Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Arup Patnaik has been inducted as co-opted member to the House of Committee of Odisha Legislative assembly. The former Mumbai Police commissioner will look into aspects of environmental pollution in the state, an official…

Bhubaneswar: The most-wanted stone mafia of Odisha, Mohammad Tabriz, was arrested from the airport in Kolkata on Tuesday. Acting on a tipoff by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Odisha Crime Branch, the Bureau of Immigration officials in…

Angul: DIG (Northern Range) Narasingha Bhola on Monday suspended a woman sub-inspector for dereliction of duty in Angul district. The suspended policewoman has been identified as an SI of Colliery police station, Sumitra Patra. The DIG…

Sambalpur: A massive fire broke out in Golbazar vegetable market here in the wee hours of Monday, gutting more than 70 shops. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a lit diya that fell over at a puja pandal in the market around 2.30 am.…

Sambalpur: Someone has opened a fake Facebook account in the name of Sambalpur Collector Subham Saxena and is sending friend requests to people. Saxena has told the Sambalpur SP to investigate the matter and find the culprit. Two months…

Bhadrak: All government offices in Bhadrak district remained closed on Kali Puja on Monday. However, educational institutions were open. District Collector Gyana Ranjan Das had notified this on Sunday.

Aska: A criminal was injured after a shootout with police in Ganjam district on Sunday night. Earlier, the criminal, P Sivashankar Dora alias Tingiri, had barged into a Diwali revelry at Pandiapathara village near Aska, police said. Tingri…

Bhubaneswar: A youth was severely thrashed by locals at Sundarpada here on Saturday after he allegedly tried to rape a minor girl. According to sources, the parents had gone out leaving their 9-year-old daughter alone in the house this…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017-18 and 2018-19 were announced on Friday. Odissi vocalist Shyamamani Devi and Daskathia maestro Upendra Panigrahi will be conferred with the prestigious ‘Kabi Samrat Upendra…

Cuttack: Police seized crackers worth several lakhs during raids at Padmapur, Trilochanpur and Kazi Bazar areas in Jagatpur police station area in the district early on Saturday. Three persons were also arrested for alleged illegal trading…