Bhubaneswar: Amidst ongoing lawyers’ protest, camp courts were held today inside jails across Odisha to provide bail to accused in custody. According to sources, 270 accused in custody were granted bail on the first day...

Bolangir: Two farmers set their Chakada-infested standing crops in 8 acre land on fire in Sahajbahal and Jhareibahal villages in Sadar block of Bolangir today. While Anil Hota from Sahajbahal set his crops on 5...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging rampant corruption, BJP workers today gheraoed several block offices across the State including the one in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, the national party has alleged that due to BJD workers, no work is...

Bhubaneswar: Even though the hearing of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal has begun the Centre is yet to make its stance clear on the issue. While the Centre had only enclosed the copy of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch arrested four persons in connection with a fraud worth Rs 1.22 crore at the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Bhubaneswar. Out of the four...

Koraput: Bringing glory for Odisha, Jeypore All India Radio (AIR) station received top prize in two categories at the Akashvani Annual Awards-2017 held this month. The programmes “Indradhanu@9” and “Kahaku Na Maniba Para” received 1st...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s badminton prodigy Rutaparna Panda won her 1st international women’s doubles title along with her partner Arathi Sara Sunil at the Hellas Open badminton tournament in Greece yesterday. The Indian players beat France’s Vimala...

Puri: Eight six persons have been arrested so far by Puri police in connection with violence during Puri Bandh on October 3 protesting the introduction ‘Dhadi Darshan’ or ‘Queue System’ inside Puri Srimandir. Informing the...

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and 23 others were injured in separate road accidents in Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur and Nayagarh districts on Sunday. Two persons died while three others were critically injured in a collision involving...

Dhenkanal: A team of Dhenkanal police on Saturday arrested Sanjay Kumar, an Army jawan from Dibrugarh in Assam, for the brutal murder of a jeweller Mantu Patra here on September 3. Addressing a presser, Dhenkanal...

Bhubaneswar: A 10-year-old minor girl was allegedly abducted today from Bhubaneswar Railway Station by a man impersonating as truck driver. As per the complaint report filed by the grandmother of the girl, the accused abducted...

Bhawanipatna: Body of a man was found hanging on the premises of sub-collector’s office today in Dharamgarh of Kalahandi district. The deceased has been identified as Bhudev Bagarti and it is being suspected that the...

New Delhi: As many as 8000 new schools will soon start functioning as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cleared their pending applications after revising bye-laws and simplifying the registration process. The schools...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia producer/director and industrialist Amiya Patnaik breathed his last at a private hospital in Delhi today. As per reports, Patnaik died around 8:30 am today days after he was admitted to the hospital...

Sonepur: Six wild boars fell into a well near Khaliapali village in Sonepur today. They were rescued later with the help of villagers and forest officials. According to sources, the animals had come from Murgabari...

Berhampur: A goods train was derailed between Berhampur and Golanthara railway stations today morning. According to sources, two bogies of the train were derailed while it was en-route to Visakhapatnam from Khurda road, however, no...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration works in cyclone Titli-affected districts. “I would request...

Bhubaneswar: Ashok Kumar Pradhan, who became the first person from Odisha to take charge as Managing Director of United Bank of India, visited the Bhubaneswar Regional office of the bank and held discussions with branch...

Bhubaneswar: With the death toll in cyclone Titli mounting to 52, Odisha government today increased the ex-gratia amount from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh each for the kin of the deceased. The announcement...

New Delhi: Following a spate of sexual harassment allegations, Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MEA) MJ Akbar resigned from his post today. The resignation came a day before a Delhi court is to...