The court had heard the writ petition on July 19 and reserved its verdict. Ahead of the momentous occasion, the court delivered the 41-page verdict in Odia on July 25.

After prior approval from the Central Zoo Authority for animal exchange, the zoological park received two hoolock gibbons and as many leopard cats from Itanagar Zoological Park.

Hearing a petition filed by a divyang candidate, the High Court put the interim stay on the announcement of the Civil Services 2021 results.

Coming down heavily on the ruling BJD, senior Congress leader Amiya Patnaik alleged that sub-standard work resulted in the mishaps.

A glaring example of persistent infrastructure woes is Dasamantapur block in Koraput district. Without a bridge over Baliguda River, the residents of six villages under the block risk their lives while crossing the river for...

While the investigation to ascertain the soil's bearing capacity has reached the final stages at two to three places, the exercise is on at several points on the 26-kilometre-long stretch.

In Capital city Bhubaneswar, petrol and diesel are being sold at Rs 103.54 and Rs 95.09 respectively, while the rate is Rs 103.71 for petrol and Rs 95.25 for diesel in Cuttack.

The 14 non-working days include second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays. Among other holidays, there will be Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan in August.

The local residents have to produce their ID cards supporting their resident to access the temple through Paschima Dwara, sources informed.

According to Vigilance sources, Parida was accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from a complainant to help him and his mother in a land dispute case, through a middleman identified as Amareswar Nayak.

As per the belief, Goddess Sikharchandi is the presiding deity of the ‘Paika’ community and the members of the community used to seek blessings of the Goddess before going for a war.

According to sources, Mahala's vehicle was stopped near Traffic Chhak by the police while she was on her way to meet CM Naveen at his residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar. 

While several party workers and leaders came in support of Moquim and Biswal and alleged they were suspended without any discussions, several others supported the move citing the decision is wise as the duo was...

It is pertinent to mention here that at present devotees are only allowed inside Puri Jagannath Temple through the gate near Singhadwara. As a result, there is usually a huge rush and devotees have to...

A major train mishap was averted on Tuesday when a Memu train had a narrow escape near Nilagiri Road Baruna Singh station in Balasore.

All the injured have been admitted to the Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in a critical condition, sources informed, adding that, both the families have filed separate complaints against each other at Tihidi Police Station.

Angry over the decision, the students staged a walkout of the class and locked the main door of the school before staging a sit-in along with their parents.

According to sources, Subharajit, whose highest educational degree is Plus 2, was also running a clinic in Ranihat area in Cuttack and treating patients.

The street vendors are destroying the beauty of the market area and making it crowded, the association had alleged and urged the BMC to take necessary action.

Samarendra Behera, an artist from Mayurbhanj district, has made a smoke art depicting India’s lunar mission and garnering praise from all quarters for his art.