Briefs

Kendrapara: Two three-year-old boys drowned while bathing in a pond at Lokapada village in Aul block of Kendrapara district on Saturday morning. According to reports, Abu Bakr Khan and Farhan...

Phulbani: A farmer of Kilupada village of K. Nuagan block in Kandhamal district Gobardhan Mallick died on Friday evening after allegedly consuming pesticides. According to the family members, the deceased...

Jharsuguda: A Plus II student died and another was seriously injured after being hit by a speeding van at BTM Chhak in Jhrasuguda district on Friday. They were on a...

Bhubaneswar: A youth from city slum here has been arrested on charges of blackmailing a college girl with her obscene video. The arrested, identified as Ashok Das alias Dipu (27),...

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, news...

Bhubaneswar: To rev up the party organization at the grassroots level ahead of the civic body and panchayat polls in Odisha, BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Friday formed a state-level...

Angul: Three forest officials were injured in an elephant attack in Angul district on Friday. The injured were identified as Padmalochan Swain, Sharat Biswal and Gagan Sahoo. They were sent to...

Berhampur: In a bizarre incident, a woman delivered a baby girl on the road here on Friday. According to reports, the woman was on the way to the hospital with...

London: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, appeared before a UK court...

Moscow: Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, short...