Pradeep Pattanayak

At about 1 AM, home guard Prakash Muduli and a driver were going out of the police station in a private van loaded with the seized crackers and liquor. 

Muskan and her associates would come to dance bars in the evening, have liquor, and food and enjoy till midnight. After midnight, they would come out of dance bars and proceed toward the railway station...

The residents of eight villages of two Panchayats have been opposing the mining of Bauxite from Sijimali, demanding the establishment of plants, employment for local youths, and measures to keep the environment safe. 

Rourkela SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra on Monday said no one would be spared and if required, even the district Collector would be questioned.  

The CBI had taken Dr Panigrahi on remand for a period of five days for interrogation. With the remand period ending on Monday, he was produced before the CBI court.

It is believed that the goddess comes out of the temple on the fair night, wearing ‘chappals’ tied to the tree, goes around and fulfills her devotees’ wishes. 

In Jharsuguda, a stiff poster war has reportedly started between MLA Dipali Das and Brajarajnagar MLA Alaka Mohanty.

LoP Mishra said this while responding to what the Rairakhol MLA said against him at the Jan Sampark Padayatra in Sambalpur. 

Around five hundred years ago, Durga Puja was first celebrated in Cuttack. It is said that Binod Bihari Puja Mandap in Balu Bazar was the place in the city where the first Durga Puja was...

The embankment of the Devi river in Kakatpur of Puri district is a sensitive one. A year ago, the river embankment road between Bauriakan and Khandasahi was constructed spending crores of rupees under a government...

When asked about the status of this special committee, SJTA chief Ranjan Das said the matter would be discussed in the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee meeting.

In the latest incident of Andhra Pradesh’s encroachment bid, its health workers were seen in Galigabadar village under Pottangi block in Koraput district.

The accident in Cuttack district claimed three lives. While the identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, they all are known to be Class 10 students. 

At the prayer session at the school, they complained of feeling uneasy. Minutes later, they suffered from bouts of vomiting, diarrhoea and headache. They were immediately rushed to Keonjhar DHH where they are now undergoing...

The auspicious occasion of Mahalaya marks the end of the Pitru Paksha, otherwise known as Shradh. Those who couldn’t offer ‘pinda' to their forefathers during the 16 days of the Pitru Paksha, are doing the...

For the first time this year, the park has been declared as a plastic-free area.

The youth Congress activists were vituperative against the ruling BJD dispensation. 

BJD leader Shashi Bhushan Behera termed the support for the CM coming from Puri as blessings of Lord Jagannath. 

The Jharsuguda bound flight will take from Kolkata at 5.50 pm and reach Jharsuguda at 7.25 pm. And, it will take off from Jharsuguda at 7.55 pm and land at Kolkata at 9.20 pm. 

The World Egg Day is celebrated on the second Friday of October month every year. And the day is being celebrated across the globe today.