Maoist commander, Ganesh Uike, was reported killed along with five others, including two women, in a major operation in the forests of Kandhmal, Odisha, in a joint operation…
- India
Odisha: 22 Maoists carrying total bounty of over Rs 2 cr surrender
Bhubaneswar: Twenty-two Maoists carrying a combined bounty of Rs 2.18 crore surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Tuesday, an officer said. The surrendered Maoists handed over nine firearms and…
- India
Over 8,000 candidates write home guard test in Sambalpur airstrip
Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur’s airstrip in Odisha was converted into an exam centre, where more than 8,000 candidates appeared to compete for a limited 187 Home Guard posts on December 16. The Aerial footage…
- India
Odisha revises Maoist policy; to provide surrender reward up to Rs 1.20 crore
Bhubaneswar: To eradicate left-wing extremism in the state, the Odisha government has launched a revised Maoist surrender and rehabilitation policy with a provision of maximum financial assistance up to Rs 1.20 crore…
- India
Odisha: 8 fishermen arrested for fishing in turtle habitation zones
Kendrapara: The Forest department on Thursday arrested eight more marine fishermen on charge of illegally fishing along the turtle habitation zones in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary of Odisha’s Kendrapara district. The department also…
- Hyderabad
Home guard caught smuggling ganja in car tire in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two individuals, including a home guard, were arrested by the Telangana excise department on Saturday, November 8, for allegedly smuggling ganja in a car tyre. According to excise officials, the accused…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP-Odisha bus catches fire in Visakhapatnam, passengers unhurt
Hyderabad: A bus on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha route caught fire after an accident in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, November 6. The passengers escaped unhurt. The accident occurred near Roddavalasa village in Pachipenta Mandal around 7:45…
- Middle East
‘Do you know Shah Rukh Khan?’: Indian man kidnapped by RSF fighters in Sudan
A 36-year-old Indian man has been kidnapped by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur region, according to media reports. The abduction highlights the worsening security situation in the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Surrendered Maoist on hunger strike critical, CLC demands justice
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) has expressed deep concern over the critical health condition of under-trial political prisoner Dunna Keshava Rao alias Azad, who has been on an indefinite…
- Hyderabad
Three childhood friends held for possessing 900 kg ganja in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad city police seized 908 kgs of ganja worth Rs 2.7 crore from three persons on Wednesday while it was being transported to Maharashtra to be handed over to a…
- Andhra Pradesh
Jail-streamed: The promise of mainstreaming surrendered Maoist turns a mirage
Amaravati: Hundreds of Maoists have surrendered before the police in recent times owing to the sustained counter-insurgency operations in Chhattisgarh and other states. The promise of finding a new mainstream life seems…
- Crime
17-year-old caught transporting 5 kg of hashish oil in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh was apprehended on Friday for allegedly transporting 5.1 kg of Hashish oil worth Rs 1.15 crore, police said. In a joint operation, sleuths from the…
- India
Odisha man arrested for spreading hate speech in social media
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Police has arrested a 19-year-old Muslim teenager for allegedly spreading communal hatred through social media, a senior officer said on Monday. The cyber crime police arrested the accused, identified…
