Briefs

Balipatna: An employee of a private finance company was robbed of over Rs 10,000 and a mobile phone on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Monday. According to sources, two bikers...

Balasore: A head-on collision between a car and a tanker on NH 16 near Sambit Jyoti petrol pump under Simulia police limits in Odisha's Balasore district claimed the life of...

Guwahati: Tarun Gogoi, who served as Assam Chief Minister from 2001 to 2016, passed away on Monday due to multi-organ failure at the age of 84. Congress veteran Gogoi was...

Bhubaneswar: The number of visitors to Nandankanan Zoological Park here has increased with the onset of winter. The zoo had been resistering an average footfall of 3,000 since it reopened...

Kendrapada: A giant carcass of a rare dolphin was found at Bhedisahi village under Pattamundai police limits in Odisha's Kendrapada district late on Sunday. The forest officials said that a...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,003 government high schools in Odisha are running without headmasters, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informed the Assembly on Monday. Besides, 280 fully-aided...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought status reports from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam over the spike in coronavirus cases in these states. “We are hearing of a...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated multi-storeyed flats for Members of Parliament (MPs) at Dr BD Marg here via video conferencing on Monday. Eight bungalows, which were more than...

New Delhi: India proposed an exemption of patents from COVID-19 vaccines, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) forum. It found support from 'unfriendly neighbours' China and Pakistan, but US, UK,...

Bhubaneswar: A youth was found hanging on the premises of a temple near Unit-II Market Building area here. The deceased has been Punia Pradhan (26), a resident of Gadachikili area...