Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Snehalata Mohapatra, wife of BJP leader Damodar Rout, passed away at the Apollo Hospital in Bhubaneswar early on Thursday. She was 72. Snehalata was admitted to the hospital around...

Kandhamal: Police on Wednesday arrested a youth for raping and killing a minor girl, whose body was recovered in a water tank at Katedikia village in Kandhamal on March 16....

Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a wanted criminal, Sangram Keshari Samantray (28), in connection with a dacoity and murder case. He is...

Bhubaneswar: Fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, who is wanted in an over Rs 13,000-crore bank fraud case in India, has been arrested in London and will be produced before a court...

Sonepur: The mutilated body of a postman was recovered from a forest near Kalapathara village in Sonepur district on Wednesday morning. Satrughna Sandha was a postman in Kalapathara village. Residents...

Balasore: The driver of a Bengal-bound mini truck died on the spot after being hit by a truck near Ekatali on NH-60 in Balasore on Wednesday. The truck driver managed to...

Bhubaneswar: CISF personnel seized smuggled gold worth Rs 20 lakh from a person at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Wednesday. Reports said Amarjit Singh of Punjab was on...

Former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose will be India's first Lokpal, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Tuesday night. President Ram Nath Kovind cleared the appointment of Justice Ghose as...

Keonjhar: A school van caught fire near Dhanabeni area in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Tuesday. As many as 11 students travelling in the Tata Magic van had a narrow escape...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday expelled two BJD leaders of Brahmagiri Assembly constituency in Puri district for anti-party activities. The two expelled leaders are Krushna Chandra Ray (Babu Singh)...