Puri: Police have made elaborate security arrangements in Puri, especially near the Srimandir, to ensure smooth darshan of the holy trinity during ‘Panchuka’ and ‘Kartik Purnima’. According to sources, 15 platoons of police force have...

Bhadrak: Hundreds of unexpired folic acid syrup bottles were found dumped near a pond close to Chandanpur anganwadi centre at Basudevpur in Bhadrak district. According to sources, the State government provides folic acid syrup bottles...

Bhubaneswar: The second day of the winter session of Odisha Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes today with Congress MLA disrupting the proceedings during Question Hour and accusing SC and ST Development Minister, Ramesh Majhi of presenting...

Dhenkanal: In a show of strength hundreds of women of Balarampur village in the district scuffled with police personnel at Jhinkargadi forest protesting cutting of trees for setting up of a beer factory. According to...

Balasore: Villagers of Hatimunda under Nilagiri area of Balasore district allegedly thrashed six forest personnel including a ranger and damaged two vehicles alleging failure of the forest department in preventing wild elephants from straying into...

Puri: “We lodged a complaint at the police station here, but they refused to take any action stating that they will not interfere in our village issue,” alleged Hrishikesh Sahu of Hatapada village under Satyabadi...

Puri: The controversy surrounding darshan fees at Sakhigopal Temple in Puri ended a day before ‘Anla Nabami’ after a successful meeting between the district administration and the servitors today. The controversy surfaced earlier this month...

Sundergarh: Panic gripped residents of Rajgangpur sub-division after a herd of 17 elephants destroyed crops and houses in the area today. According to the villagers, the elephants strayed into areas including Sunakhandi, Bhaluduma, Bhikapada, Jaharumal,...

Titlagarh: A 12-hour bandh has been called by locals in Sindhekela today demanding block status to the sub-district and district status to Titlagarh. The bandh called by the traders’ association was joined by various groups...

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths raided the house of a pharmacist in Baripada and arrested him for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, the millionaire pharmacist Sandeep Pati, was working as...

New Delhi: Expressing her ‘grief and horror’ at the elephant deaths in Odisha, Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, has urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take urgent measures to stop elephant...

Khurda: A joint team of Begunia police and a special squad today detained three persons involved in the loot of Rs 60 lakh from the officials of a private finance company on November 8 in...

Puri: A 70-year-old Habishyali broke her leg after a barricade fell on her at Puri Srimandir due to heavy rush of devotees during ‘Mangala Alati’ of Lord Jagannath today morning. The injured Habishyali has been...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has served notice to 11 persons in connection with Brahma Parivartan fiasco case in 2015 based on the report by then Chief Administrator. After a review, the notice was...

New Delhi: CEO of French plane-maker Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier, today rubbished the allegations levelled by Congress President Rahul Gandhi in connection with its tie-up with companies in Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group for offset contracts...

Ganjam: While the current spat between lawyers and police is yet to be resolved, another case of assault by police has been reported from Ganjam where a lawyer Haraprasad Das was allegedly thrashed by police...

Nuapada: Police have rescued 29 bonded labourers including 17 women and 6 minors in Nuapada yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Boden police raided the house where the labourers were held captive in...

Jagatsinghpur: One person lost his life while another suffered critical injuries in a road accident near Athanga on Jagatsinghpur-Paradip road yesterday night. The deceased has been identified as Bibekanand Das and the injured person is...

Cuttack: Eminent Odia singer Chitta Jena breathed his last at a private hospital in Cuttack today morning. Among his well known songs ‘Mo Priya Tharu Kiye’, ‘Rupa heithiba labanyabati, ‘Udi gala gendalia’ and ‘Ki Sundara...

Bhubaneswar: Two days after the Odisha government urged the Centre to look into the issue of replacement of stone carvings at Konark Sun Temple by Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI), the organisation on Monday clarified...