Ramakanta Biswas

Jharsuguda: A day after a married woman was shot dead in front of her house at Rohidaspada under Sarasmal Police limits in Jharsuguda district, police on Wednesday arrested a man hailing from Jharkhand in connection...

Bhubaneswar: Private hospitals in Odisha will now have to procure their supplies of Covid-19 vaccine directly from manufacturers as the State government on Thursday announced cessation of vaccine supply to…

Jajpur: Police on Wednesday arrested a man hailing from Panikoili area in the district for allegedly marrying for the third time without divorcing his second wife. The accused, identified as Imran Khan, has been arrested...

Berhampur: After targeting women and elderly persons, miscreants posing as police officials allegedly looted gold ornaments and cash from a man near Venkateswar temple under Badabazaar Police limits in Berhampur today. The matter came to...

Rourkela: Residents of Sundergarh district in western Odisha erupted in joy as Rourkela was chosen as one of the venues for the men’s hockey world cup in 2023. Hockey players, sports enthusiasts and locals expressed...

Jagatsinghpur: Member of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Yogendra Paswan arrived in Odisha on Thursday for a probe into the shocking incident in which a girl committed suicide after allegedly being raped at Tentoi...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the process of shifting major markets (Haats) in the capital city to decentralised alternate locations in view of the alarming rise in…

Nabarangpur: The stalemate over paddy procurement in Odisha under the current Kharif season has turned into a blessing for middlemen as they have now reportedly started transporting paddy to neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh after...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday announced mandatory 14 institutional or paid quarantine for people coming to Odisha from neighbouring West Bengal by road or air. The move came after…

Rayagada: While resentment continues to brew among farmers in western Odisha due to token system, farmers of Rayagada district staged a protest alleging non-procurement of paddy at the mandi here on Friday. According to sources,...

Baripada: A Class X student was killed after being reportedly hit by a speeding train at Machapada in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Bijay Nayak, a student of Gopabandhu Sikhya...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Saturday came down heavily on the Odisha government for failing to utilise central funds and resorting to fresh borrowings from market on interest. Addressing a press meet on the findings of...

Bhubaneswar: As many as nine schemes of six departments including the much-hyped KALIA yojana have come under the Mo Sarkar charter of the Odisha government from today. As per the regulations of the Mo Sarkar,...

Cuttack: As strict enforcement of on-road traffic regulations resumed today despite extension of relaxation of new Motor Vehicles Act in Odisha by three more months, a man in Cuttack had to pay a penalty of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday directed private hospitals across the State to reserve 50 per cent of general as well as ICU beds for treatment of Covid-19 patients. The…

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia film editor and Jayadev Award recipient Rabi Shankar Patnaik passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. He was 75. Patnaik was admitted to the…

Patnagarh: Illegal transportation of cough syrup continues unabated in Patnagarh area of Bolangir district. This was again evident after huge quantity of the banned cough syrup was seized by Excise Department on Wednesday. Over 2,000...

Sambalpur: A man in Sambalpur district allegedly duped several people from the Muslim community of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of taking them to Hajj pilgrimage. The accused Abdul Rahim, a resident of Kumbharpada...

Bhubaneswar: The body of a woman bank manager was found hanging at her rented house in Baramunda area of Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The deceased R Ranjita Rao was working as a senior manager of UCO...

Bhubaneswar: There seem to be no relief coming in for the commuters from the new Motor Vehicles Act as Odisha government hinted at not reducing the hefty fines for traffic violations in the State. Replying...