Briefs

Mayurbhanj: An newborn boy was found abandoned in Nahashola forest near Jahira village in Mayurbhanj district's Betanati block on Saturday. According to locals, villagers spotted the baby dumped inside a...

Bhubaneswar: Chandrasekharpur police recovered a youth's body from a rented house at Shree Vihar in the city on Saturday morning. The youth, identified as Bibhu Prasad Maharana, was found hanging from...

Bhubaneswar: The body of an unidentified youth was recovered from a pond on the premises of Mukteswar Temple in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Residents spotted the body in the morning and...

Bhubaneswar: The quick action team (QAT) arrested a woman and seized 19gm of brown sugar at Haladiapadia slum under Laxmisagar police limits of Bhubaneswar on Friday. Sources said that acting...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has okayed implementation of 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions to medical institutions from this academic year. The government has given...

Bhadrak: A 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after being raped by a 35-year-old man at Bankamuha village under Dhusuri police limits in Bhadrak district on Thursday. She was found hanging from...

Ganjam: Two sisters committed suicide by consuming poison following a petty fight at Gudiali village under Kabisuryanagar police limits of Ganjam on Friday. The sisters have been identified as Deepa...

Nabarangpur: A mother cobra and 22 hatchlings were found near the courtyard of a house at Papadahandi in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday evening. Later, villagers along with a snake catcher...

The very severe cyclonic storm Vayu that threatened to strike Gujarat directly has changed course slightly and is now expected to just brush past the western state's coast, an Indian...

WhatsApp has threatened legal action against those who publicly claim the ability to abuse its messaging platform. The social media platform was reacting to the emergence of a raft of...