Bhubaneswar: As many as 13 out of the 21 ministers in the present Odisha government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik are crorepatis while one third of the total are facing criminal charges, an analysis...

Bhubaneswar: As the Odisha government gears up to implement ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative with an aim to make it more accountable, the Opposition parties have termed the new plan a farce and nothing more than an...

Malkangiri: A day after hundreds of residents in Chitrakonda area resorted to launch a mass protest demanding provision of basic facilities in the Swabhiman Anchal, a jawan was martyred while a top Maoist leader was...

Bhubaneswar: Separated conjoined twins of Odisha Jaga and Kalia who had been undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi since last two years following their rare successful cranial separation surgery, will...

Puri: Refusing to cooperate with the district administration in the demolition of the ancient Emar Mutt near Puri Srimandir, the Chief (Mahanta) of the 12th century mutt, Rajgopal Ramanuj Das today clarified that he would...

Bhubaneswar: Hours after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced several developmental projects on the occasion of Local Self Governance Day today, Opposition parties criticised the move and termed it vote bank politics of the ruling-BJD to...

Bhubaneswar: With the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 coming into force from today, people in several cities of the State had to shell out heftier fines for violating traffic rules. Not only Rs 100 or...

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is slowly turning into a graveyard for elephants with record number of jumbo fatalities during the last decade owing to loss of habitat, man-animal conflict among others, the State government is planning...

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to increase its number of members from the existing 47 lakh and further strengthen its base at the grassroots level, ruling BJD today prepared a roadmap for its membership drive scheduled...

Cuttack: Issues like unreliability, absence of doctors and lack of infrastructure gripping primary hospitals continue to expose the chinks in the shoddy healthcare system of the State. Just days before the launch of Mo Sarkar initiative by the State...

Bhubaneswar: As the demolition drive on unauthorised structures within 75 metres from the shrine wall of the Lord Jagannath Temple strikes bolt out of the blue on several age-old religious institutions in the pilgrim town,...

Bhubaneswar: The weather department today issued lightning and rainfall alert for several districts of the State. According to a fresh notification issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, as many as 11 districts of...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh row between sects of servitors at the Lord Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar over ownership and construction on a piece of land caused disruption in the conduct of rituals at the 11th century...

Nayagarh: As if reports of negligence, doctor shortage, lack of infrastructure were not enough, a video of a nurse seeking bribe for removing stitches from a pregnant woman has once again exposed the chinks in...

Malkangiri: It seems healthcare has turned into a farce in Malkangiri where instances of doctors playing with lives of patients and quacks ruling the roost in rural areas have become common. And now, mushrooming illegal...

Bhubaneswar: The weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall and issued Orange Alert for several districts of the State for the next two days. In a special weather bulletin, the Regional Meteorological Centre,...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the mahants (chiefs) of various mutts in Puri town sought Chief Justice of India’s intervention to order a stay on the eviction drive in which several mutts have been razed, Union...

Bhubaneswar: Amid brewing public dissatisfaction over police crackdown and collection of hefty fines from motorists violating revised traffic rules enforced under the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act from September 1, the State government today urged...

Malkangiri: It seems Odisha government’s push for the development of tribals though numerous schemes and allocation of crores of rupees have become a farce. In Malkangiri where a woman allegedly killed herself and poisoned two...

Bhubaneswar: Amid brewing public discontent over alleged traffic police leniency towards government officials, former Bhubaneswar Mayor and sitting MLA Ananta Narayan Jena was fined by cops today for violating rules under the new Motor Vehicles...