Briefs

Bhubaneswar: The union of Zomato riders here on Friday staged a demonstration to protest against revised payout by the online food services firm. The agitators demanded the Zomato authorities for...

Bhubanaeswar: The state government has signed an MoU with the Centre to set up four more IT and Software parks in Odisha, Information and Technology Minister Tushar Kanti Behera told...

Bhubaneswar: Police and childline officials on Friday rescued a minor boy from Bhubaneswar railway station. According to sources, the boy had fled his home at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district, where...

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths arrested Manmohan Jali, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, Siko Out Post under Jankia Police Station for taking bribe on Thursday. According to sources, he was caught red-handed by...

Bhubaneswar: The lagna (auspicious time for ritual) of ‘Nabanna Lagi’ ritual of Nuakhai Festival was fixed in Western Odisha on Friday. Nabanna Lagi ritual will be performed between 8.50 am...

Berhampur: The Berhampur Sadar police on Thursday arrested three impostors for allegedly misbehaving with female teachers and minor school girls of different schools in the area. The arrested have been...

Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested dreaded criminal Nalia Kanhalsingh alias Saroj in an illegal mining case and forwarded him to SDJM court, Khurda, on...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of India Meteorological Department here issued thunderstorm and moderate rainfall alert for 11 districts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, till 4:45 pm on Thursday. Parts of Balasore,...

Puri: Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain out of bounds for visitors for four hours from 2 pm on Thursday for a special ritual on Chitalagi Amavasya or Chitau Amavasya....

Bhubaneswar: Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday urged the state government to recommend the Centre for conferring Bharat Ratna posthumously on Madhusudan Das. He raised the issue in...