Briefs

Baripada: Four students reportedly drowned during Ganesh idol immersion in Odisha's Baripada on Friday. While two of them were rescued by fire services, remaining two are yet to be traced....

Bhubaneswar: Promising Odisha athlete Sabita Toppo did Odisha and India proud by claiming silver medal in women’s 100m hurdles at the 4th South Asian Athletics Federation Junior Championships at Jawaharlal...

Bhubaneswar: A woman allegedly jumped off the Vani Vihar flyover in the Odisha capital in an apparent bid to end her life on Saturday night. She was identified as Bighneswari...

Bhubaneswar: A youth was shot at by two scooter-borne miscreants inside his house at Shantinagar in Odisha's Jharsuguda on Friday afternoon. The injured has been identified as Rakesh Oram. According to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Friday apprehended Nabin Kumar Sahoo, Principal of Govt (SSD) Higher Secondary School at Gopalpur in Kalahandi district, while allegedly accepting Rs 10,000 bribe. According...

Paradip: Two wagons of a goods train derailed near Bauriapalanda at Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Monday. The East Coast Railway informed that there was no damage due to...

Balangir: An elderly couple was trampled to death by a herd of elephants in Odisha's Balangir district in the early hours of Monday. According to sources, the elephants sneaked into...

Bhubaneswar: A day after apprehending a junior engineer (JE) for allegedly accepting Rs 25,000 bribe, the Odisha Vigilance on Sunday informed about having unearthed Rs 14.81 lakh in cash during...

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress MLA Ashwini Guru passed away at his Brajarajnagar residence early on Sunday. He was 71. According to sources, he breathed his last at around 4 am after...

Cuttack: A havildar of the Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) 6th Battalion was found hanging inside the barrack at OMP square in Odisha's Cuttack city on Saturday. The deceased has...