Briefs

Khurda: A youth was beaten black and blue by locals after he was caught misbehaving with a girl at Balugaon of Khurda district. Sources said three youths had misbehaved with the...

Keonjhar: Forest officials have rescued a 10-foot-long python from Katupali village in Jhumpura block in Keonjhar district. Sources said a villager had alerted forest officials after he found the python...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Friday inaugurated the three-day Business Excellence Meet-2019 of Xavier Institute of Business Management (XIMB) at the varsity auditorium here. In his inaugural address, Tripathy...

Balasore: Poverty drove a woman of Daraga Padia under Town Police limits in Balasore district to sell her seven-day-old baby boy for Rs 20,000. According to reports, the woman sold...

Muniguda: Gandhidham-Puri Express was delayed at Muniguda railway station after a tanker veered into the tracks at the railway crossing on Friday. According to sources, the aluminium powder laden-vehicle was...

Paradip: The authorities of the Paradip Port on Friday banned movement of motorbikes and bicycles in the prohibited area of the port for the safety of the workers and staff....

Sambalpur: In view of heavy inflow of water into the Hirakud Dam following incessant rain in the upper catchment areas of the Mahanadi, three more sluice gates of the reservoir...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has proposed to procure 1 lakh quintal of ragi from during the Kharif season under the Millets Mission. A High Power Committee Meeting on Odisha Millets...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police will be organising the 68th All India Police Hockey Championship – 2019 here in the first week of December. All India Police Sports Control Board (AIPSCB) has...

Chhaya Sharma, the Indian police officer who cracked the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, has been selected for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award. The awards by New York-based leading...