Briefs

Bhubaneswar: Charred body of a girl was found at Balipatna, on the outskirts of Odisha capital, on Monday. Her relatives claimed that she was suffering from severe stomach ache. Unable to bear the pain, she immolated self in the backyard…

Bhadrak/Jagatsinghpur: A headmistress of a primary school in Bhadrak district was suspended for dereliction of duty after a Class III student was allegedly raped inside the school on December 16. The headmistress in-charge of Padmapokhari…

Dhenkanal: A policeman was reportedly suspended after he was caught on camera arguing with people in an inebriated state here on Saturday night. A constable with Odisha Armed Police Force, he also admitted to consuming alcohol while on…

Cuttack: Five people were arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh at gunpoint from a person in Cuttack. Police said the accused were arrested from Dargha Bazaar area on Saturday night. A motorcycle and two mobile phones were…

Angul: The Angul District and Sessions Court and Special POCSO Court judge Prabhakar Ganthia on Saturday sentenced a teacher to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor girl. The Judge pronounced the judgment on…

Sambalpur: Unidentified miscreants set fire to an ATM kiosk near a temple in Thelkuli area in Sambalpur district. According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday night after the miscreants allegedly failed to loot money from the cash…

Bhubaneswar: The venue for the state-level Republic Day parade will remain unchanged with the celebrations taking place on Mahatma Gandhi Marg in the city on January 26, 2020. This was decided at a high-level meeting here on Friday,…

Kuchinda: Vigilance sleuths on Friday raided residences and offices of an assistant engineer in Kuchinda NAC, Upendra Nayak, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Simultaneous raids were conducted…

Malkangiri: Mutilated body of a newborn girl was found on district headquarters hospital (DHH) premises here in the early hours of Friday. According to sources, hospital staff spotted the body near the Aahar centre this morning and…

A 23-year-old woman from Odisha allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the sixth floor of a hotel in Noida. Police booked her boyfriend for abetment of suicide on Wednesday. According to sources, the woman jumped off from the sixth…