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

Bitti Mohanty sent to judicial custody, Rajasthan Police may seek a transit remand Two days after rape convict Bitti Mohanty was arrested in Kerala, a team of Rajasthan Police officials will reach Kannur by Sunday evening to seek his custody. Bitti was sent to 14 days judicial custody in Kerala. ...  
08:50 AM, Mar 10, 2013

Ex-CBI Director appointed Nagaland Governor, Jamir in Odisha Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar and Congress veteran SC Jamir on Saturday were appointed as Governors of Nagaland and Odhisa respectively. Kumar, who was the Director of the agency from August 2008 to November 2010, is the first head of the agency to be appointed as a Governor. ...  
12:18 AM, Mar 10, 2013

Rajasthan police team heads to Kerala for Bitti's custody Armed with an arrest warrant, a state police team is heading to Kerala to take custody of Bitti Mohanty, the convict in rape of a German national in Rajasthan who was arrested nearly seven years after jumping bail. ...  
11:20 PM, Mar 09, 2013

Bitti Mohanty: Odisha Police did not pursue the case sincerely, say senior officials In 1999, Anjana Mishra, the former wife of an IFS officer in Odisha, was gangraped on the outskirts of Bubaneswar by three local goons. The CBI took the case, but the prime accused was never arrested. While the other two accused were convicted, Anjana believes the inability of the police to apprehend the rape accused and escaped rape convicts like Bitti Mohanty just encourage violent crime against women. ...  
08:30 PM, Mar 09, 2013

Kerala: Rape convict Bitti Mohanty jailed for 14 days Nearly seven years after he jumped bail while serving a seven-year sentence for raping a German national in Rajasthan, absconder Bitti Mohanty from Odisha was on Saturday arrested by Kerala police and remanded to judicial custody. Son of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, Bitti had been working as a Probationary Officer in a public sector bank here for the last three years impersonating as "Raghav Raja" from Andhra Pradesh, police...  
07:42 PM, Mar 09, 2013

How did rape convict Bitti Mohanty manage to evade arrest for 7 years? The long arm of the law finally caught up to rape convict Bitti Mohanty. The son of the former Odisha DG BB Mohanty, Bitti, was arrested in Kannur, Kerala, on Saturday, seven years after he was convicted of raping a German national in Jaipur. ...  
07:08 PM, Mar 09, 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

Bitti Mohanty: The case so far In March 2006, Bitti Mohanty was sentenced to seven years by a Rajasthan court for raping a German tourist. Eight months later, Bitti, the son of the then DG Home Guard in Odisha Police, jumped parole. His father BB Mohanty was accused of helping him and a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. ...  
09:50 AM, Mar 09, 2013

Kerala: Bitti Mohanty, convicted of raping a German tourist, arrested Kerala police has arrested Bitti Mohanty, son of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty in Kannur, Kerala. Bitti has been convicted of raping a German tourist in 2006 and has been absconding since 2006 when he jumped parole. ...  
08:20 AM, Mar 09, 2013

Jamir to be appointed Odisha governor
by IANS
Veteran Congress leader and former Nagaland chief minister Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir is to be appointed governor of Odisha, an official said on Friday. ...  
06:29 AM, Mar 09, 2013

Odisha to launch special bus service for women tomorrow In its bid to ensure smooth travel for working women and girl students, Odisha government has decided to roll out two special buses for women commuters between Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. "The special bus service for women will be launched on the occasion of the International Womens' Day tomorrow," transport minister Subrat Tarai told reporters. ...  
08:37 PM, Mar 07, 2013

12 injured as police, anti-Posco activists clash Anti-Posco protesters clashed with the police which left 12 persons injured at a project site village in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, while no land was acquired on Thursday. The clash took place during a demonstration by anti-Posco protesters demanding withdrawal of the police force at Mangala Chak in Gobindpur village, which fell within the three kilometer radius, where prohibitory orders were clamped since the death on Saturday of three persons while...  
05:50 PM, Mar 07, 2013

Panel probing illegal mining to miss deadline
by IANS
The Justice MB Shah commission, which is probing illegal mining, on Monday said it was unlikely to meet the July 16 deadline for submitting the final report to the central government. ...  
01:26 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Saha to lead East Zone in Deodhar Trophy
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Five players from Assam, three each from Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and one player from Tripura have been selected from East Zone. ...  
09:00 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Blast at Posco site: Prohibitory orders issued in Patana As land acquisition for Posco steel plant continued for second day on Monday in Odisha, Jagatsinghpur district administration clamped prohibitory orders in Patana area where three anti-Posco activists were killed two days ago while allegedly making bombs. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC were imposed in Patana to prevent any law and order problem as some political outfits opposed to Posco plant planned a meeting in the area, Jagatsinghpur...  
07:50 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Relatives of anti-Posco activists refuse to take bodies Suspecting foul play, relatives of those killed while allegedly making bombs in the proposed Posco steel plant area of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha on Monday refused to take the three bodies. ...  
05:40 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Odisha govt resumes land acquisition in POSCO project area Amid tension in proposed Posco plant area where three anti-project activists were killed on Saturday night while allegedly making bombs, the Odisha government on Sunday resumed land acquisition for the mega steel project. Police on Sunday recovered the three bodies and materials like gun powder and blades used for making explosives. ...  
06:20 PM, Mar 03, 2013

Bodies of anti-POSCO activists who died in blast recovered A day after three anti-Posco activists were killed while allegedly making bombs, tension gripped the proposed plant site in Jagtsinghpur district on Sunday as police recovered the bodies and materials used for making the explosives. Three persons were killed and another was critically injured in the blast when members of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) were making crude bombs, Jagatsinghpur SP Satyabrata Bhoi said today after reaching the spot. ...  
02:46 PM, Mar 03, 2013

Odisha: Bomb made by anti-Posco activists kills 3 At least three people were killed and another seriously injured when a crude bomb exploded at the Posco site in Patana village in Dhinkia in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Saturday, police said. According to the police, the bombs were being made by anti-Posco activists and they went off while they were being made. ...  
11:00 AM, Mar 03, 2013