Briefs

New Delhi: Skipper Rani Rampal was among seven members of the Indian women’s hockey team to have tested positive for COVID-19. Two members of the support staff have also contracted...

Bhubaneswar:  The Railways has decided to cancel services of two special trains in Odisha due to poor patronization. According to an ECoR release, Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town-Bhubaneswar Special, which has seen less...

Sambalpur: Police on Monday busted a sex racket operating from a rented accommodation at Sakhipada New Colony in Sambalpur and arrested two persons. According to sources, two young women were...

Mayurbhanj: A 14 feet long king cobra was rescued from the bedroom of one Ashok Mohapatra’ at Nischinta village under Bangiriposi Range in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Monday. According to...

Berhampur: Taking note of rising COVID-19 cases, Aska Chamber of Commerce in Odisha's Ganjam district on Monday decided to close down all business establishments except the medicine outlets till May...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday assigned 19 OAS officers to assist the administration in management of COVID-19 pandemic in five districts. Among the 17 OAS officers, 5 will extend...

Ahmedabad: The second wave of COVID-19 is sparing none, and hitting politicians and celebrities as hard as the common public. A clutch of chief ministers are already down with coronavirus....

Keonjhar: The officials of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Keonjhar district on Saturday detained a bus from West Bengal at Turumunga. Acting on a tip-off the RTO officials intercepted...

Bhubaneswar: A truck carrying LPG gas cylinders overturned at Bamphakud village near Phulnakhara on Cuttack- Bhubaneswar national highway around 6 am on Saturday. The incident took place while the vehicle...

Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore following a raid in Khurda town on Saturday and arrested four persons. The...