Nayagarh: Odisha government’s Peoples Empowerment – Enabling Transparency and Accountability of Odisha Initiatives (PEETHA) scheme seems to yielding results to the contrary as it is exposing the chinks in the armour of ruling-BJD. During the...

Sambalpur: After the Board of Secondary Education’s office in Sambalpur was allegedly set afire by miscreants yesterday, a police case has been registered in connection with the incident today. The case has been registered at...

Berhampur: On the backdrop of allegations of sexual harassment against a shelter home in Dhenkanal; the administration is carrying out raids at various places to ensure safety and security of school children and hostel inmates....

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new campus of IIT Bhubaneswar and also lay the foundation stone for IISER in Berhampur during his scheduled Odisha visit on December 24, informed Union Minister Dharmendra...

Bhubaneswar:  Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, while addressing a presser today, announced that a two-day Scheduled Tribe (ST) ‘Mahasamabesh’ will be organised on Feb 2-3, 2019 in Bhubaneswar. Apart from 5000 delegates, PM Modi...

Berhampur: Taking a dig at Odisha Food Supplies Minister Surjya Narayan Patro, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today alleged that Patro and his son were grilled by the CBI in connection with their involvement in chit...

Jharsuguda: Brushing aside speculation of quitting the Congress party, Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das has said that he has no plans to leave the party. In a press statement, Das clarified that he had been...

Bhubaneswar: Proving that his heart too beats for hockey, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar will be flying down to Bhubaneswar to witness the final match of Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 at Kalinga Stadium tomorrow. The...

Bhubaneswar: As part of their strategy to garner support over women’s reservation bill, a BJD delegation today met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar in Pune. The team including School and Mass Education Minister...

Sambalpur: Demanding establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in western Odisha, agitating lawyers have decided to intensify their protest and a meeting in this regard was convened in Bargarh. During the meeting,...

Titlagarh: A video of a leopard roaming on a road at Saintala near the ordnance factory in Titlagarh has gone viral. The video was recorded by a man passing by the road when he spotted...

Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors from Odisha led by Health & Family Welfare Department Secretary Shalini Pandit visited AIIMS, New Delhi and reviewed the health condition of the separated conjoined twins Jaga-Kalia. While the health...

Bhubaneswar: A day after detection of avian influenza virus in four villages under Krushna Prasad block of Puri, a 5-member team today began culling of chicken in the affected poultry farms. While the bird-flu outbreak...

Bhubaneswar: Elated over the performance of Congress in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018, party workers celebrated ‘Vijay Utsav’ across several districts of Odisha. In Angul, party workers along with the district president...

Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown, the Excise department seized 70 gram brown sugar worth Rs 10 lakh today and arrested 2 persons in connection with the case from Khandagiri area in Bhubaneswar. One of the...

Bhubaneswar: A low pressure area has formed over the south-eastern Bay of Bengal, the Met department said today. However, the weather department predicted that it is not likely have any effect on Odisha. There are...

Bhubaneswar: The Income Tax Department has estimated a collection of Rs 12,151 crore in Odisha during the current financial year. Nearly, 48.4 per cent amounting to Rs 5,880 crore has already been collected, informed Commissioner...

Rourkela/Sundergarh: Protesting irregularities in land allocation to people and families displaced for the construction of the second bridge over Brahmani River, the affected residents today staged protest in front of Lathikata tehsil office in Sundergarh...

Bhubaneswar: Days after being sacked from the Congress Manifesto Committee, senior leader Srikant Jena today resigned from all other core committees of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). Jena has also written a letter to party...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought Centre’s intervention in the sexual harassment of girl inmates at Dream Center shelter home in Beltikiri village of Dhenkanal. In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,...