Briefs

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a thunderstorm and lightning alert for 10 districts of Odisha from 4pm to 7pm on Monday. The latest Met bulletin said moderate thunderstorm, lightning…

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Monday busted a gunrunning racket in Bhubaneswar and arrested three persons in this connection. The police also seized two country-made guns and three live bullets from their possession. A joint team…

Bhubaneswar: Four youths, including two engineering students, were arrested by Jatni police on Sunday for a series of loot incidents on NH-16 in Bhubaneswar. The accused have been identified as Satya Ranjan Behera (29), Pratap Kishore…

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh police have filed an FIR against the BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy after a Congress leader registered a complaint against him for allegedly making a false statement against former Congress chief Rahul…

An Indian Coast Guard ship has saved the lives of 8 fishermen who were stranded at sea since June 21 on board a distressed fishing vessel off the Odisha coast. An ANI report said the boat has now been towed to safety at Paradip.

Balasore: Empty buckets and water containers lined the road at Nilgiri in Balasore as women of Harijan Sahi and Odia Sahi of Bogishila Panchayat restored to a blocked over drinking water scarcity. The agitators said that they had been…

Puri: The darshan of the sibling deities will be closed for six hours till 9 pm on Sunday, as the special Banakalagi ritual will be held at Adapa Mandapa of Gundicha temple in Puri. Different types of natural colours like Hingula,…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the top bureaucracy. According to a notification, senior IPS officer and IG, Crime Branch, Arun Bothra has been given additional charge of Managing Director of…

Keonjhar:  Around 40 schoolchildren had a narrow escape after a truck hit their school bus near Gohira Chhak on NH-20 in Keonjhar on Saturday. According to sources, the incident took place when the students were returning from the school…

Deogarh: Deogarh Police has launched a special drive to nab drunkards. It has introduced two special vans to nab persons roaming in an inebriated condition. Deogarh SP, Rahul Jain directed the district police to patrol the Deogarh…