Briefs

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a senior Indian Railways Engineering Service (IRES) official for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 crore. Mahender Singh Chauhan, a...

Bhubaneswar: Well-known social activist and trade union leader Lalit Nayak passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the city around 5,30 am on Monday, his...

Koraput: The block development officer of Laxmipur in Odisha's Koraput has been suspended on charges of corruption. The BDO, Dillip Kumar Pattnaik, has been dismissed from service by the State...

Balasore: Police arrested seven alleged cattle smugglers and rescued 101 cows near Simulia College square in Balasore district on Saturday night. Simulia police said the cows were being trafficked in...

Sundargarh: A 23-year-old youth allegedly stabbed his mother to death following a quarrel at Bahiyam village near Rajgangpur in Sundargarh district, police said on Sunday. According to sources, Raju Gouda...

Bhubaneswar: An undertrial prisoner lodged in Jharpada jail in the city died on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Rabi Dulla. He was arrested in 2008 for looting weapons...

Cuttack: Yet another fake gutkha manufacturing unit was busted by the Commissionerate Police in Cuttack district. This time the raiding team swooped down on the tobacco-making unit at Sasola area...

Keonjhar: A girl was shocked to find a camera in the trial room she was changing in in a shopping mall in Odisha's Keonjhar town, and raised an alarm. The...

Nayagarh: An unidentified miscreant hurled a petrol bomb at a petrol pump in Singapada area under Khandapada police limits of Odisha's Nayagarh district on Friday. As per reports, the miscreant...

Koraput: Police have seized ganja worth over Rs 4 lakh and arrested two alleged inter-state peddlers at Machhakunda in Koraput district. The accused were identified as Chaturam from Bihar and...