Ramakanta Biswas

Cuttack/Sambalpur: Mangalabagh police on Thursday busted a prostitution racket operating from a house in Ranihat area of Cuttack and arrested three persons. Acting on a tip-off, Manglabagh police and a special squad raided the house...

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: If COVID-19 lockdowns and shutdowns hit them hard a few months ago, lack of cold storage is now adding salt to their injuries. A case in point is the distress sale of vegetables, especially...

Bhubaneswar: Worried over resurgence in Covid-19 cases in several states, the Odisha government on Friday reinforced its earlier order passed on June 8, 2020 specifying strict guidelines for containment of Covid-19 spread in the State....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) has invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up posts of physical education teacher (PET) under the higher education department. Candidates who have passed Bachelor’s Degree in Physical...

Bhubaneswar: The prolonged wait is finally over for Royal Bengal tigress Sundari which has been spending a caged life for more than two years in an enclosure in Odisha. A special team from Kanha National...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday ordered a ban on ‘Holi’ celebration and related rituals in public places throughout the State on March 28 and 29 saying the festival have a potentiality to cause spread...

The result of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021 was announced by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay) on Friday. Candidates can check their scores by visiting the official website of IIT Bombay...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition on Saturday raised the Mahanga double murder issue in the Odisha Assembly and demanded resignation and arrest of Minister Pratap Jena for his alleged involvement in the crime. During the Zero Hour,...

Berhampur: A tipper lorry driver was beaten to death by a mob after the vehicle run over a youth in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Saturday. The incident was reported from Dengadi Square under Patapur police...

Khordha: A rare avian visitor, a Leucistic Common Moorhen, was spotted at Mangalajodi, popularly known as Odisha’s birds’ paradise. The solitary migratory bird was spotted by noted bird guide and trustee of Mangalajodi Conversation Trust,...

Bhubaneswar: The RTOs across the State have suspended 16,820 driving licences during the months of January and February for violating road safety guiltiness, the State Transport Authority (STA) said on Saturday. While 7960 DLs were...

Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Odisha on Saturday on a three-day visit from March 20 to 22. Kovind and the first lady reached Bhubaneswar today evening and were welcomed...

Bhubaneswar: Congress members on Saturday expressed concerns over the State government’s closure plan of 1000 high schools and demanded assurance from the ruling-BJD of not going ahead with the proposal. Citing a media report which...

Bhubaneswar: Three Odia films have won national awards in the 67th National Film Awards, 2019 announced in Delhi today. Sala Budhar Badla and Kalira Atita have been adjudged as best Odia films in feature film...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has finally announced the date of Odisha Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020. The examination will be conducted on May 23 (Sunday) in five zones such as Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surya Narayan Patro has once again called for an all-party meeting to break the stalemate in the House. As per sources, discussion will be held in the meeting for smooth running...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health department has created new teaching and non-teaching posts in the surgical and medical gastroenterology department of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur. Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal has sanctioned the creation...

Bhubaneswar: For people with diabetic, who are worried over slow or the non-healing of their wounds, here comes a good news. A group of scientists at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here have developed...

Bhubaneswar: High drama unfolded on the streets of the Capital city Bhubaneswar after a young girl allegedly tried to commit suicide in full public view following a fight with her male friend. The incident reportedly...

Malkangiri: Amid reports of surge in Covid-19 cases in Odisha, the district administration of Malkangiri on Tuesday ordered seven-day mandatory home isolation for people coming to the district. “All persons, who are coming to this...