Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Well-known social activist and philanthropist, Dhaneswar Sahoo, of Rajnagar in Kendrapara district has passed. He was 87. Sahoo died after a cardiac arrest at AMRI Hospital here on Friday afternoon. He is survived by his wife,…

Bhadrak: Nineteen students were taken ill after having mid-day meal (MDM) at the Charitaraf Upper Primary School under Tihidi block in Bhadrak on Friday. They were rushed to the Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) for primary…

Dhenkanal: In a shocking incident, a woman was caught on camera thrashing her 82-year-old mother-in-law after dragging her out of the house at Gelehikateni village under Parjang police station in Dhenkanal. The matter came to light when…

Bhadrak: Unidentified miscreants looted an SBI ATM kiosk at Betada Bazar in Bhadrak on Friday. According to sources, Rs 20.64 lakh was found missing from the kiosk in the morning. A police complaint in this regard was filed by the manager…

Balangir: A joint enforcement team on Thursday arrested Tirthankar Patel, owner of Sai International Mines & Minerals, on charges of evading Goods and Services Tax (GST) amounting to Rs 12.84 crore. He was produced before the court of…

Koraput: An employee of  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) died in a compressor explosion at its Sunabeda factory in Koraput on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sudam Mohanty. He reportedly sustained 90 per cent burns and…

Berhampur: Police on Thursday recovered the decomposed body of a college teacher from inside a house at Maniknagar near Hinjilikatu in Ganjam district. The deceased, Rajendra Kumar Bhuyan, was a lecturer in physics at Kankarada Plus II…

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly Rajanikant Singh was admitted to Capital Hospital here after he slipped and fractured his leg at his newly-allotted bungalow on Thursday morning. The four-time BJD MLA represents Angul…

Rayagada: Hundreds of acres of paddy crops were damaged following a landslide at a village in Rayagada district's Kashipur block on Thursday The incident occurred in the morning when a large portion of earth and boulders from Maranijodi…

Cuttack: The bail plea of Uliburu mining scam prime accused, Deepak Gupta was rejected by Orissa High Court on Wednesday. Deepak Gupta is the prime accused in the Rs 1,800 crore mining scam of September 2013. State vigilance officials…