Briefs

Bhadrak: Talking over phone while riding his two-wheeler proved costly for a man of Bhadrak. The man had to shell out a fine of Rs 6,000 for violating traffic rules....

Karanjia: A minor girl with injury marks on her body was found under a bridge along National Highway-49 near Karanjia in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. According to sources, there...

Baripada: Noted researcher and folk linguist Dr Binod Kumar Naik passed away at 71 on Tuesday. He died at a private hospital in Cuttack while undergoing treatment. His last rites were...

Seoul/New Delhi: Soon after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, a patient, with underlying diseases, in a long-term care hospital in South Korea died on Wednesday. The 50-plus patient received...

Sonepur: A squad of the Vigilance, Sambalpur department, on Wednesday raided the residence of a teacher of Patharghat Upper Primary School in Odisha's Sonepur district on the allegation of possessing...

New Delhi: A Sharjah-Lucknow IndiGo flight made an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan after a medical emergency on Tuesday. According to an IndiGo statement, a passenger on board the flight...

Ahmedabad: Ravi Shastri, the head coach of Indian cricket team, received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in this Gujarat city on Tuesday. “Got the first dose of COVID-19...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), Partho Dasgupta, who is an accused in the alleged TRP scam....

Kendrapara: More than eight passengers were injured after a Cuttack-bound bus overturned near Khumbaruni in Mahakalpara of Odisha's Kendrapada district on Tuesday morning. According to sources, 40 passengers were on...

Paris: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a one-year jail sentence and a two-year suspended sentence after being pronounced guilty of corruption and influence peddling by a Paris court...