Briefs

Cuttack: The Central Excise Intelligence officials seized 32 kg of ganja from a car near Link Road in Cuttack on Sunday morning and arrested three engineering students. Acting on a...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has asked Indians not to undertake non-essential travel to Sri Lanka. At least 15 bodies, including that of six children, were recovered during a...

Cuttack: An election flying squad seized Rs 7.41 lakh in unaccounted cash from a petrol pump in Kahirapola area of Jagatpur in Cuttack district on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off,...

Mayurbhanj: A woman’s partly charred body was recovered from a forest under Badampahar police limits of Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday. Some residents spotted the body in the morning...

Bhubaneswar: Khandagiri police on Friday arrested six highway robbers, including mastermind Bubu alias Debiprasad Jena (20), from Bhubaneswar. Bubu, who belongs to Kendrapada, was staying in Bharatpur. Others arrested with...

Bhubaneswar: A Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel died of suspected sunstroke in Odisha capital on Friday. The 44-year-old personnel, identified as Purna Chandra Pradhan, fell unconscious while on duty at Bhubaneswar...

Keonjhar: BJP workers detained a youth moving suspiciously near an EVM strongroom on the premises of Odisha School of Mining Engineering late on Friday night and handed him over to...

Air India's operations across the world were affected for over five hours on Saturday morning because of a problem in the airline's main server. Though restored, the shutdown since 3 am...

Cuttack: Two students died when lightning struck them at Tangi on the outskirts of Cuttack city on Friday evening. According to reports, Sisir Digal of Kandhamal district and Bibhuti Nayak...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm and rainfall alert for eight districts of Odisha till 8.45 pm on Friday. Moderate thunderstorm, lightning...