Briefs

Jeypore: Miscreants have allegedly kidnapped a rice mill owner, identified as A Ramesh Patra, and demanded Rs 70 lakh ransom for his release in Odisha's Koraput district. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department has issued nowcast warning for 12 districts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, till 5 pm on Friday. Light to moderate rain/thundershower with lightning...

Bhubaneswar: A sepoy was found hanging inside the 7th Battalion campus in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Duryadhan Mohanty. According to sources,, the 2002-batch sepoy was found...

Jajpur: Body of soil conservator officer (SCO) Suresh Mallick was found hanging from a tree on premises of office of deputy director, soil conservation, in Odisha's Jajpur on Friday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha duo Jhilli Dalabehera and Sandhya Rani Nayak finished 2-3 in the women’s 49 kg event of the Asmita Khelo India Women’s Weightlifting Zonal League here on Thursday. National...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday apprehended Dilip Sahu, RI (Revenue Inspector) of Durgapanga Revenue Circle under Kotagarh Tehsil in Kandhamal district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs...

Bhubaneswar: A girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a house in Bhubaneswar on Monday evening. According to sources, the deceased, a native of Uttar Pradesh, was found hanging...

Hyderabad: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have seized foreign-origin gold worth around Rs 3 crore while being smuggled from Kolkata to Hyderabad. Acting on intelligence regarding movement of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended Revenue Inspector (RI) of Siko under Begunia Tehsil in Khurda district, Bisweswar Ray Behera, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000....

Bhubaneswar: The regional meteorological centre here has issued yellow warning for 16 districts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar and Cuttack city, till 5.30 pm on Thursday. Light to moderate rain/thundershower with...