Odisha

The Odisha HC issued an order in a petition related to a 2016 Puri case in which a four-year-old child was mauled by a pack of stray dogs.

"Jharkhand Congress MP is only the owner of the company. BJD govt was managing it in Odisha. What was the Vigilance, Crime Branch, Excise, EOW doing when the company was amassing such wealth, and how the state govt had no information about it? This liquor business is the source of money for BJD during elections", the BJP has asked.

60 kg gold along with 454 crores of cash found in I-T raids on companies and premises linked to Dhiraj Sahu, says a report in Kanak News.

Two separate cases of beheading sent shockwaves across Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday (9th December).

Congress party has officially distanced itself from the businesses of the party leader Dheeraj Sahu after I-T raids found upto ₹300 crore

As reported by Odia media, 157 bags and sacks full of cash were brought to the SBI branch in Bolangir. When the bags fell short, this cash was filled in sacks. The cash was then loaded into trucks and taken to the bank.

The police have recovered an almirah full of currency notes at one of the premises linked to Dhiraj Sahu. The counting of notes is still in progress. ANI reported that the counting of notes up to Rs 50 crore was completed by yesterday.

VK Pandian had recently taken voluntary retirement from the civil services and was immediately given a cabinet minister rank in the Odisha government. He is currently the chairman of "5T" and the Nabin Odisha program.

The Odisha police on Saturday exhumed the chopped off body of a 21-year-old girl from a forest near Murumadihi in Nabarangpur district.

Speaking about the motive behind the murders, Ganjam SP Jagmohan Meena said, "Their family feud, as well as the prospect of receiving Rs 8 lakh in government compensation that is Rs 4 lakh each for snakebite victims, may have pushed him to murder his wife and daughter.