Briefs

New Delhi: Two National Highways -- NH9 and NH24 – were on Saturday closed for traffic movement from Delhi to Ghaziabad as the farmers continue their month-long protest against the...

Angul: A minor boy was killed, another injured in an elephant attack at Mandua village under Chhendipada Forest Range in Angul district late Friday. The deceased has been identified as...

Bhubaneswar: The state BJP on Friday suspended three party members of Binjharpur block in Jajpur district on charges of anti-party activities. They are sarpanch of Arei gram panchayat Debananda Mallick,...

Malayalam actor Anil Nedumangad drowned while bathing in the Malankara dam in Kerala’s Thodupuzha on Friday evening. The 48-year-old actor, who was in Thodupuzha for the shooting of a film,...

Jajpur: Maa Biraja temple in Jajpur district will reopen on December 29, Collector Chakravarti Singh Rathore said on Friday. Devotees will be allowed to enter the shrine for darshan from...

Puri: On the occasion of Christmas, internationally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a giant 3D sand art of Santa Claus at Puri sea beach. Measuring 120 feet in length and...

Rourkela: A massive fire broke out in Rahmat Nagar slum’s tyre godown under Sector-21 here during wee hours on Friday. Although the fire gutted properties worth more than a few...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday rejected a bail petition filed by Pradeep Sethy, who is jail in connection with the multi-crore Artha Tatwa chit fund scam, claiming ‘double...

Bhubaneswar: The state government launched an Odisha Career Portal in collaboration with UNICEF, Odisha on Thursday. According to a tweet by SME Odisha’s handle EducationOdisha, the portal was launched by...

Jajpur: Three families were rendered homeless amid the intense cold wave sweeping Odisha after a major fire gutted their houses at a village in Jajpur district. The incident was reported...