Briefs

Malkangiri: Police on Monday seized fake currency worth Rs 34,000 and arrested three persons from MV-13 and Pandiripani areas of Malkangiri district. The fake notes were in the denomination of Rs...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is also the BJD president, on Monday appointed former bureaucrat Gopabandhu Dash as his political secretary, party secretary Bijay Nayak said in a press release....

Keonjhar: Childline officials, with help from Keonjhar police, foiled an attempt to marry off a 11-year-old girl under Anandapur Tehsil of Keonjhar district on Monday. Parents of the minor girl and of...

Bhubaneswar: Former MLA of Khurda, Jyotirindra Nath Mitra, known as Jitu Mitra, joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday. Mitra along with his supporters formally joined the ruling party...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader from Odisha, Harihar Nanda, passed away at a private hospital in the wee hours of Monday. He was 85. Nanda was the first Pracharak...

Soro: A criminal gang looted cash and ornaments from a ragpicker’s shop near the market in Bahanaga area of Soro block in Odisha’s Balasore district late on Saturday night. Sources...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expelled Jayabrata Dey of Sambalpur from the regional party. Dey, who was a state council member of...

Cuttack: Acting on an order of Bhubaneswar SDJM court, the Commissionerate Police on Saturday arrested a youth working at CESU in Cuttack for allegedly ditching his live-in partner. The accused has been...

Cuttack: An inmate of Choudwar Circle Jail died on Saturday while being shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital here after he complained of chest pain. The deceased prisoner, identified...

Bhawanipatna: Police on Saturday detained a man for allegedly stabbing his mother and burying the body after her death at Tunagaon village under Koksara police limits in Kalahandi district. The...