Briefs

Bhubaneswar: The Excise Department officials seized 100 gram brown sugar and arrested two persons in this connection in the Odisha capital on Tuesday. The accused persons have been identified as...

Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh governor designate Biswa Bhushan Harichandan on Tuesday visited Tirumala Temple here to seek the blessings of Lord Balaji. He was welcomed by Tirumalai Tirupati Devasthanam chairman Y...

Bhubaneswar: Khandagiri police arrested two women after 12 kg of ganja was recovered from them at Baramunda bus stand here on Tuesday. According to police sources, the contraband was being...

Gajapati: The rare sight of cobras playing among tortoises in a temple has created a buzz in Gajapati district with devotees making a beeline to get the "divine darshan". The...

Rourkela: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped near Harpali slum in Rourkela, police said on Tuesday. Sources said the incident took place on July 8, but it only came to...

Puri: Unidentified miscreants allegedly decamped with over Rs 3 lakh from the donation box inside Siddha Mahavir temple under Talabania police limits here on Monday night. The matter came to light...

Bhubaneswar: The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University has been ranked 15th among the top 50 Deemed to be Universities in the country in the latest Outlook-ICARE India...

Bhubaneswar: Dr Licon Kumar Acharya, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), SOA Deemed to be University, has topped the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) examination in Plant Pathology....

Keonjhar: Vigilance officials on Monday caught Saharapada Block Junior Engineer (JE) Bibhuti Bhushan Pradhan red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 7,500 from a contractor to pass a bill. According...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two drugs peddlers and seized 14 grams brown sugar from them. The arrested persons have been identified as Kanhu Samal and Krushna Behera....