Briefs

Bhadrak: Protesting against plying of light motor vehicles in panchayat and block areas, the syndicate of the Bhadrak Private Bus Owners’ Association on Thursday gave a 24-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh call....

Bhubaneswar: The Finance department on Wednesday directed all collectors to disburse salary and pension to employees and pensioners respectively for the current month on August 31. A decision in this...

Baripada: The CBI sleuths on Wednesday nabbed three policemen of Railway Protection Force (RPF) while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a person. Acting on a tip-off, a...

Sambalpur Railway Station was declared 'No Plastic Zone' from Wednesday. This is the second plastic-free station in the country after Tirupati Railway Station, East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in a...

Cuttack: Police on Wednesday busted a Hanuman coin racket and arrested four persons near Adivasi slum in Ambilijhari area of Choudwar in Cuttack district. The arrested have been identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Headmasters and teachers of the schools, which score poorly in the matric examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, will no longer be entitled to annual increments. The...

Bhubaneswar: A student of Triveni Plus-II Science College here allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison. The deceased was identified as Rudhi Nandan Pradhan, a second year student of the college...

Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped passengers after a bus parked at Baramunda bus stand here caught fire on Wednesday afternoon. According to sources, some staff sleeping in the private bus Chakadola (OD-33-U-1399)...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department here on Wednesday predicted moderate thundershower and lightning with light to moderate rainfall at one or two places in Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jajpur,...

Angul: An elderly woman was crushed to death in an elephant attack at a village under Athamallick forest range in Angul on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as...