Briefs

Cuttack: Around 15 students were admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital here with injuries after they were allegedly beaten up by a teacher at a residential science college at Salepur in...

Bargarh: Police on Sunday detained three fake Maoists, including a forester, at separate places in Baraarh district. According to sources, those detained allegedly threatened villagers and extorted money from them...

Malkangiri: A poacher died and another fell critically ill due to asphyxiation inside a cave near Goi hill at Telimeta village in Malkangiri on Sunday morning. The deceased has been...

Kendrapara: Vehicular movement on Cuttack-Chandbali route was disrupted on Sunday following a blockade at Tinimuhani Chhak in Odisha’s Kendrapara town in protest against firing on a businessman the previous night. The victim,...

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police of Cuttack Urban Police District (UPD) arrested three ganja peddlers on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Ajaya Sahoo (52) of Mangarajpur, Rajesh Jena of...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm and lightning alert for 18 districts of Odisha from 4 pm to 7 pm on Saturday....

Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha cadre IPS officer Yashwant Jethwa has been given the proforma promotion to the rank of Additional Director General (ADG). The 1994-batch officer is currently posted as the...

Puri: The District Education Officer (DEO) of Puri, Hrushikesh Kandi, was arrested by Vigilance officials in a disproportionate assets case. Acting on a tip-off, the Vigilance sleuths intercepted Kandi’s car...

Bhadrak: Irate dairy farmers in Odisha’s Bhadrak district poured over 1,200 litres of milk on a  road in protest against OMFED. The incident occurred in front of the OMFED plant...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm and lightning alert for nine districts of Odisha from 7.15 pm to 10.15 pm on Friday....