Briefs

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, the ward member of Bidyadharpur panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district was charred to death after a fire broke out in her house on Monday morning. The...

Puri: A youth from Beldanga in West Bengal was nabbed by Singhadwar Police while climbing atop Nata Mandap of Jagannath Temple in Puri on Monday. Police identified him as Rakesh...

Chennai: Two persons were arrested by the Anti-Vice Squad of Greater Chennai Police from Bhubaneshwar for allegedly running a prostitution ring in star hotels and service apartments in the city...

Bhubaneswar: Schools in Odisha will remain closed on May 16 and 30 on account of Budhha Purnima and Sabitri, respectively, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash announced on...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force and Commissionerate Police on Friday seized 1280 bottles of cough syrup from an area near Baramunda bus stand in Bhubaneswar and arrested one person. The...

Colombo: Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday back as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the sixth time, albeit under completely different circumstances compared to his previous stints. With...

Mapusa (Goa): Odisha sailed into the semifinals of the 12th Hockey India Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship with an impressive 2-0 win over Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu...

Bhubaneswar: The Special task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch seized 1.42 kg of brown sugar and arrested three persons following a raid near Dadhimachhagadia in Khurda district late...

Bhubaneswar: National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) celebrated 24th National Technology Day at its Research & Technology (R&T) Centre in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Former chairman of ISRO Dr K Sivan addressed...

Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath’s government has removed Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Mukul Goel from his post for disregarding orders and not taking interest in departmental work. An official...