Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar boy Sattwik Swain has been provisionally selected for the first-ever FIDE World Cup for youngsters, scheduled to be held at Georgia from June 22. The tournament will be...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended a senior clerk, Rabindra Padhy, posted at the office of Harbhanga Block Education Officer (BEO) in Boudh district while allegedly accepting a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s top men’s tennis player Kabir Hans won the doubles crown at the AITA all-India Rs 5 lakh prize money tournament in Hyderabad. The 22-year-old Kabir, who became the...

Rourkela: The lure of creating a world record has encouraged human beings to push their limits and reach levels none thought was possible. Driven by such a desire, Rourkela’s Sumit...

Boudh: A man died while another was injured after a state-run ‘LAccMI’ bus hit the motorcycle they was riding near Lambasari Chhak under Kantamal police limits in Odisha’s Boudh district...

Malkangiri: Two persons including one from Andhra Pradesh were killed in lightning strike in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Monday. As per reports, Pangi Sukdev of Asarada village under Muchimput police...

Rourkela: A native of Telengana was arrested from Rourkela railway station in Odisha on Monday on charges of duping girls by befriending them on Instagram. The accused has been identified...

Phulbani: Three youths died as a scooter they were riding fell from 10-foot-high Budamaha bridge under Raikia police limits in Odisha’s Kandhamal district late on Sunday. According to sources, the...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued orange warning for four districts of Odisha, including Cuttack city, till 6.50 pm on Sunday. Moderate thunderstorm with hail, lightning and light...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s 13-year-old horse-riding prodigy Rishita Samantaray was the cynosure of all eyes at the Delhi Horse Show. And she lived up to her potential with a bagful of medals....