Briefs

Kalahandi: Driver and passengers of a car escaped narrowly after the car, they were going in, caught fire near Pragati College at Bhawanipatna in Odisha’s Kalahandi district late on Thursday....

Bhubaneswar: Senior banker Mohan M has taken charge as chairman of Odisha Gramya Bank (OGB), Bhubaneswar. Prior to this appointment, he was posted as country head, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)...

Bhubaneswar: The Capital Region Urban Transport Bhubaneswar (CRUT) has effected minor changes in the Mo Bus schedule on Route 20 (Master Canteen-Khurda) and 31 (Bhubaneswar railway station-Balakati) from Friday. Also...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Balasore is set to get a Thunderstorm Research Testbed in thunder prone Balasore district of Odisha. The center will deliver the latest information on lightning and thunderstorm in...

Cuttack: Excise officials on Thursday seized 105 kg ganja and arrested two persons for transporting the contraband, at Manguli Square in Cuttack. On a tip-off, the Excise officials laid in...

Bhubaneswar: Chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Soma Mandal on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Nivas here. During the meeting, the...

Puri: The Forest Department officials rescued a deer, trapped in a net at Gaindola village of Chhaitana Panchayat under Puri Sadar police limits, on Wednesday. The rescued deer is a...

Bhubaneswar: In a move that would benefit 30,000 students of government ITIs, the Odisha government on Wednesday waived non-tuition fees such as hostel charges for nine months. The fee (Rs...

Kendrapada: In two separate cases of ATM loot in the district, unidentified miscreants decamped with more than Rs 40 lakh on Tuesday night. According to police sources, the loot came...

Dhenkanal: Businessman Sadasiv Sahu passed away at his residence in Odisha's Dhenkanal on Tuesday at the age 70. Sadasiv had played an important role in popularising Dhenkanal Bara in the...