Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Inspector General (IG) Harminder Pal on Thursday took charge as Odisha Frontier Commander of Border Security Force (BSF). He replaced IG Ashwini Kumar Singh, who has been transferred to...

Berhampur: A tribal girl student of a residential high school in Mohana of Gajapati district was found to be pregnant. According the sources, the school authorities took the Class X...

Balangir: The Vigilance sleuths on Thursday raided the office and residence of Balangir District Central Cooperative Bank manager Ashok Mahapatra on charges of accumulating properties disproportionate to his known sources...

Jharsuguda: A man died after allegedly being left unattended for nearly an hour at Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital (DHH) on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Khetramani Kisan (30), a...

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and several leaders of his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were put under house arrest on Wednesday to prevent them...

Bhubaneswar: Moderate thunderstorm and lightning with light to moderate spells of   rainfall are likely to continue at some places in Dhenkanal, Khurda, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Bhadrak,...

Jagatsinghpur: A woman along with her six-month-old daughter allegedly jumped into a river at Pokamula village in Jagatsingpur on Tuesday night. The woman has been identified as Lipina Rout, wife of...

Cuttack: A hardcore criminal was injured in an encounter with the Commissionerate Police here late on Tuesday. The injured criminal, identified as Budhia Das, has been admitted to SCB Medical...

Keonjhar: The ADJ POCSO court here on Tuesday sentenced six persons to 20-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 each for raping a minor girl in Barbil area of...

In view of safety-related modernization work at Bhupdeopur Railway Station under South East Central Railway jurisdiction in connection with commissioning of third line and Siding, 19317/19318 Indore-Puri-Indore Express from Indore...