Sex racket

Bhubaneswar: Police on Wednesday busted a sex racket operating in Chandrasekharpur and detained one person in this connection. The police have also rescued a 21-year-old girl who claimed to be from Russia, but failed to produce her passport and visa. The police said that the girl claimed to have landed in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Cops are interrogating his male companion Somesh Panda to verify her claims.

Met day

Bhubaneswar: World Meteorological Day was celebrated at the regional meteorological centre at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. An open-house exhibition was organised where a number of meteorological instruments were displayed to give the common man and students an idea about weather forecasting. 

One dead

Rourkela: A 70-year-old man died on Wednesday in a fire mishap.