Malkangiri: Hundreds of tribals from the Swabhiman area here gathered to participate in the Jan Sampark Abhiyan organised by the BSF Jawans at various panchayats in Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district on Monday. The campaign...

Bhadrak/Kalahandi: As many as three ATM kiosks- one Indian Overseas Bank ATM and two SBI ATMs, were damaged in three separate places in two districts of Odisha on Monday. In an audacious robbery in Bhadrak,...

Sonepur: Protesting liquor sale at a grocery shop at Badakhamar village in Birmaharajpur area of Sonepur district, hundreds of women ransacked the shop and smashed liquors bottles demanding its closure. The agitating women alleged that...

Keonjhar: The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Pandapada has found himself in trouble for slapping a driver during KALIA Samavesh organised at Pandapada of Keonjhar district on Sunday. The matter came to light after a...

Bhubaneswar: Around three lakh farmers under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) will hit the streets of Bhubaneswar today to pressurise the government to fulfil their long-standing demands of price, pension and prestige....

Bhubaneswar: The agitating members of Odisha Police Havildar-Constable-Sepoy Association today called off their ‘black badge’ protest after getting assurance from the State DGP (Director General of Police) that their demands will be fulfilled soon. According...

Bhubaneswar: With a spurt in drug peddling incidents in the past couple of months, it seems the capital city has now turned into a hub for illicit narcotics trade. The Excise officials today arrested a...

Kandhamal: Instances of sexual abuse of minor girls have been surfacing at an alarming rate in Odisha as yet again a minor girl was allegedly abducted and raped for three months in Daringbadi area of...

Koraput: In a major breakthrough, Police today arrested a dreaded Maoist leader of Nandapur division, Damburu Khila from Koraput. Official sources said Khil is allegedly involved in the murder case of Telugu Desam Party (TDP)...

Khurda: The flying squad of Excise Department today busted a brown sugar racket by arresting a drug peddler from Samantarapur area in Khurda district today. The accused, identified as Sunil Dalai, used to smuggle brown...

Deogarh: A security guard was found dead with gunshot wounds in his house barely a few metres from the Superintendent of Police (SP)’s residence in Deogarh district. The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Balua....

Bolangir: The mastermind of the sensational Patnagarh wedding gift blast case, Punjilal Meher was shifted from Patnagarh sub-jail to Bolangir jail today. In order to avoid any untoward situation in the jail due to the...

Bhadrak: A youth was tied to a tree by the women residents of Chardia village under Bansada police limits in the district today for selling country-made illicit liquor in the area. Protesting lack of measures...

Berhampur: Three miscreants posing as CBI officers looted gold ornaments from an elderly couple at Jayaprakash Nagar under Baidyanathpur police limits in Berhampur today. The couple had come  from Bhubaneswar to attain a marriage ceremony...

Cuttack: Absence of doctors at the Regional Spinal Injury Centre in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack has led to resentment among patients and their relatives. While staging a demonstration outside the campus gate...

Berhampur: In a unique move to streamline vehicular movement and spot the traffic violators, an Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS) will be implemented in the silk city. The initiative, which is likely to come into...

Balasore: At least one person was killed and two others sustained critical injuries in a series of collision involving three trucks on NH-26 near Bhagia Chhak under Semulia police station in the district today. The...

Bhadrak: Members of two families were rendered homeless after four rooms were gutted in a major fire that broke out at Mruganayani village in Chandbali area of Bhadrak district late on Sunday night. According to...

Bhubaneswar: Protesting government’s callous attitude towards their long-standing demands for fair price, pension and prestige, farmers under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) took to streets in various places across the state today....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today clarified that landless farmers of the State will receive all the benefits under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. Addressing a meeting, Secretary of Agriculture Department,...