Briefs

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Thursday knocked the doors of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) seeking action against police for their callousness in connection with the attack on OPCC president Niranjan...

Sundargarh: Following a four-day search, police finally succeeded in arresting a youth for allegedly murdering his mother at Bahiyam village near Rajgangpur in Sundargarh distrit. The youth, identified as Raju...

Boudh: Three persons were killed in a road accident near Gopalmal Chhak in Boudh district on Thursday morning. According to sources, a dumper carrying coal tar overturned after hitting an...

Nabarangpur: The Vigilance sleuths on Thursday raided the house of Himanshu Bagh, the Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) of Singisari panchayat in Umerkote block of Nabarangpur district, on the allegation of...

Rourkela: Police busted a sex racket operating from an abandoned house in the city and arrested four persons in this regard on Wednesday. According to reports, Sector-15 police carried out...

Dhenkanal: Forest officials seized a deer hide and some pangolin scales and arrested four persons for smuggling those in Dhenkanal Forest Range on Wednesday. The arrested persons have been identified...

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police and Food Safety officials swooped down on a adulterated sauce manufacturing godown on Wednesday. On a tip-off, a special squad raided the godown at Pahala on the...

Puri: The Jagannath Temple here will remain closed for the devotees for four hours on Wednesday for the Banakalagi rituals of the Lords. Sources said the temple will remain closed...

Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of Crime Branch on Tuesday seized 102 grams of brown sugar worth around Rs 10 lakh from Narayan Basti in Unit 8 area here....

Balangir: Vigilance sleuths on Monday caught the principal of Panchayat Samiti Higher Secondary school, at Bangomunda in Balangir district, accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000. According to sources, Minati Rath...