Briefs

Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Open Table Tennis Tournament kicked off at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. A total of 400 players in eight groups are participating in the three-day tournament which...

Bhubaneswar: Excise Department officials seized 10gm brown sugar and arrested two persons at Kolathia Square in the Odisha capital on Thursday. The arrested persons have been identified as Lilu Pradhan...

Nabarangpur: A young couple was found hanging from a cashew tree at Gumidara village under Papadahandi police limits in Nabarangpur district on Thursday. They allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday night....

Sambalpur: A contractual employee of the Railways was arrested for allegedly stealing a bag from a woman passenger in Sambalpur. He was identified as Nutan Charan Bagh, a supervisor at the...

Bhanjanagar: Assets worth over lakhs were destroyed after fire broke out at Bank of India (BOI)’s Pailipada branch in Odisha’s Ganjam district late on Wednesday. Locals noticed thick smoke billowing...

Jagatsinghpur: A college girl was charred to death after her house caught fire at Routa Nuagan village under Raghunathpur block in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday evening. According to sources,...

Ganjam: A farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Pattapur village under Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam district, following crop loss, on Wednesday. The deceased farmer has been identified as...

Bhadrak: A minor boy drowned in a pond while playing near it at Nuapatna village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Subham,...

Nuapada: Three persons were killed after the motorcycle they were riding skidded off the road and fell from an under-construction bridge near Durlimunda village under Jonka police limits in Nuapada district...

Balangir: Balangir Town Police on Wednesday arrested 10 persons, including eight women, on charges of ransacking the house of Odisha woman cricketer Sarita Meher. According to sources, the arrested persons...