Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reportedly bumped into BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Delhi Airport on Tuesday. Naveen had left for New Delhi this morning to meet...

Bhubaneswar: Police and Childline officials rescued 17 girls who were allegedly being trafficked to Mumbai, from a railway station in Andhra Pradesh. Sources said the girls are residents of Keonjhar...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday left for New Delhi. Briefing mediapersons at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, the Chief Minister said he will meet the Chief Election...

Wadia group Ness Wadia has been sentenced to a suspended two-year jail term in Japan over possession of drugs. Wadia was arrested at New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese island...

Bhubaneswar: ‘Bamana Arzee’, the Odia version of Chandrahas Choudhury’s first English novel ‘Arzee the Dwarf’, was released at Bakul Foundation here on Sunday. The book was translated by Chandrahas’s mother,...

New Delhi: A SpiceJet aircraft skidded off the runway on landing at the Shirdi airport on Monday, halting operations at the facility, The Indian Express reported. The number of passengers...

Cuttack: A rape accused was arrested from Dargha Bazar area of Cuttack 23 years after he committed the crime. Reports said Yakub Khan (46) had abducted and raped a minor girl...

Puri: An election flying squad seized Rs 8 lakh in unaccounted cash from an SUV on the Astarang-Kakatpur road under Konark police station limits of Puri district on Saturday night....

Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, a youth allegedly hacked his aunt to death for Rs 500 at Dumuria village under Ghatagaon police limits in Keonjhar on Saturday. The accused has...

Balasore: In a shocking incident, a man attempted suicide after allegedly killing his wife at Parmahala area near Soro in Balasore on Saturday. Locals rescued the accused husband and sent...