Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly Rajanikant Singh was admitted to Capital Hospital here after he slipped and fractured his leg at his newly-allotted bungalow on Thursday morning. The four-time...

Rayagada: Hundreds of acres of paddy crops were damaged following a landslide at a village in Rayagada district's Kashipur block on Thursday The incident occurred in the morning when a...

Cuttack: The bail plea of Uliburu mining scam prime accused, Deepak Gupta was rejected by Orissa High Court on Wednesday. Deepak Gupta is the prime accused in the Rs 1,800...

Bhubaneswar: Traffic on Bhubaneswar-Cuttack road was severely hit after a goods-laden truck overturned near Naharkanta here on Wednesday. If this was not enough, a crane engaged in clearing the road...

Rourkela: Police busted a cricket betting racket with the arrest of five persons at Basanti Colony here late on Tuesday. Those arrested during the raid around 12.30 am have been...

Ganjam: The Ganjam district administration on Wednesday declared holiday for all schools due to heavy rainfall and water logging. All Anganwadi centres will also remain closed on Wednesday. The district...

Koraput: Passengers of a DMU train had a narrow escape when a huge rock slid onto the railway tracks at Dumuriput in Sunabeda in Koraput district on Tuesday. The movement...

Cuttack: Two persons were killed and three injured in lightning strikes in Cuttack district on Tuesday. The identity of the deceased person is yet to be ascertained. According to sources,...

Sambalpur: Forest department officials on Tuesday arrested a poacher and seized a leopard skin from his possession during a raid at Phulkusum under Girishchandrapur forest range in Rairakhol. The arrested...

Rourkela: Panic gripped patients of Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here after fire broke out in the gynaecology ward on Tuesday afternoon. Four pre-natal women from the ward were immediately shifted...