Brown sugar worth Rs 6 lakh seized, one held in Konark
Konark: In a major crackdown on contraband smuggling, Puri excise sleuths arrested one person and recovered 57 gram of brown sugar from his possession at Madhipur Chhak at Konark late on…
Two shops gutted in Jajpur
Jajpur: Two shops were reduced to ashes in a major fire at Gopabandhu Square in Jajpur district on Thursday morning.
Getting information, fire personnel rushed to the spot and put out the…
Emar Mutt’s boundary wall caves in
Puri: Staff of Emar Mutt had a close shave when a portion of its boundary wall along with a house in the adjacent Mati Mandap Sahi caved in on Wednesday. They were sleeping in a room close…
Three arrested in Rourkela LPG cylinder fire mishap
Rourkela: Police on Wednesday arrested three persons, including the proprietor of a gas agency, in connection with the LPG cylinder fire mishap that cost four lives at Indirapali Basti here.…
BJP accuses govt of cutting down fine on miners, threatens to move court
Bhubaneswar: The state unit of BJP on Wednesday slammed the state government for reducing the recoverable penalty from miners accused of illegal mining and threatened to move court to ensure…
St Xavier’s post win; St Joseph’s held
Bhubaneswar: St Xavier’s High School, Kedargouri, rode on a goal each by Aaron Jena and Bed Prakash Pradhan to beat DAV School, Pokhariput, in their opening Group-B league match of the 29th…
Two books released on 2nd death anniversary of Ganeswar Mishra
Bhubaneswar: Translation of literary works serve as a window to the outside world, said renowned translator Prof Jatindra Kumar Nayak while delivering the second Ganeswar Mishra memorial…
One more person dies of swine flu, toll rises to 4
Bhubaneswar: One more person succumbed to H1N1 virus on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to swine flu in the state this season to four.
The deceased was identified as Shanta Priya Das…
1 dead, over 30 injured as bus falls off bridge in Kalahandi
Kalahandi: A person was killed and 30 others sustained grievous injures when the bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge near Thuamul Rampur's Balighat in Kalahandi district on…
Cuttack reports season’s first dengue death in state
Cuttack: The season's first dengue death was reported from SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Som Prakash Mishra, a native of Bihar. He was…