Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Odisha teenager Jyoshna Sabar was named ‘Best Lifter’ in Youth (Women) category in the recently IWLF National Weightlifting Championship held recently at Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu. The 17-year-old Odisha...

Puri: A woman died after being run over by a train at Delang in Odisha's Puri district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Pama Behera of Golasahi. According to...

Koraput: Seven people have died in an unknown disease in Koraput's Semiliguda as the cause of the infection remains unknown. The incident has occurred in Semiliguda where the death cases...

Bhubaneswar: A youth's decomposed body found was found floating inside Kuakhai river near Pahala on Bhubaneswar outskirts on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Tophan Samal, a resident of...

Bhubaneswar: Madhuri Mehta will lead Odisha in the BCCI Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy to be played at Puducherry from January 18. Sushree Dibyadarshini will be Madhuri’s deputy. The women’s selection...

Kabul: A bomb exploded at the entrance of the Taliban’s foreign ministry on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported. Several people are feared to be killed as a result of the...

Dhenkanal: Vigilance sleuths conducted raids on the properties of Kamakhyanagar Rural Water Supply & Sanitation (RWSS) Division Superintending Engineer Bijaya Nanda Sahoo here on Saturday on charges of possessing disproportionate...

Bhubaneswar: Two youths were arrested for allegedly passing lewd comments at a minor girl near Lingaraj temple in the Odisha capital on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Durga...

Bhubaneswar: Indigo flight IGO 6687 Ahmedabad-Raipur was diverted to Bhubaneswar at 12.37 pm on Wednesday due to poor visibility at Raipur Airport, officials said. Two flights of IndiGo and Air...

The accused was reportedly involved in procuring and selling tiger skin.