Cuttack: It was a double treat for cine buffs as Tarang Cine Productions latest flicks- ‘Golmal Love’ and ‘Tu Mo Love Story- 2’ – hit theatres on the occasion of Pahili Raja. The premier show of both the Odia movies was held in Cuttack. Excitement was written large on the faces of audience as they […]

Keonjhar: A tribal man allegedly committed suicide after killing his three minor daughters at Ulibasa village, some 40 kms from Anandpur in Keonjhar district today afternoon. The matter came to light after villagers spotted bodies of the three girls and their father Durga Sidhu lying in a pool of blood inside their house and informed […]

Keonjhar: As many as 32 Plus III students of Keonjhar Government Women’s College are now staring at an uncertain future allegedly due callous attitude on part of the officials of North Orissa University in tabulation of their internal marks. As per reports, the students of Science and Arts streams appeared for the Plus III internal […]

Bhubaneswar: Withdrawing the heat wave warning issued for Odisha, the Meteorological Department today predicted that several parts of northern, southern and coastal districts in the State will experience thunderstorm and rainfall activities in next three-four days. The Nor’wester rain is likely to bring down the temperature further in these parts of the State. “Rainfall activity […]

Bhubaneswar: The meteorological department has issued thunderstorm and rainfall warning for as many as 19 districts of the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre here has informed that moderate thunderstorm/lightning accompanied by light rainfall likely to occur at one or two places in the districts of Malkangiri, Ganjam, Gajpati, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, Dhenkanal, […]

Puri: With less than a month left for annual Rath Yatra festival in Puri, emphasis is now being given on completing necessary preparations at the earliest. Moreover, concerned departments have been directed to complete the necessary pending works by June 25. Around 155 platoons of police force will be deployed in the pilgrim city during […]

Puri: A three-member team of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today took stock of the situation in the cyclone Fani-hit areas of Puri district. During the second day of its three-day visit, the team visited Ganganaryanpur and Balabhadrapur villages in the district and enquired about relief and rehabilitation measures. The NDMA team also held […]

Puri: In a month since cyclone Fani battered Puri, cholera cases have spiked in the district. As many as 56 persons have been admitted to the Cholera ward of the Puri district headquarters hospital in the past 24 hours. With symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting, patients from Puri Sadar, Satybadi, Brahmagiri, Kanasa, Delang and Nimapara […]

Bolangir: Tension prevailed in front of the Bolangir Collector’s office today after members of the Bolangir District Tribal Welfare Association scuffled with police while trying to forcibly enter the collectorate demanding arrest of Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher, who had forced the Public Works Department (PWD) junior engineer Jayakanta Sabar to do sit-ups. Earlier, the Tribal […]

Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme is the fund to help an employee for retirement. A contribution of 12% of the basic pay is made by an employee to the fund every month. The employer also contributes equal portion to the corpus. If an employee wants, he/she can withdraw the EPF amount during the course of employment. The […]

Bargarh: A man was shot at by three miscreants while he was sleeping on the terrace of his sister’s house in Jamuda village on the outskirts of Bargarh town in the wee hours today. As per reports, the three unidentified miscreants barged into the house of the sister of the deceased, Basant Pradhan (50) at […]

Bhubaneswar: The Budget session of the 16th Odisha Assembly will begin from June 25 and continue till August 8 in two phases. The first phase of the session will be from June 25 to July 2 while the second from July 12 to August 8. Governor Ganesh Lal will address the House on the first […]

Bhubaneswar: A minor girl student of an engineering college in Similiguda of Koraput district, who was allegedly set on fire by her classmate for turning down love proposal on May 31, died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here on Monday. As per reports, at around 12 noon on May 31, the accused went […]

As a few days are left to apply for a number of jobs offered by the State Bank of India, jobseekers are advised to hurry up and visit the bank’s official website www.sbi.co.in. According to the job advertisement given on the website, the application process for over 500 vacant posts began on May 23 and […]

Puri: Clarifying that no final decision has been taken on auctioning of the telecast rights of Rath Yatra of the Holy Trinity in the pilgrim city, chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) PK Mohapatra informed that the bids for the live telecast rights of the chariot festival will be opened on Monday. […]

Sambalpur: A jawan of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Kisinda area of Sambalpur district. As per reports, the jawan, identified as Amir Sahu hailed from Gaisilat in Bargarh. He fired three rounds from his INSAS rifle while pointing the gun towards his neck […]

Bhubaneswar: Blaming intra-party bickering for their defeat during the general elections of 2019, many BJP leaders, who were fielded as party candidates expressed their displeasure during the six-hour-long brainstorming session at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar today. Former MLA of Brajarajnagar Radharani Panda, who lost the recently concluded Assembly poll by 9,000 votes from her […]

Employee Provident Fund (EPF) is one of the mode of savings for many salaried employees. The EPF scheme allows employees to save for retirement. As per the rules, an employee and his/her employer make equal contribution of 12% towards the EPF account. During the retirement, each employee gets the accrued PF amount along with the […]

Malkangiri: Setting an example for government officials who many a times choose personal benefit over public welfare, the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Chitrakonda walked for three hours to cross rugged terrain and enter the inaccessible and hilly Dhuliput panchayat to get firsthand account of the problems inflicting the local residents. As per reports, Dhuliput […]

Balasore: Authorities of Balasore Forest Division today suspended two of its staff on charges of dereliction of duty and served show cause notice to Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) in connection with poaching of an elephant for tusks in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary in the district on June 5. Balasore Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Biswaraj Panda […]