Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Traffic on Bhubaneswar-Cuttack road was severely hit after a goods-laden truck overturned near Naharkanta here on Wednesday. If this was not enough, a crane engaged in clearing the road also turned turtle. Following which,…

Rourkela: Police busted a cricket betting racket with the arrest of five persons at Basanti Colony here late on Tuesday. Those arrested during the raid around 12.30 am have been identified as Uma Singh of Udit Nagar, Manprit Singh of…

Ganjam: The Ganjam district administration on Wednesday declared holiday for all schools due to heavy rainfall and water logging. All Anganwadi centres will also remain closed on Wednesday. The district collector has directed the…

Koraput: Passengers of a DMU train had a narrow escape when a huge rock slid onto the railway tracks at Dumuriput in Sunabeda in Koraput district on Tuesday. The movement of the DMU train was disrupted for sometime. According to sources,…

Cuttack: Two persons were killed and three injured in lightning strikes in Cuttack district on Tuesday. The identity of the deceased person is yet to be ascertained. According to sources, the two persons died after being struck by…

Sambalpur: Forest department officials on Tuesday arrested a poacher and seized a leopard skin from his possession during a raid at Phulkusum under Girishchandrapur forest range in Rairakhol. The arrested has been identified as Madhusudhan…

Rourkela: Panic gripped patients of Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here after fire broke out in the gynaecology ward on Tuesday afternoon. Four pre-natal women from the ward were immediately shifted out of the ward, hospital sources said.…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made a minor reshuffle in the top police cadre. According to a Home department notification, additional director general of police (Modernisation), Vinaytosh Mishra has also been assigned to the…

Bhubaneswar: Keeping in mind the busy schedule of people, the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department has decided to keep all parks in the state open from 6 am to 9 pm every day. A notification has been issued in this regard.…

Nayagarh: The undertrial prisoner, who had escaped from Khandapada sub-jail, was arrested near his village Karabara on Monday. The undertrial prisoner, identified as Tapan Rout, had managed to escape from the jail for the second time on…