Bargarh: With only few days left for Dhanu Yatra, the world’s biggest open air theatre, to kick start here, preparations for the 11-day long festival are on full swing in Bargarh town. During this Dhanu...

Kendrapara: Unidentified miscreants looted an Axis Bank automated teller machine (ATM) at Juna Chhak under Marshaghai police limits in the district after breaking it open late on Wednesday night. The matter came into light this...

Kalahandi: Demanding district status to Dharamgarh members of   the Kriyanushthan Committee has been observing a dawn-to-dusk   bandh in six blocks of Dharmagarh today. Members of the outfit were seen picketing on highways and in front...

Koraput: As the Assembly elections in Odisha inches closer, Kolab water project displaced families have decided to boycott the polls as a mark of protest against the government’s apathy in ensuring clean drinking water facilities...

Bolangir: Demanding district status to Kantabanji the Zilla Sangharsh Samiti has been observing a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Turekela today. Members of the outfit were seen picketing on highways and in front of several government offices...

Dhenkanal: Farmers of Jagannathpur village in the district are facing a tough time during the paddy procurement process owing to a dispute with rice millers over fair average quality (FAQ) norms. During the last two...

Malkangiri: After border dispute over the ownership of Kotia panchayat villages in Pottangi block of Koraput district, attempts by the Andhra Pradesh government to lure residents of some villages in Chitrakonda block in Malkangiri district...

Nabrangpur: Over 80 quintals of paddy worth lakhs of rupees reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out in Jhandariguda village of Nabarangpur district today. As per reports, the blaze originated from the paddy...

Cuttack: Two days after 15 sheep were killed by an unidentified animal at Gopal Sahi near Naraj area in the district, another sheep was found dead in the same area today. As per reports, the...

Berhampur: A special tribunal team appointed by the Supreme Court on Bansadhara water dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh have begun inspection at Sara village under Kashipur block in Paralakhemundi of the district today. According...

Sundergarh/Cuttack: An ailing tusker undergoing treatment at Taladihi forest under Barasuan range in the district died this morning. As per reports, the tusker had been ill for last two days and was being treated by...

Kalahandi: Demanding a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in the district, members of the District Lawyers’ Association are observing a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh today. The members of the committee were seen picketing in front...

Jharsuguda/Cuttack: In yet another incident of man-animal conflict, a woman was trampled to death at Bhoimunda village under Brajrajnagar block in Jharsuguda today. According to sources, the pachyderm had entered the village today morning and...

Jagatsinghpur: Protesting lack of measures by the authorities to put a check on illegal sale of liquor, locals hit the streets by staging a road blockade at Dihasahi under Erasama block in the district today....

Kendrapara: Health condition of three children deteriorated after consuming expired medicines in Kharinasi village under Mahakalapada block in the district late night on Sunday. According to sources, the children were initially rushed to the Ramnagar...

Sambalpur: A team of experts from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) today started the treatment of an ailing  tusker at Padiabahal forest range in Sambalpur today. According to sources, the team led by...

Rayagada: Intensifying its crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking, a joint team of police and forest department officials arrested five persons and rescued a Pangolin from their possession near Gunupur bus stand in the district today....

Jagatsinghpur: Police busted a fake zarda (chewing tobacco) manufacturing unit and arrested one person involved in the racket from Kendal village in the district on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Pramod Sahu. Acting...

Kandhamal : With only a day left before the beginning of Christmas celebrations in Odisha, preparations for the mega religious event are on full swing amid tight security. While Baptist and Catholic churches in Kandhamal,...

Malkangiri: Maoists have unleashed terror by torching a JCB machine at Patraput area in Bandaghati village near Andhra-Odisha Border in the district late Thursday night. According to reports, the ultras set fire to the JCB...