Briefs

Sonepur: Relatives carried bodies of two people on a stretcher and over their shoulders for 2km on the Binika-Sonepur road on Friday night to reach Binika hospital for post-mortem. Sources...

Jaleswar: Residents detained three cattle-laden trucks at Chalanti on NH-60 in Jaleswar of Odisha’s Balasore district and rescued nearly 300 cattle. Acting on a tip-off, residents detained the three trucks...

Baripada: The carcass of an elephant was found inside the forest in Chaturi Ghat area under Karanjia forest division of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Saturday morning. Forest staff rushed to...

  Malkangiri: The video of a married woman and her paramour being thrashed has gone viral on social media. Residents of MV-47 village under Motu police station limits of Odisha’s...

The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking review of its 14 December judgment, in which the top court had refused to order a probe into the Rafale fighter jet...

Bhubaneswar: Police on Friday detained 50 members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) as they attempted to barge into the official residence of Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra...

The HRD Ministry has turned down a request by Jamia Millia Islamia In New Delhi to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The Ministry said...

At a time when the country is divided on whether India should play Pakistan in the coming World Cup, cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar said India should face its arch-rival in...

  Rayagada: Excise officials arrested four peddlers and seized four quintals of ganja, which was being smuggled in a water tanker near Nuagarh Pajilibandha Chhak in Rayagada district on Friday....

Kalahandi: A man was killed in a road accident near Kantesira in Bhawanipatna of Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Digambar China Gud. Sources said an...