Briefs

Mumbai: Veteran actress Shashikala succumbed to old age complications in her Mumbai home on Sunday. She was 88 years old. Shashikala had worked in more than a hundred Bollywood films,...

Madikeri: Six people, including four children, were burnt to death after their house was allegedly set ablaze in the early hours of Saturday by an inebriated family member. According to...

Odisha-based sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has wished cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar who is recovering from coronavirus infection. The renowned sand artist has conveyed his message to Tendulkar through an...

Bhubaneswar: Saheed Nagar police arrested the former president of Utkal University Students’ Union, Mahesh Prasad, for allegedly abusing police officers and creating a ruckus on the campus on Saturday. Protesting...

Bhubaneswar: Light thunderstorm with lightning and light rain is likely to affect some parts of Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput and Keonjhar districts on Saturday afternoon, the Meteorological Centre,...

Phulbani: The local administration has declared ward no-2 and five houses in ward no-5 of Dakapala School Sahi within Phulbani Municipality as micro containment zones. According to sources, the decision...

Jharsuguda: The district administration has decided to shut all weekly haats for three weeks in view of rising COVID-19 cases. "Daily markets at different locations dealing in vegetables and non-vegetarian...

Nayagarh: Crime Branch (CB) sleuths on Friday caught two alleged poachers and seized a leopard skin from the accused after striking a fictitious deal with them in Nayagarh. According to...

Bhubaneswar: The Khurda district administration has made it mandatory to display all signboards and nameplates in Odia from today, the occasion of Utkal Divas. Khurda Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty instructed...

Puri: A tractor driver died in a freak mishap on the outskirts of Puri town on Thursday morning. According to reports, Akshaya Jena of Krupasagar Patana village under Sadar Police...