Briefs

Rayagada: Train services between Koraput and Rayagada were badly hit on Friday after a coal-laden goods train halted inside a tunnel, midway between Keutguda and Sikarpai stations, because of some...

Jeypore: A portion of a house wall fell on a five-year-old girl who was getting ready for school, killing her at Jamunaguda in Irrigation Colony under Jeypore Town police limits...

Kendrapara: A 5ft-long crocodile's carcass was recovered from Kharasrota River near Balatara ghat under Aali police limits in Kendrapara on Friday. Residents spotted the carcass floating in the river and...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Relief Commissioner's office on Thursday issued dangerous thunderstorm and lightning alert for Bargarh, Sonepur and Balangir districts. Agalpur and Loisingha in Balangir; Gaislet, Bijepur, Barpali, Sohela, Bheden and...

Bhubaneswar: If you are an inhabitant of any of the Twin Cities of Cuttack or Bhubaneswar then you can avail of a free ride to your polling booth on polling...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD has submitted a memorandum to the chief electoral officer in Bhubaneswar on Thursday complaining that the BJP was circulating promissory forms called “Pratisruti Patra”, assuring voters land...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday Appointed Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo of Balangir district and Pradip Kumar Desari of Kalahandi district as observer and co-observer for...

Jagatsinghpur: Police on Thursday detained an official of Jagatsinghpur college and a student for allegedly carrying guns inside the college premises. According to police sources, the employee and the student were...

Aska: An old man died at a polling booth in Aska, Ganjam district, on Thursday morning. Reports said that Natabara Behera (95) of Kansamari village had come to booth no-183...

Thirty-one people have reportedly died in unseasonal rains in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat, reports said. At least 16 people died in Madhya Pradesh alone in the last two days...