Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were arrested and forwarded to court for selling meat of monitor lizard in Jharpada area of the capital city. The arrested are G Krishna and G Raghav...

Bhubaneswar: A goods train carrying bauxite caught fire near Rayagada railway station in Odisha on Tuesday evening. According to reports, the train was coming from Visakhapatnam when it caught fire....

Sonepur: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and another shifted to hospital after lightning struck them at Bardakat village under Birmaharajpur block in Sonepur district on Monday. The deceased...

Rourkela: The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) said beneficiaries in 18 Plus and 45 Plus group in Rourkela will be vaccinated on June 15 (Tuesday). Slots open for booking on CoWIN...

Rourkela: Noted industrialist from Steel City Sunil Mohapatra succumbed to COVID-19 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday night. He was 63. Mohapatra, son of writer Dr Khageswar Mohapatra,...

Jerusalem: A contrasting alliance of political parties in Israel ousted the country's longest-serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. A new government was formed in a seismic shift in the...

Nilagiri: A man was found hanging from a tree at Kusanpur village in Nilagiri in Balasore district on Sunday. He has been identified as Indrajit Singh. Sources said the 22-year-old...

Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar warned of light to moderate thundershowers with lightning in some parts of 21 districts including the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The...

Cuttack: Online slot booking for Covishield vaccines will be open at 6 pm on Friday, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) informed. The slots are for both 18-44 & 45+ age groups...

Bargarh: A Maoist was killed in an encounter with a joint team of SOG jawans and Odisha police inside a forest near Bhanjagunda in Padampur area of Bargarh district on...