Briefs

Deogarh: An ailing female elephant succumbed to illness while undergoing treatment at Hiran village under Deogarh forest division on Sunday morning. According to sources, the forest department officials had spotted the...

Naveen Patnaik will take oath as Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth consecutive time on Wednesday. The oath-taking will take place at the IDCO Exhibition Ground. The BJD won 112...

Baripada: Two persons were killed after being hit by lightning at Nishitpur Balighata under Badasahi block in Odisha’s Baripada on Saturday. According to sources, the incident took place when the...

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Saturday that she did not want to continue as chief minister and has communicated this to her party, the Trinamool Congress. Mamata was...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm warning for four Odisha districts from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday. The latest Met bulletin said...

Cuttack: Excise Intelligence and Enforcement Bureau officials seized 36kg of ganja and arrested two persons at Badambadi in Cuttack on Saturday. Sources said a team of the EI and EB...

Balangir: The blood-soaked body of a five-year-old boy, who had been missing since Friday morning, was recovered from a pit in Laxminagarpada area of Balangir district on Friday night. The child has...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm warning for 10 Odisha districts from 3.30pm to 6.30pm on Friday. The latest Met bulletin said...

Kalahandi: A 5-year-old kid was killed in a lightning strike at Buringijhuli village under Lanjigarh police limits of Kalahandi on Thursday. Sources said that Ranjan, son of Gourang Majhi, was playing...

Bhubaneswar: The second ‘SOA Summer Techno Camp’ for schoolchildren will be held from June 3. The summer camp will be held at the premises of the Institute of Technical Education...