Briefs

Cuttack: Police on Saturday seized 180 kg ganja worth over Rs 9 lakh from a passenger bus at OMP square in Cuttack and arrested four persons in this connection. The...

Ghaziabad: A fire broke out in the generator and luggage compartment of Swarn Shatabdi Express at Ghaziabad railway station around 7 am on Saturday. “The fire was doused within half...

Bhubaneswar: Two sanitary workers died while cleaning sewerage at Tankapani Road in Bhubaneswar on Friday. According to sources, they suffocated to death after inhaling poisonous gases. Eyewitnesses told police the...

Nayagarh: Three persons were killed on the spot after two motorcycles collided head on in Sharanakula area in Nayagarh district on Friday morning. Two others were critically injured in the...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Thursday approved a bill to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in insurance sector to 74 per cent from the current 49 per cent. Finance...

Nuapada: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday raided the houses and office of Khariar Forest Range Officer, Sadananda Sunani in Nuapada district over an allegation of disproportionate assets against him. According to...

Mumbai: Even as the number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra continued to rise alarmingly, Satish Kaushik tested positive and is under home quarantine. The actor-director posted the news from his...

Sonepur: Armed miscreants allegedly snatched a bank, containing Rs 21 lakh, from a contractual bank staff at gunpoint near Baghalpur chhak in Odisha's Sonepur district on Wednesday. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Special train will run on diverted route on March 19 due to modernisation work. According to an ECoR release, the train will run via Perambar-Arrakkonam-Kanchipuram-Chengalpatu instead of Korukkupet-Chennai...

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced that it would extend night curfew in the four cities of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot from 10 pm to 6 am due...