Briefs

Nuapada: Police on Saturday rescued 97 migrant labourers including 24 minors from Khariar Road railway station while they were being allegedly trafficked from Kantabanji to Hyderabad. The rescued labourers are from Nuapada and Balangir…

Bhubaneswar: Two accused - Raghav Barik and Shankar Bastia - in the murder of a youth near Sundarpada here on Diwali night have been arrested. According to sources, they were nabbed from the outskirts of the city and currently being …

Bhubaneswar: Eminent social activist Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, will visit Odisha on November 6. Informing this to the media on Friday, convener of the Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), Akshaya Kumar said…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday dismissed three Assistant Public Prosecutors (APPs) from service. They are Purna Chandra Nayak, Sudhanshu Mishra and Banshidhar Das. A notification to this effect was issued by the Law…

New Delhi: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu reconstituted eight House committees on Thursday. RJD MP Manoj Jha replaced Narayan Lal Panchariya of the BJP as chairman of the Ethics Committee. Prasanna Acharya of the…

Puri: Simhadwara Police here on Thursday detained a minor girl of Nimapara on charges of recording a video inside Jagannath Temple premises and posting it on the video-sharing app TikTok. Talking to the media, additional SP, Puri, Arun…

Bhubaneswar: Aditya Birla Group’s metals flagship Hindalco Industries Ltd. has received the National CSR Award by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The award recognizes Hindalco’s contribution to India’s national priority areas – skill…

Rairangpur: Rail services between Tata and Badampahad were disrupted after the engine of a goods train derailed near Gorumahisani railway station in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday night. The goods train was on way to Gorumahisani from…

Astarang: Panic gripped Astarang area in Puri district after seawater entered vast stretches of paddy fields in five villages of Udayakani panchayat on Wednesday morning. The farmers complained that the saline water will damage the…

Bhubaneswar: In line with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s directive to state officials to spend time with underprivileged children, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan advisor Dr Bijaya Kumar Sahoo spent a day at Sri Harsha Memorial School…