Dhenkanal: Hundreds of journalists of Dhenkanal district gheraoed the district information & public relations office demanding the transfer of the district information and public relations officer (DIPRO) Hemant Kumar Nayak for his alleged misbehavior. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, Commissionerate Police toady busted a highway robbery gang and arrested two persons. The police have also seized a gun and a car bearing West Bengal registration number from the arrested...

Khurda: Cyclone Fani-affected residents of Sadheigada village in Brajamohanpur panchayat of Khurda district today detained the panchayat executive officer and the block Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) for more than four hours over alleged irregularities in...

Bhanjanagar: Normal life in Bhanjanagr of Ganjam district was affected to the bandh called by the contractual employees of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) today. The bandh call was given by the employees opposing...

Bolangir: Senior BJP leader and Patnagarh MLA, KV Singh Deo and his wife Sangeeta Singh Deo had a narrow escape today after their car met with an accident near Khambeswaripali on Sonepur-Bolangir road. According to...

Boudh: Four siblings of a family attacked and chopped off fingers and toes of a man for allegedly killing their father. The spine chilling incident reported from Khamar village under Kantamal police limits of Boudh...

Aska: With just a few hours left for counting of votes, violence surfaced after Congress candidate of Aska Assembly seat, Manoj Kumar Jena was shot at by four bike-borne miscreants near Lanjipalli in Berhampur today....

Bhubaneswar: Congress’ candidate for Aska Assembly seat, who was shot at by four bike-borne miscreants, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar yesterday night. The mortal remains of Jena were brought to...

Sonepur: As many as 12 goats died under mysterious circumstances at Dunguripali village in the district today triggering panic among the villagers. As many as eight goats died yesterday while the unknown disease claimed four...

Deogarh: A sick female elephant died while undergoing treatment at Hiran village in Kansan under Deogarh forest division on Sunday morning. The ailing jumbo was undergoing treatment for over a month. According to reports, the...

Puri: In yet another incident of post- poll violence in Odisha, at least five persons were injured after bombs were hurled following a clash between two groups at Bhatapada village in Brahmagiri area of Puri...

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has asked all ministries to report evaluation of Central Sector schemes under them in an effort to decide on funds allocations and requirement of improvements in them prior to the...

Bhubaneswar: The online entrance examination for post graduate (PG) courses under the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) will be held on June 8 and 9, informed OJEE chairman Sudeep Kumar Chand today. This is for...

Cuttack: Healthcare services have been affected at Salepur after the only 108 ambulance under theSalepur community health centre (CHC) met with an accident four days ago. According to sources, the only 108 ambulance met with...

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave continues to intensify in Odisha with 12 places across the State recording temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius today. As per the data of the regional Meteorological department, Sambalpur seemed to have turned...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued thunderstorm and lightning alert for three Odisha districts. As per the latest forecast, a moderate thunderstorm and lightning will occur at one or...

Nabarangpur: Around 20 armed miscreants allegedly torched a Kendu leaf godown of the Odisha Forest department at Deoband in Chandahandi block of Nabarangpur district late Thursday night. According to sources, the miscreants arrived at the...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police busted a motorbike-lifting racket in the capital city, Bhubaneswar today and arrested two persons in this connection. Police have recovered 15 stolen bikes from the possession of the arrested persons. All...

Balasore: In order to attract more numbers of national and international tourists to Bhadrak and Balasore, the two districts will soon be turned into tourism hubs, said Odisha’s Tourism minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi here on...

Sangrur/Chandigarh: Tension prevailed among villagers in Sangrur over the inability of the Punjab government to retrieve a toddler who has been trapped in a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell for the past five days. Thousands of angry...