Briefs

Berhampur: Manas Ranjan Das, a senior assistant in Sub-Divisional Veterinary Officer (SDVO) office, Bhanjanagar, was caught by Vigilance sleuths while allegedly accepting Rs 15,000 bribe. He had allegedly demanded illegal...

Deogarh: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Monday seized a leopard skin and arrested two persons. The arrested are Somanath Patra and Rajib Lochan Patra of Salohi...

Balangir: A government employee of Odisha's Balangir district has tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving the second dose of vaccine. A clerk in Titlagarh sub-collector office, he was administered the...

Bhubaneswar: A senior OAS officer died in a tragic road accident in Bhubaneswar on Monday. According to sources, additional secretary, Industries, Basant Kumar Das was run over by a speeding...

A 30% hike in salary and retirement age up from 58 to 61 years! That’s the bonanza announced for state government employees by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on...

Puri: An anonymous devotee donated 31 kg of silver to Jagannath temple here on Sunday. The donor handed over the silver in the main office of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration...

New Delhi: As cases of the infection rise amid fears of a second wave, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has tested positive for COVID-19 and is under observation at AIIMS...

New Delhi: Yashaswini Deswal fetched India its first gold medal in the ISSF World Cup shooting meet here on Saturday by winning the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event. The 23-year-old...

Tokyo: Japan experienced another strong earthquake on Saturday, shaking up buildings in the capital city of Tokyo and triggering a tsunami warning for Miyagi prefecture, in the country’s northeast coast....

Bhubaneswar: In view of the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the state government has extended the validity of the learner’s licence by three months. In a tweet on...