Bhubaneswar: A large number of employees working under different franchises of the Electricity Department have threatened to launch a cease-work protest from today to press for their demands. As per sources, the employees have given...

Rayagada: Train services were disrupted in Rayagada and Koraput districts today after the overhead electric wires between Bhalumuska-Liliguma railway lines snapped this morning. As per latest reports, train services have resumed following restoration work. Earlier,...

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to motivate the cadres for the upcoming 2019 Assembly polls, BJP party President Amit Shah today attended a meeting of the party’s women’s wing at Puri. He was welcomed by Union...

Bhubaneswar: Expressing satisfaction over several decisions taken during his two-day visit to Puri, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium today informed that all the details of the accounts of Puri Srimandir will be made...

Bhubaneswar: After several clubs lost membership of Orissa Cricket Association (OCA), its former Secretary Ashirwad Behera on Saturday said that the clubs have been removed while acting on the direction of the Supreme Court and...

Bhubaneswar: The agitating teachers under the aegis of Odisha School and College Teachers’ and Employees’ United Forum have decided to discontinue their protest from tomorrow. The teachers will now return to their respective schools after...

Keonjhar: Two days after police arrested Debasish Patra, son of School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra, Ghasipura police and Ramachandrapur police registered two more cases against the former. As per a complaint filed...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: As the controversy over former MP Baijayant Panda’s chopper seize and Abhijit Iyer’s derogatory comments intensifies, editor of Outlook, Ruben Banerjee, in an exclusive interview to OTV, speaks about his understanding of the...

Kalahandi: In another breakthrough, police busted a fake currency note racket in Dharmagarh of Kalahandi district on Friday. While two persons have been arrested in the case, fake notes worth Rs 17,000 were seized from...

Rayagada: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man after the former’s stepmother left her at the house of the accused in Chandili in Rayagada district. The matter came to light after relatives of...

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium reached Puri today to hold discussions with various stakeholders over 12 proposals suggested by the apex court as part of disciplinary reforms for the Jagannath temple. Subramanium...

Bhubaneswar: Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra’s derogatory remarks on Odisha have drawn intense criticism. Mitra was criticised for a tweet which he had tweeted on November 16, 2017, and in which the scribe wrote: “Odisha was...

Balasore:  Time and again we come across incidents that remind us of our existence in a regressive society. One such incident has taken place in Kumbharpatna village under Maitapur Panchayat in Balasore where a newly-wed...

Jagatsinghpur: Business tycoon Mahimananda Mishra today surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Kujang in connection with Mahendra Swain murder case. Mishra surrendered before the Court after the Supreme Court yesterday rejected...

Kandhamal: Residents of Parampanga and Dadakangia panchayats in Kandhamal district today staged a road blockade on National Highway 59 protesting the shortage of teachers in Parampanga Government U.G High school. According to sources, the protesters...

Bhubaneswar: Soon after a controversy erupted over the seizure of the helicopter of former MP Baijayant Jay Panda on allegations of flying over Chilika Lake, the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) has said that there are...

Bhubaneswar: It was another noisy day inside the Odisha Assembly as all the three major parties- Congress, BJP and the ruling-BJD created ruckus over different issues of the State following which the Speaker adjourned the...

Bhubaneswar: The Legislative Assembly passed the Additional Rs 12790 crore-Odisha Appropriation Bill, 2018, on Monday whose value is estimated to be nearly 10.6 per cent of the total budget. Odisha Finance minister Shashi Bhusan Behera...

Jagatsinghpur: In an incident of alleged police high-handedness, two cops have been placed under suspension on charges of assaulting a youth inside the premises of Jagatsinghpur Sadar police station. As per a complaint lodged with the...

Puri: The State government decided to establish Odia University at ‘Bakula Bana’ under Satyabadi block in  Puri during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat yesterday. Keeping in view the environment...