Briefs

Jagatsinghpur: Police on Wednesday arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly raping a physically challenged minor girl in Hata Bazar area on Tuesday night. The accused has been identified as Gora...

Nepal: Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, revised height stands at 8848.86 metres. It is .86 cm taller now. This was announced by Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali on Tuesday,...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the Bharat Bandh tomorrow, Aahaar Centres and public transport 'Mo Bus' will remain suspended on the day. Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) tweeted on Monday :...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the Bharat Bandh, Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has postponed Odisha Civil Services (OCS) 2019 GS Paper I & II main exam to January 2, 2021....

Balasore: Prof. Dinabandhu Sahoo, Director of Cluster Innovation Centre and Professor of Botany, University of Delhi assumed charge as Vice Chancellor of Fakir Mohan University on Monday. Sahoo urged teaching...

Rayagada: A Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch seized gemstones worth Rs 1.5 crore following a raid in Rayagada district on Monday. One person was also detained in...

Dhenkanal: Officials of Dhenkanal Forest Division on Sunday arrested five poachers from Kapilash range and seized two deer hides, pangolin scales, four country-made guns and 100 traps from them. The...

New Delhi: The ministries of Commerce and Industry and AYUSH have decided to work together to set up an Export Promotion Council to boost AYUSH exports. The decision was taken...

Rayagada: A police team seized 302 kg of ganja and arrested one person in this regard from a highway near Limamode under Gunupur police limits in Rayagada district on Sunday....

Washington: Hundreds of Sikh-Americans have held peaceful protest rallies in two cities in the USA in support of farmers in India protesting against the new agricultural reforms, news agency PTI...