Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced several sops for Anganwadi workers & helpers including salary hike and increase in the age of disengagement from service. “While the monthly salary of Anganwadi workers has...

Baripada: A village-level worker (VLW) was detained by locals at Badkhiladi panchayat office in Kaptipada block of Mayurbhanj district today over allegations of misbehaving with a woman. As per reports, VLW Bidyut Mahapatra had allegedly...

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police has put up a notice (Latka in common parlance) at the house of deceased Odia television actress Nikita’s in-laws, who failed to appear at the police station despite being summoned several...

Bhubaneswar: All India Mahila Congress president, Sushmita Dev today urged the members of the outfit in Odisha to up their ante against ruling-BJD and BJP ahead of the general elections this year. “I urged our...

Kendrapara: The body of an Odia labourer, identified as Dushashan Patra, was brought to Odisha today from Dubai, 11 days after his death. Patra, a resident of Aul area in Kendrapara, had gone to Dubai...

Bhubaneswar: The State Cooperation Minister Surjya Narayan Patro challenged the Opposition to prove allegations that paddy is being procured at prices below the stipulated MSP of Rs 1750 per quintal in mandis across Odisha and...

Berhampur: At least six persons suffered injuries after they were allegedly attacked by the Sarpanch of Tentulia panchayat under Khallikote block of Ganjam district. According to sources, the incident took place on January 2 during...

Sambalpur: Days after the body of album actress Simran was found under mysterious circumstances near Sambalpur, family members of the deceased have levelled serious allegations against the in-charge officer of Jharsuguda Police Station. The family...

Subarnapur/Ganjam: Paddy farmers across Odisha continue to face hardship as mandis in many parts of the State are yet to open. While some of the farmers are selling their paddy at lower prices to agents...

Sambalpur: Police today arrested the key accused in the abduction of the 10-year-old boy, who had managed to escape from captivity in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur yesterday. The kidnapper identified as Niranjan Sunani had abducted...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has ordered to freeze the locker containing nearly 1.5 kg gold worth Rs 40 lakh belonging to Jyoti Ranjan Beura alias ‘Golden Baba,’ who was recently arrested on charges of fraud....

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD and its trade union front Biju Sramika Samukhya (BSS) have pledged their support to the two-day nation-wide strike called by CITU, AITUC and others on January 8 and 9. The representatives of...

Kendrapara: For showing extraordinary courage and saving lives of many in the Kendrapara boat capsize incident on Wednesday, two minor siblings Purnima Giri and Babita Giri were felicitated by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Navin...

Jharsuguda: Two days after Sambalpuri album actress Simran Singh’s body was found under the Mahanadi River Bridge near Goira Matha in Sambalpur, Jharsuguda Police today arrested the husband of the actress, Dhrubraj Suna in connection...

Sonepur: As many as 269 people from five villages were taken ill after consuming food at a feast organized during the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a bridge over Anga river at Julunda in Sonepur yesterday....

Bhubaneswar: Politics over irrigation projects in Odisha intensified after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday countering media reports during PM Modi’s visit which claimed that only 22, 000...

Koraput: An intra-party feud reared its head in BJD’s Koraput district unit after party workers in Laxmipur constituency raised questions over the behaviour of party’s observer of the district, Tejeswar Parida. According to sources, a...

Koraput: By rolling out several schemes like pension for senior citizens and providing free food supplements to children, the Andhra Pradesh government is leaving no stone unturned to sway the residents of Kotia panchayat in...

Berhampur: A cook accused of stealing more than 1 kg gold and Rs 10 lakh cash from Berhampur was arrested by Odisha Police in Rajasthan today. The accused has been identified as Shravan who was...

Angul: Even though the villagers of Satkosia are living without any threat after relocation of tigress Sundari to an enclosure on November 6, the future of the big cat, which was the first one to...