Briefs

Puri: The Election Commission's flying squad on Friday seized Rs 8.96 lakh from a contractor in a Scorpio at Radhua Bazar in Delanga block of Puri district. The contractor could not give...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday appointed Priyadarshi Mishra, Janmejaya Lenka and Minaketan Amanta as the party’s state general secretaries. He also appointed state secretary Bijaya...

Balangir: Executive member of Odisha BJP unit and former chairman of Bangomunda block in Balangir district, Rashtrapati Behera and his associate died while three others were seriously injured in a...

Balangir: A youth lost his left leg after falling from a moving train at Kantabanji Railway Station here on Thursday. The 23-year-old youth has been identified as Dusmanta Mahakud, a...

Boudh: A motorcyclist died after he reportedly lost control over the two-wheeler and rammed into an electric pole near Rajanpali Square on NH-57 in Boudh on Thursday. The deceased has...

Baripada: Decomposed carcass of a leopard was recovered from a nullah near Sarai beat area in Tikatali section of Jenabil Range in Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday night....

Sonepur: The police on Wednesday seized over Rs 2 lakh from near Seledi square in Sonepur and detained three persons in this connection. Acting on a tip-off, the police were...

Rourkela: A woman died after being mowed down by a speeding truck at Panposh Hockey Chhak here on Wednesday morning. The driver of the truck managed to flee. On being...

Kalahandi: Two minor boys, who were allegedly kidnapped from Gudipadar village under Karlapada police station of Bhawanipatna, were rescued from Charabahala village late on Tuesday night. Sources said the boys...

Koraput: Maoist posters and banners asking people to boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly polls had surfaced at Paliguda village under Jeypore Sadar police limits of Koraput on Tuesday....