Briefs

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Interior Minister Rehman Malik succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday. The 70-year-old Malik, on ventilator support after suffering from COVID-related complications, has been in hospital since early February....

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police arrested a drug peddler and seized 116 kg of ganja during a raid on Fategarh village in Nayagarh district on Tuesday....

New Delhi: Family members of the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence last October have moved a petition in Supreme Court seeking cancellation of Ashish Mishra’s bail. Ashish, son...

London: Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19. “Her Majesty is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week," Buckingham...

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 33 passengers were injured when a bus carrying migrant labourers from Odisha to Kerala met with an accident in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The condition of one passenger...

Kolkata: A gas leak during repair work of a furnace killed three workers at the SAIL-run Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) in West Bengal. The trio was trapped inside a vacuum...

Bhubaneswar: Driver and helper of a truck trailer were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire following an accident on NH 520 near Champua in Odisha's Keonjhar district on...

Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance sleuths are conducting simultaneous searches on properties of Assistant Engineer, Sunadeba NAC in Odisha's Koraput, Manoj Kumar Patra for allegedly accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources...

New Delhi: New Delhi: Women Army officers who have not received pension for almost a year will finally get their retirement benefits. The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) has written to...

Angul: A stationary goods train caught fire at Angul station on Thursday afternoon. According to sources, the train carrying coal from Talcher to Nalco plant in Angul had stopped at...