Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Police seized 20 grams of brown sugar from Airfield area in the city and arrested an alleged peddler on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Pranab Behera. Sources...

Mumbai: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to Hinduja hospital here after he complained of breathlessness on Sunday. A tweet from the actor’s verified Twitter account, handled by his manager,...

Jajpur: As part of its efforts to support Odisha’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Jai Odisha, in association with CovidActionColab, handed over 15 oxygen concentrators to the ADM and CDMO...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued yellow warning of light to moderate thunderstorm with gusty wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph, lightning and light...

Chennai: A 9-year-old female lion named ‘Neela’ died of COVID-19 while eight other lions tested positive for the virus at Aringnar Anna Zoological Park at Chennai. A press release from...

Jharsuguda: Setting a bad example for the society,  an Additional Tehsildar beat up an elderly street vendor with a stick here while enforcing lockdown. The old vendor was selling watermelons...

Cuttack: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CM) on Friday tweeted that online slot booking for Covishield vaccines will open at 6 pm on Friday. The slots for the above 45 years age...

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appointed Koraput MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka as the party’s national secretary attached to in-charge Chhattisgarh. It may be mentioned that Sonia had formed...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast light to moderate thunderstorm, lightning and light to moderate rain for 14 districts of Odisha. This weather condition will...

Sundargarh: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday detained Jayprakash Mohanty, Sundargarh district manager of Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation (TDCC) and seized around Rs 19 lakh unaccounted cash from his vehicle. According to...