Briefs

Bhanjanagar: Two students died on the spot and two of their friends were seriously injured when lightning struck them near Bhanjanagar in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Sunday night. Police sources...

Balangir: The police arrested a man with a country-made pistol from near the Collector’s residence in Balangir on Sunday. Naresh Nag is a resident of Palaceline in the district. Sources...

Balangir: Police raided an illegal liquor shop near Kantabanji railway station in Balangir and arrested three persons on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of GRP and RPF...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Sunday apprehended the prime suspect in the murder of a security guard at Pahala, on the outskirts of the Odisha capital. The arrested has been...

Puri: A cyclist died after being hit by a car, carrying some tourists, on Begunia-Patelia Road at Konark on Sunday morning. The mishap took place when the deceased, identified as...

Balangir/Sonepur: The Flying Squad seized unaccounted cash of over Rs 11 lakh from Odisha’s Sonepur and Balangir districts on Saturday. Around Rs 8 lakh in cash was seized from near...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expelled three local leaders from the party for indulging in anti-party activity. The three expelled leaders are Siba Prasad Gouda...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Premananda Behera quit the party on Saturday ahead of 2019 general elections. Expressing dissatisfaction over ticket distribution, the former Satyabadi Panchayat Samiti Chairman sent his resignation to...

Kalahandi: Police detained two persons for allegedly carrying Rs 5 lakh, near Khutuluguda Moter Road under Jaipatna police limits in Kalahandi on Friday night. They are being interrogated. With elections...

Rourkela: Twelve persons were injured after being attacked by two stray dogs on the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) premises on Saturday. The injured were immediately admitted to Ispat General Hospital....