Cuttack: Odisha Police on Wednesday paid homage to the policemen who laid down their lives in the line of duty, on the occasion of 61st Police Commemoration Day at State Police Headquarters in Cuttack. Tributes...

Bhubaneswar: The well-marked Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts is likely to concentrate into a depression in the next 12 hours...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has decided to get a new set of jewellery for Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra. The SJTA Chief Administrator Kishan Kumar held a meeting...

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 cases in Odisha continued its declining trend for the fourth consecutive day with 1913 cases in the last 24 hours. However, the death rate remained static with at least 15 persons succumbing...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: It is that time of the year when people, wherever they are residing, either for job or any other purpose, come back to their native places to celebrate the festivities with series of shopping,...

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 cases continued to show a declining trend in Odisha with the State witnessing 1793 new cases in the last 24 hours. Similarly, 18 persons succumbed to the disease. While total coronavirus caseload...

Sonepur: Hard work and perseverance seem to have paid off for Rajesh Pradhan, a poultry farmer from Naikenpali village under Dunguripali block of Sonepur district. Rajesh who once worked as a daily wage labourer outside...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday held a meeting to discuss the implementation of the guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to be followed during the idol immersion following Durga,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha today saw further drop in the number of Covid-19 cases with 1695 persons testing positive in the last 24 hours. The fresh cases pushed the total caseload in the State to 279582 while...

Bhubaneswar: Following the Covid-induced lockdown, beginning in the last week of March this year, the sale of bicycles has reportedly almost doubled in Bhubaneswar. Social distancing norms, coupled with the fear of contamination and the...

Puri: Special ‘Shodasha Upachar Puja’ is underway at Maa Bimala Temple on the premises of Srimandir on the ninth day (Navami) of Navratri. The temple is one of the important Shakti Peethas and the goddess...

Bhubaneswar: Couple of days after the depression over Bangladesh weakened into Well Marked Low Pressure Area, another low pressure is expected to form over Bay of Bengal in the next four days, informed the Regional...

Bhubaneswar: With 1633 cases on Sunday, Odisha reported a new low in COVID-19 cases in a single day spike. The number of fresh cases reported in the State each day has been below 2,000 from...

Puri: Tension flared up outside Astaranga Police Station in Puri district on Sunday after some villagers of Jhadalinga village staged protest outside the police station demanding release of their relatives, who were detained in connection...

Puri: With the Lord Jagannath Temple in the pilgrim town closed for devotees and no special arrangements in place Puri this year to observe the holy Kartika month beginning tomorrow, the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions have...

Bhubaneswar: The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Odisha continued its downward trend and came down below the 1500-mark on Monday, for the first time since the outbreak of pandemic. As many as 1480 new...

Puri: The ‘Besha Anukula’ ceremony that marks the beginning of the preparations for the rare ‘Nagarjuna Besha’ of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities in Puri Srimandir was held today. Besha silpis, the artisans in-charge...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: The customary idol immersion ceremony of Maa Durga will be held today sans public participation in view of the Covid-19 restrictions in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. On Monday, Vijay Dashami was...

Malkangiri: An exchange of fire took place between the security forces and CPI (Maoist) at Jumdang area in Malkangiri district on Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border on Tuesday morning. Acting on a tip-off about the camps of...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha rose to 283942 on Tuesday after 1247 more people tested positive for the infection while 13 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll in the State to 1272, State Information...