Bhubaneswar: With Odisha registering more than four-fold rise in the Dengue cases this season as compared to last year, the vector-borne disease seems to be hitting Nayagarh hard. According to sources, on a daily basis,...
Bolangir: Just a few days after his comments that people of Odisha should not be deprived of the benefits of world’s largest healthcare coverage plan – Ayushman Bharat – on the grounds of political differences,...
Bhubaneswar: Upset with the Odisha government’s policies against women, BJP Mahila Morcha, the women wing of the saffron party is all set for a mega showdown against the ruling-BJD with its National high-level conclave (Rastriya...
Toronto: Scientists have discovered that some childhood bone cancers start growing years before tumours appear and get diagnosed. Ewing sarcoma is a rare cancer found mainly in bone or soft tissue of young teenagers as...
Bhubaneswar: Following Centre’s approval to launch a special amnesty scheme for prisoners on October 2 this year to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Odisha government has formed a State-level Committee to...
Cuttack: An expectant mother and her relatives were allegedly were meted with bad behaviour by a doctor on duty at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology of SCB Medical College and Hospital. According to reports,...
Bhubaneswar: With the release of excess flood water from Hirakud Dam reaching Mundali, flood threat looms large over several low lying areas of Cuttack districts along the Mahanadi river basin. Special Relief Commissioner BishnupadaSethi said...
Kendrapara: A youth was beaten to death at a birthday-party at Dhumat Mathasahi under Nikirai police limits in the district here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Santosh Mallick. According to reports, Santosh...
Bhubaneswar: With the general elections for Lok Sabha and Assembly seats round the corner, the State Chief Electoral Officer will hold an all-party meeting today to discuss several issues pertaining to the poll preparations, sources...
Cuttack: Three police officials including two constables were placed under suspension in connection with the alleged assault on a lawyer in Cuttack. Informing the development, Cuttack Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Akhilesvar Singh today informed...
Bhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up a bio-waste treatment plant soon to boost cleanliness in the city ahead of the much-awaited Hockey World Cup this year....
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government’s attempt to bring development to each and every corner of the state by linking cut-off villages through pucca motorable roads seems like a noticeable failure. Consider the example of Pokhari Sahi...
Bhubaneswar: Rift in the Khurda district unit of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) came to the fore today after two groups of the party clashed with each other in full public view over local MLA’s intervention...
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today rejected pleas of three mining companies to restart their operations, which were suspended due to non-payment of fines levied on account of illegal mining. Hearing the pleas of four mining...
Jharsuguda: An under-trial prisoner lodged in the city sub-jail, died at the district headquarters hospital here on Monday. The inmate identified as Binod Kishan, a native of Mudkadhuda village in the district was in the...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to introduce two new daily trains between Berhampur city and Surat of Ahmedabad. In a letter to the union minister, Patnaik said that...
Bhubaneswar: Property worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a major fire mishap at a private coaching centre in Acharya Vihar area of the city here today. An entire floor of the building complex housing...
Sambalpur: A former village head was killed in an attack by at least five miscreants over suspected past enmity here on Monday, sending shockwaves in the region. According to sources, ex-Sarpanch of Saleveta panchayat, Parsuram...
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha gets ready to dip in hockey fever with the much awaited Hockey World Cup scheduled to begin from November 28 this year, insufficient number of standard hotels for foreign tourists has now...
Rayagada: With thousands of contractual labourers resorting to indefinite dharna in front of JK Paper Mills situated in the town demanding regularisation of jobs and increase in salary since last three days, the production process...