Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has set aside September 30 as the date of hearing of the petition challenging Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner’s order to cap the height of Goddess Durga idols for Dussehra celebrations. As...

Cuttack: The Odisha government has reportedly expressed its unwillingness to reopen religious institutions in the State anytime soon. Filing a response in the Orissa High Court following a petition in connection with the matter, the...

Bhubaneswar: Just days after a series of loot incidents sent alarm bells ringing in the Commissionerate Police, the State Capital of Odisha on Monday witnessed yet another robbery of around Rs 10 lakh cash on...

Puri: Amid demands for reopening of Puri Srimandir, the temple authorities on Monday informed that over 400 servitors and employees of the 12th-century shrine have tested positive for Covid-19 so far. Puri Shree Jagannath Development...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Monday issued strict instructions to prevent hiring of non-transport (private) passenger vehicles. The State Transport Authority, in its circular, highlighted that private passenger carrying vehicles (cars and utility vehicles) are being...

New Delhi: In view of the establishment of an anti-cyclonic circulation in the lower tropospheric levels over western parts of northwest India and substantial reduction in moisture content & rainfall, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre of the IMD has issued intense rainfall warning for the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and other coastal parts of Odisha today. Intermittent rain/thundershower with one or two spells...

Cuttack: A woman has given birth to a baby having two heads and three hands at a private nursing home in Kendrapara district on Sunday, doctors said. The newborn with…

Keonjhar: Decades after India’s independence, development at least in basic amenities still continues to be a far-fetched dream for many. There are places in Odisha where people have never realised how a proper motorable road...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Wednesday served a notice to actor Varsha Priyadarshini to appear before it on December 10 for hearing over a divorce petition filed by her husband and BJD MP...

Bhubaneswar: A loud explosion ripped through a petrol pump station near Raj Bhawan in the State capital today noon. As many as three fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the flames at...

Puri: A pond turned the watery grave for two minor girls in Delang area of Puri district on Wednesday. As per sources, two girls of Gandapada village drowned while taking bath in a pond today...

Bhubaneswar: The explosion at a petrol pump near Raj Bhavan square in the capital city of Odisha on Wednesday afternoon not injured many but also left a trail of destruction in the vicinity as far...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) directing them for “mandatory” police action with compulsory registration of First Information Report (FIR) in cases of crimes against women. The...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the results of National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy Examination (I) and (II) 2020 on its official website. Candidates who had appeared the test can...

Berhampur: Despite witnessing a flattening of Covid-19 cases after series of stringent enforcement, the city administration of Berhampur will once again take up mass health screening in the city as a precautionary measure ahead of...

Bhubaneswar: Torrential rain under the impact of a deep depression that crossed Andhra Pradesh coast close to Kakinada today morning continues to pound southern Odisha districts leading to inundation in several parts. Reports said that...

Berhampur: Extremely heavy rainfall triggered by a deep depression on Bay of Bengal has wreaked havoc in various districts of south Odisha. Hours of downpour caused a landslip and also washed away a bridge cutting...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 2796 patients recovered from Covid-19 in Odisha taking the State’s total recoveries to 2,32,988. State Health department informed that the highest number of recoveries were reported from Khordha district where 582...

Bhubaneswar: Time seems to have stopped for the families of the victims of the deadly explosion at the petrol pump in Bhubaneswar. While the mishap has left an irreparable void for one family, another family...