Phulbani: Kandhamal police has stepped up security across the district on the occasion of the 11th death anniversary of Hindu spiritual leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and celebration of Janmashtami today. Special arrangements have been made...

Bhubaneswar: With the aim to create interest for studies among students, the Council of Higher Secondary Education(CHSE) is planning to include first year course in the Plus Two final exam, informed Odisha School and Mass...

Ganjam: As many as 87 class IX students of Pattapur Girl’s High School(PGHS) under Sanakhemundi block of Ganjam, passed their annual examination without evaluation of their answer sheets. The incident reportedly came to the fore...

Rayagada: Someone has rightly said “necessity is the mother of all inventions” and it has been proven by Uday Sabar of Gudiabandha village under Padmapur block of Rayagada district. Sabar, who has studied only till...

Mayurbhanj: A cobra was found inside a parcel box in Rairangpur area of Mayurbhanj district on Saturday. As per reports, after receiving a parcel from Vijaywada, an employee of L&T private limited had opened the...

Basel: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat clinched yet another gold medal at World Para-Badminton Championships in Switzerland’s Basel on Sunday. Bhagat pocketed the yellow metal after beating Daniel Bethell of England 6-21,21-14,21-5 in the final of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has now chalked out a detailed mechanism to assess the performance of the teachers in schools and junior colleges across the State. According to School and Mass Education department, students of...

Bhubaneswar: The regional Meteorological centre here on Tuesday predicted that north and southern parts of Odisha are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall on August 29 and 30 under the influence of a...

Sambalpur: Odisha Council of Medical Registration today issued a notice to the former director of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) Ashwini Pujahari asking him to personally depose before its ethics...

Tatarstan: S Aswatha Narayana brought laurels to Odisha and India after winning a historic gold medal at the 45th WorldSkills competition held in Russia’s Tatarstan on Tuesday. Apart from Aswatha, the other Indians who won medals...

Khurda: A pall of gloom descended on Malipada village in Khurda district after the death of a local resident along with his two sons in a road accident on NH-16 near Gada Khordha last night....

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday busted a fake edible oil manufacturing unit in Champakuda area of Phulnakhara and detained two persons, the owner and manager of the unit in connection with the incident. After...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik conferred the Biju Patnaik Awards for Sports, Bravery and State Award for Social Service on the occasion of National Sports Day today. Ace para shuttler Pramod Bhagat of Bargarh...

Bhubaneswar: Trouble further mounted for Ollywood actor, Papu Pom Pom as the Odisha unit of Bajrang Dal on Thursday demanded a ban on his upcoming movie ‘Mr. Kanhaiya’ which has already landed in controversy for...

Paralakhemundi: A large number of locals including women met Gajapati district collector Anupam Saha today and demanded cancelation of the license of a proposed liquor shop near Jangam Sahi in Paralakhemundi. The residents of Jangam...

Khurda : At least two persons were killed and around 20 others sustained injuries when the bus they were travelling in overturned near PubuSahi under Town Police limits in Khurda district today evening. The road...

Berhampur: Tension ran high at a private hospital near Gate Bazar in Berhampur following the death of a 13-year-old boy on Friday allegedly due to medical negligence. Family members of the deceased Nagraj Sethi of...

Rourkela: Steel City Rourkela, considered as one of the premier educational and business hub in Odisha is now staring at a serious scenario of drug abuse prevailing among youths especially school and college students. Boasting...

Cuttack: The 46th Sub-Junior (U-13) National Basketball Championship kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday. As many as 25 boys teams and 24 girls teams are taking part in the...

Sonepur: Innovating a new funda of looting people, some miscreants pelted stones at a truck and later looted the driver after the vehicle overturned near Anganadi bridge on Bargarh-Borigumma NH-26 in Sonepur district last night....