Briefs

Cuttack: A law student was found hanging inside a hostel room at the MS Law College on Sunday. Ajit Kumar Sethi, a second-year student at the college, hails from Kishorenagar...

Berhampur: A local court in Ganjam district on Saturday sentenced three persons, including two brothers, to life imprisonment for ‘honour killing’. They were found guilty of killing a couple at...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a thunderstorm warning for 12 Odisha districts from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. The latest Met bulletin said moderate...

Balasore: Friendship with an unknown youth proved costly for a minor girl in Balasore. The 15-year-old, who hails from Baiapal village here, was talking with an unidentified youth for some...

Nuapada: A wanted Maoist cadre surrendered before the police in Odisha’s Nuapada district on Saturday. The Maoist, identified as Parsuram Majhi, alias Mantu, surrendered before the SP at the district...

Keonjhar: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in elephant attacks at two separate villages in Keonjhar district. The deceased persons have been identified as Jaga Mallick (52) of Nuarugudi...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a thunderstorm warning for six districts of Odisha from 5.45pm to 8.45pm. Moderate thunderstorm, lightning with light...

Bhubaneswar: Police on Friday arrested one person and seized 52 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 5 lakh from Mancheswar area in Odisha capital. After getting information from reliable sources,...

Dhenknal: A patient died after falling from the sixth floor of the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Dhenkanal on Friday. Tuna Behera was admitted to the hospital on Thursday. He...

Sonepur: An Anganwadi worker and her helper were dismissed on Friday for throwing hot water on a three-year-old girl two days ago. The district administration also placed the Anganwadi centre’s...