Bhubaneswar: The National Security Guard (NSG) will conduct reconnaissance of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, as a part of its security inspection in the pilgrim town on March 18. A five-member team of the NSG...

Bhubaneswar: Bringing an end to uncertainty over the observance of the famous Jagar Yatra of Lord Lingaraj, rituals normalised at the famous 11th-century shrine after some hours of delay owing to dispute among some servitor...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to stop classroom teachings for the class X and XII on Sundays from April 1. School and Mass Education Minister Sameer Ranjan Dash said that classes for revision of...

New Delhi: A Central empowered committee will visit Odisha tomorrow to assess the wildfire situation and provide technical assistance to State officials in containing the blaze in Similipal biosphere reserve and other forests. Union Forest...

Dhenkanal: As many as three persons have been arrested on charges of setting fire at Ranjagada reserve forest here in Dhenkanal district. The accused caught by the forest department personnel have been identified as Hrudananda...

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Jaydev Jena along senior party leader Mohan Prakash as the observers for the Assam Assembly poll. The two leaders...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has made elaborate security arrangements in the State Capital city today in view of Mahashivratri. As many as 34 platoons of forces have been deployed at various sensitive points across the...

Bhubaneswar: Aiming at early completion of vaccination of elderly persons against the Covid-19, the Odisha Government has stepped up its district-wise targets to accelerate the drive of administering first dose of vaccines to at least...

Paralakhemundi (Gajapati): Tension prevailed at Katalkaitha, on the outskirts of the district headquarters town after an ambulance hit a minor girl killing her on the spot. The deceased identified as S Laxmi belongs to the...

Balasore: Over 20 passengers sustained injuries, some of them critically after a bus they were travelling in overturned on NH-16 near Soro in the district on Sunday. The bus -Chakadola- carrying around 40 passengers including...

Puri: Even as many believe that Mahatma Gandhi had never visited Puri Sri Jagannath temple his entire life due to restrictions against ‘Harijans’ entry, a hand-written document of 100 years old, in possession of OTV,...

Bhubaneswar: Clarifying on the directive issued by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) regarding sealing of houses of the holding tax defaulters, deputy commissioner (Revenue) of the civic body, Srimant Mishra on Sunday said that the...

Bargarh: At a time when border controversy over Kotia villages in Koraput district has emerged a major headache for the Odisha Government, another report that would eventually drag the State government into an embarrassment has...

Kendrapara: A tutor has been arrested for allegedly beating two class-III students at Purusottampur under Marshaghai police limits in Kendrapara district on Sunday. The accused, Rajendra Rout was nabbed following a complaint lodged by a...

Boudh: A man and his son were arrested for allegedly setting a forest ablaze at Madhapur in Boudh district on Monday. The accused duo identified as Asan Majhi and his son Shyamghan, residents of Madhapur...

Bhubaneswar: All transactions in the Odisha Assembly have been stalled on Monday for third consecutive day due to protest and counter protests by the members of Opposition and treasury benches in the well of the...

Bhubaneswar: The man who first tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha on this day a year ago has recalled his days of agony on the first anniversary of the deadly virus onset in the State....

Bhubaneswar: After drawing flak from several quarters over the hike in holding tax effected by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Odisha government on Monday put the revised tax on hold. Speaking to media, Housing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police on Monday claimed to have executed as many as 3988 non-bailable warrants which were pending at various police stations across the State during a week-long special drive. As per an official release,...

Bhubaneswar: Amid fresh spike in the cases of Covid-19 in various States like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, the Odisha Government has alerted people with fresh guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus...