Odisha: Police raid over 80 financial institutes, Rs 10 crore frozen

CNN-IBN had exposed how 40 financial companies in Odisha had duped investors of more than Rs 20,000 crore. ...
03:18 PM, May 11, 2013

News 360: 2G JPC gives clean chit to PM, Chidambaram

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. ...
09:11 PM, Apr 18, 2013

SC order on Vedanta to impact all mining operations in India

Vedanta Aluminium's plan to mine the bauxite-rich Niyamgiri mountains in Kalahandi district in Orissa suffered a major jolt after the the Supreme Court on Thursday said that consent must be taken from the Gram Sabha first. ...
08:59 PM, Apr 18, 2013

'SC verdict on Vedanta Odisha project gives importance to Gram Sabha'

The lawyer of Dongriya Kondh Tribals, Ritwik Dutta, welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Vedanta's mining project in Odisha saying the judgment gives importance to the Gram Sabha. ...
03:50 PM, Apr 18, 2013

Patnaik rules out tie-up with BJP, says Third Front an option

Leaving no scope for the BJP to duck the issue, the Janata Dal (United), one of its key allies, demanded that the party announce its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general election by year-end. It also added that the candidate should have 'secular credentials'. But former ally, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD Leader Naveen Patnaik, ruled out giving any help to the BJP in its hour of crisis. Reflecting ...
02:13 PM, Apr 15, 2013

They demanded a Scorpio, Rs 25 lakhs: Ex-Odisha Minister's daughter-in-law

Former Odisha Minister Raghunath Mohanty's daughter-in-law said that her husband's family subjected her to dowry torture, demanded a Scorpio car and Rs 25 lakhs in cash. ...
07:38 PM, Mar 30, 2013

Bitti Mohanty to be brought back to Kerala on Saturday

Rape convict Bitti Mohanty, on the run for six years, will be taken back to Kerala from Rajasthan on Saturday. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 15, 2013

Father of Bitti Mohanty refuses to speak to media

Former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, father of rape convict Bitti Mohanty, has been holed up inside his house and has refused to come and speak to the media. Mohanty had denied allegations that he has been helping his son run from the law for the past seven years. ...
11:59 PM, Mar 11, 2013

Rape convict Bitti Mohanty was an exemplary student, says college official

Krishna Kumar, Director of Education of Chinmaya Institute of Technology, where the rape convict Bitti Mohanty received his MBA degree, said Mohanty was an exemplary student and was an affable person. ...
05:10 PM, Mar 11, 2013

Trail of deception: How loopholes in the system helped Mohanty assume new identity

For seven years, rape convict Bitti Mohanty hoodwinked the police. Since he jumped parole, Mohanty, the son of former Orissa DGP BB Mohanty, has remained incommunicado. His arrest in Kerala where he was working in a bank under a false name, highlights how the loopholes in the system helped him assume a completely new identity. ...
09:53 PM, Mar 10, 2013

AP: Bitti Mohanty's stay in Puttaparthi under the scanner, police to help Kerala Police

Rape convict Bitti Mohanti's stay in Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh and how he got MBA degree and a bank's job is also under the scanner. ...
10:56 AM, Mar 10, 2013

Arrested man is Bitti Mohanty, says Kerala Home Minister

Bitti Mohanty was convicted of raping a German tourist in 2006 and has been absconding since 2006 when he jumped parole. ...
10:32 AM, Mar 09, 2013

Watch: Rail services hit as protestors stop trains in Odisha

The 48-hour bandh call given by 11 trade unions has affected Odisha. Train services and public transport system are the worst hit due to the strike. In Kerala, it seemed like a complete shutdown with no buses, taxis plying on roads. Mumbai remained normal and was unaffected by the bandh. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013

No concern over accommodation: Pak women's cricket team

Pakistan women's cricket team found itself embroiled in a controversy when media reports claimed they were put up in sub-standard accommodation in Cuttack. CNN-IBN found otherwise. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 29, 2013

Odisha mining scam: Srikant Jena demands Patnaik's resignation

Union Minister Srikant Jena on Monday demanded resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging his 'direct' involvement in the multi-crore mining scam in the mineral-rich state. ...
07:55 PM, Nov 05, 2012

Odisha mining scam undeterred, no major arrests made

In 2011, CNN-IBN exposed a decade-long iron ore mining scam in Odisha's Keonjhar. Here's an exclusive follow-up investigation. ...
07:50 PM, Nov 05, 2012

Bharat Bandh: Schools, colleges, banks shut in Odisha

Protestors also blocked trains at the Bhubaneswar railway stations since 6 am in the morning. ...
10:52 AM, Sep 20, 2012

Odisha bandh was peaceful, claims Congress leader

An empty bus was set ablaze by Congress supporters in Bhubaneswar and they also pelted stones at a few public transport vehicles. ...
11:25 PM, Sep 10, 2012

Tytler let his police escorts get beaten up: DCP

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nitinjeet Singh has alleged that the three policemen, who were escorting Jagdish Tytler to Congress Bhawan, were attacked by the Congressmen in presence of the Congress leader and he did nothing to protect them. ...
04:02 PM, Sep 08, 2012

Odisha: 'Congress protected the lady constable, not the police'

Niranjan Patnaik, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President said that the Congress rally in the state was not organised to attack the lady constable. ...
02:59 PM, Sep 08, 2012