Briefs

Cuttack: Police on Saturday detained three persons, including a home guard, for allegedly attempting to rape a woman inside a police outpost at Manguli in Odisha's Cuttack district the previous...

Sambalpur: Supervisor under Jayantpur sector of Sambalpur district has been caught red-handed by the Vigilance sleuths while accepting  a bribe of Rs 13,500 from an anganwadi worker. The supervisor, Sulochana...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to India on December 6. The annual bilateral summit is expected to...

Cuttack: A peddler was arrested with 5 kg of brown sugar worth around Rs 27 lakh at Bellview Square in Cuttack city on Friday. The accused has been identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik paid tribute to the victims and soldiers of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on the 13th anniversary. The deadly attack left 174 people killed and...

Mumbai: Physical classes in schools in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra will resume on December 1. The Uddhav Thackeray-led state government took the decision during Thursday’s cabinet meeting after...

New Delhi: Delhi’s schools, colleges and government offices will reopen on November 29 after the government announcement easing of pollution-related curbs in a phased manner on Wednesday. “For the last...

New Delhi: Manoj Kumar Mohapatra (IFS: 2000) has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guatemala. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,...

Chennai: Actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan tested COVID-positive on Monday and has been admitted to a hospital. The Makkal Needhi Maiam president himself gave the information and urged everyone to be...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rain in some parts of Khurda (including Bhubaneswar), Kandhamal and Kendrapada in the next two...