Pradeep Pattanayak

The farmers in Ganjam district on Tuesday were seen making last-ditch efforts to save their harvest-ready paddy from the cyclone ‘Michaung’-induced unseasonal rain. 

Prathamastami is also celebrated in Srimandir, Puri. Madhabananda Jew, the presiding deity of Madhabananda Jew temple at Niali in Cuttack, is the maternal uncle of Lord Jagannath.

After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) resounding victory in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the state functionaries seem to have been charged up. State party president Manmohan Samal on Monday said a U-Turn in Odisha...

As per the report, a total of 1,379 murder cases were registered wherein 1,402 people died.

Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Monday caught a senior clerk attached to the office of the Kishorenagar block development officer (BDO) in Angul district red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a government employee. 

Lady blackmailer and sextortion case main accused Archana Nag may walk out of jail in the New Year as she has been granted bails in all three cases registered against her, the latest being the...

At a time when the green coverage is fast depleting, resulting in the global warming, Japan’s Miyawaki method has brought a new ray of hope for the Sambalpur forest division to grow saplings fast.  

Tension prevailed on the premises of Panikoili Government School in Jajpur district, where the exam for the National Means cum Merit Scholarship 2023 (NMMS) was held, after the parents of the examinees created ruckus, alleging...

For non-vegetarians, particularly for those who have a special liking for dried fish, this fair has been a place of attraction. 

A boy aged about 14 died and another boy of the same age went missing while taking a bath in the Koel River near Pradhanpali in Sundargarh’s Rourkela on Saturday. 

The prestigious annual Odisha Citizens Award 2023, instituted by the Odisha Television Network, were conferred on nine distinguished personalities in recognition of their contribution to society in their respective fields.

The Keonjhar road accident that occurred on Friday, the first day of the zero fatality week, seems to have acted as a wake-up call for the authorities concerned. 

Miscreants struck Panijharia Government Primary School of Mahulia Panchayat under Chandbali Police limits in Bhadrak district on Friday night and decamped with money, stationery items, and some important documents. 

As many as 17 people lost their lives in separate road accidents on Friday when the state was observing the first day of the zero fatality week. 

A man allegedly stabbed his two-year-old son and an elderly woman to death at Gujumapadar village under Maidalpur Police limits in Nabarangpur district on Friday. Irate over the incident, villagers allegedly thrashed the accused following...

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police busted a bike-lifting racket and arrested two masterminds of the gang. 

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police busted a sex racket operating from a massage parlour under Kharvelnagar Police limits in Bhubaneswar on Friday. 

If everything goes the way as planned, devotees will no longer have to wait in the sun and rain outside the Lion’s Gate for entry into Puri Srimandir. 

The Law Department of the Odisha government has written a letter to the Home Department, seeking necessary action to rectify the spelling of the State from Orissa to Odisha in the Judiciary. 

Yellow and orange warnings have been issued for some districts for December 4 and 5 by the IMD.