Ramakanta Biswas

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo, and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to begin his campaigning for the upcoming by-elections to Balasore Sadar and Tirtol Assembly constituencies in the State. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the CM...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today issued an order with regard to the guidelines for re-opening issued on 30th September. The ministry in its latest order mentioned that the current reopening guidelines...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Capital recorded less than 100 cases for the second consecutive day with 88 testing positive for the viral infection on Tuesday. Of the total new cases, 71 were local contact cases while...

Cuttack: As many as 61 new cases of coronavirus were detected from Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) area in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. According to the information shared by the civic body,...

Cuttack: The immersion of Durga Puja idols passed off as a low-key affair in Cuttack on Tuesday with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. Elaborate arrangements were made for the immersion of Durga idols in order...

Bhubaneswar: The active cases of coronavirus in Odisha dropped below 15000 mark on Tuesday after 2010 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. After today’s recoveries, the total active cases in Odisha...

Keonjhar: Three passengers sitting inside a moving car had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire on Naranpur-Duburi Road near Ramchandrapur in Keonjhar on Tuesday. According to initial reports, the fire in the car...

Angul: As many as four persons have died while four others are still critical after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Pathargarh village of Angul district. One Pramod Sahu who had consumed the liquor died today...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to carry out the silver-plating work of the Sata Pahacha Dwar (gate) first. The decision to this effect was taken today at a meeting chaired by...

Sambalpur: Police on Tuesday arrested two brothers and detained a minor boy on charges of extortion and seized Rs 5000 cash and a car from them. The police action came after a complaint was lodged...

Rourkela: Unidentified miscreants allegedly set an SUV on fire at Heked Road under Tangarpali police limits after thrashing three occupants of the vehicle in the early hours today. According to an eyewitness, three persons including...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Pratap Sarangi has condemned BJD leader Kuna Tripathy’s ‘defunct transformer’ jibe at late Balasore MLA Madan Mohan Dutta. Taking to twitter, Sarangi termed the remark of Kuna Tripathy...

Sonepur: A fire broke out at a tea stall near Sub-Collector chhak in Birmaharajpur area of Sonepur district late last night. According to sources, a fire broke out at the tea shop owned by one...

Cuttack: In a major development, the Cuttack district administration has decided not to organise the historic maritime festival, Bali Yatra this year. The decision of not holding the festival has been taken by the administration...

Berhampur: Two persons were arrested and cash worth over Rs 33 lakh was seized by the Berhampur police during a raid on an illegal IPL betting syndicate early on Friday. “On the basis of reliable...

Tirtol/Balasore: As the polling date of By-Elections for Tirtol and Balasore Sadar Assembly seats nears, Odisha Police has made security arrangements for the polls in both the constituencies. Odisha DGP, Abhay on Friday reviewed the...

Athagarh: Even as religious places across Odisha remained closed due to Covid-19 pandemic, the servitors of Dhabaleswar temple in Athagarh area of Cuttack district on Friday demanded reopening of the temple in view of the...

Koraput: A woman was killed while four others were injured in a head-on collision between a car and an auto-rickshaw in Padua police limits of Koraput district on Tuesday. According to sources, both the vehicles...

Malkangiri: Security forces busted a major hideout of Maoists insurgents and seized huge quantity of arms, ammunition and other articles in Swabhiman Anchal (cut-off area) of Malkangiri district. The camp was busted during a joint...

Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha may experience light to moderate rainfall or thundershower till tomorrow morning, the India Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar informed on Wednesday. Light to moderate rain or thundershower likely to occur at...