Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Excise officials seized brown sugar worth around Rs 14 lakhs and arrested three drug dealers after raids in two separate places in the state today. According to reports, a flying squad of the Excise...

Bolangir: A man was allegedly killed over past enmity at Jharabahali village under Saintala Police limits of Bolangir district last night. The deceased has been identified as Jagadish Manhira. While the exact reason behind Manhira’s...

Jajpur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh came down heavily on BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today for not implementing Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Odisha. Addressing a poll meeting in Bari of Jajpur...

Bhubaneswar: Utkal University authorities today postponed the Plus-III 4th semester examinations following protests by students. Informing about the development, college development council director, Santosh Tripathy said that the theory exams which were scheduled to begin...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging rigging, the Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded re-polling in nine booths of Atagarh Assembly constituency. A delegation of the saffron party led by Cuttack Lok Sabha candidate and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik and his son Nabajyoti Patnaik are the richest among the candidates in fray in constituencies going to polls in the fourth and final phase elections in...

Cuttack: Two students were killed after they were struck by lightning in Tangi area of Cuttack district today afternoon. According to reports, the students, who were undergoing skill development training, sustained severe burn injuries after...

Kendrapara: A group of polling officials staged a dharna in front of an EVM distribution centre in Kendrapara today after being allegedly denied postal ballot papers to exercise their franchise in the fourth-phase elections in Odisha...

Koraput: In a major breakthrough, police arrested hardcore Maoist Jayram Khila from Talakandapali village under Padua Police limits of Koraput district today. Khila was the member of Nandapur area committee of the outlawed group. Speaking...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is the second most richest candidate in the State. Patnaik followed Congress candidate Bobby Mohanty who topped the richest chart. Patnaik who is contesting from two assembly constituencies –...

Mohana/ Keonjhar/Koraput: As the entire state of Odisha is reeling under the continuous spell of severe heatwave, several districts of the state including Gajapati, Keonjhar and Koraput are facing an acute drinking water crisis. In Ambagaon village under...

Puri: The servitors’ body of Puri Srimandir today opposed the affidavit filed by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) before the Supreme Court over the number of servitors required to perform duties at the temple. Recently, the SJTA,...

Bhubaneswar: Two students of the city-based Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) today filed a complaint at Siripur Police outpost alleging ragging by their seniors inside the college campus. In their police complaint, two...

Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)/ Bhubaneswar:  At least 17 girls from Odisha were rescued from the Rajahmundry Railway Station in the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) while being trafficked to Mumbai. According to reports, a team...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has taken adequate precautionary measures to avoid possible damages to polled Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in view of the expected landfall of Cyclone Fani on Friday. Besides, the Collectors of all the...

Bhubaneswar: Shalini Sheetal of Mother’s Public School in Unit 1 of Bhubaneswar has topped the class-XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination in Odisha. Sheetal, who is a Science student, secured 98.2 % marks...

Bhubaneswar: Apart from unleashing copious rain and windstorm gusting up to 200 kmph that blew away thatched roofs of houses, swamped towns and villages, cyclone Fani, which made landfall near Puri on Friday has also...

Puri/Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: After making landfall near Puri on Friday, Cyclone Fani has virtually battered the coastal region of Odisha to its knees causing extensive damages to different sectors including dwelling units, power lines, road infrastructure and...

Kendrapara: Bharatiya Janata Party’s national vice president and spokesperson, Baijayant “Jay” Panda, today took stock of situation in different areas of Kendrapara district which have been massively affected by cyclone Fani. Panda visited different cyclone-hit...

Bhubaneswar: Condition of both the rich and poor has become the same in the Smart City Bhubaneswar in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani as everyone from slum dwellers to those living in posh area are...