Briefs

Puri: Vigilance Forest Unit of Bhubaneswar Division along with forest staff of Puri Wild Life Division and local police on Saturday conducted joint raids and unearthed three illegal saw…

Bhubaneswar: Athagarh Forest officials arrested three persons including the kingpin, Ali from Naraj area in Cuttack district on Friday in connection with the pangolin smuggling racket.…

Paradip: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping the minor daughter of his colleague. The accused, identified as M Kandaswami, a…

Balasore: As many as 30 tourists from West Bengal were injured, some seriously, after their bus collided with a truck on Seragarh-Khandapada road in Balasore district on Friday night. The…

Berhampur: Making TikTok videos cost a youth his life after the motorcycle he was riding hit a stationary truck near an overbridge at Khajuria, on outskirts of Berhampur. According to…

Nuapada: A youth from Malda in West Bengal has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl, whom he had befriended on Facebook, from Singpur village under Beltukuri police limits in…

Bhubaneswar: Banks and other banking institutions will remain closed on Wednesday (January 15) on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. A notification from the Revenue and Disaster Management…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday suspended the District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) Swarnalata Biswas for tampering with the promotion list of the employees. Notably, Chief…

Malkangiri: Forest Ranger of Kendu leaf division, Malkangiri, Bijaya Kumar Nayak was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly misbehaving with a woman forest guard. The woman forest guard lodged…

Bhubaneswar: Three players from Odisha - Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo and Lilima Minz - have made it to the 20-member Indian Women’s Hockey Team for the New Zealand tour in Auckland,…