Puri: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) today suspended train driver Govinda Sahu and assistant driver Umesh Kumar for allegedly ignoring signal and driving through Matiapada level crossing in Puri while the gates were open. Earlier...
Bhubaneswar: Following allegations of mismatch between examination questions and course syllabus, authorities of the Utkal University today cancelled the examinations for Plus-III Mathematics and Chemistry honours subjects. After 20 minutes of the commencement of third...
Bengaluru: In a bid to attract youths towards space research, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to set up four incubation centres in different parts of the country including one in Rourkela of...
Bhubaneswar: Members of the Odisha BJP Krushak Morcha today scuffled with security personnel while trying to barge into the premises of the State Secretariat here opposing Cooperation Minister Surjya Narayan Patro’s remark challenging the Opposition...
Dhenkanal: Bodies of two youths were found floating in the Left Canal of Rengali Dam near Padmanabhpur village under Dhenkanal Sadar police limits today. As per reports, locals of the village spotted two dead bodies...
Bonai: Four women employees of the Sundergarh District Veterinary Office today levelled harassment allegations against Sub-divisional Veterinary Officer (SDVO) of Bonai Garh, Saroj Kumar Pani. As per allegations, the SDVO repeatedly misbehaved with his colleagues...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Odisha, both BJD and Congress today trained their guns at BJP by raising various issues and demands. While Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Niranjan Patnaik sought...
Kendrapara: A day after reports of two girls tying nuptial knot in Kendrapara stoked a major controversy, the couple today said they are adults and have got married as per the Supreme Court guidelines. During...
Bhubaneswar: Jyoti Ranjan Beura alias Golden Baba used to lure businessmen and companies with fake business and income tax filing documents to raise money. Such details emerged after EOW of the Odisha Crime Branch seized...
Cuttack: A day after Commissionerate Police put up notice (Latka in common parlance) at the house of in-laws of Odia television actress Laxmipriya Behera alias Nikita, Sonam Sahu, the sister-in-law of the deceased actress today...
Jeypore: The Koraput district administration has started probe into the tragic wall collapse incident at Thuria residential school in which two students were killed on Saturday. A detailed investigation will be conducted to ascertain under...
Daringbadi: Tension ran high in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district after reports that a class-VIII girl delivered a baby at a residential school. Irate locals staged a demonstration and blocked NH-59 demanding probe and immediate...
Khurda: Delay in land acquisition and environmental clearances have come in the way of early completion of much awaited Khurda-Bolangir railway project.The State government has failed to complete the land acquisition process for the project...
Paradip: Police on Saturday began investigation into the incident in which a Class VII student of Zillanasi village was allegedly buried alive till his neck on Wednesday. The boy was however let off by the...
Bhubaneswar: BJP’s national president Amit Shah claimed that the organisation of the party has strengthened in Odisha. During the party’s national council meeting yesterday, Shah said that as per the look east policy, the party...
Bhubaneswar: After being in the dock for waterlogging across the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now invited a tender to repair 22 drains at a cost of Rs 17 crore in the first...
Cuttack/Bolangir/Khurda: Locals in several places of Odisha continue to grapple with stray elephants, which are increasingly intruding into human settlements in search of food. Today, a tusker strayed into Angarapada village in Khurda and reportedly...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and reiterated demand for establishment of permanent benches of the Orissa High Court in Western and Southern part of the...
Bhubaneswar: With the general polls round the corner, Odisha government today launched the ‘Ama Ghare LED Yojana’ to provide free LED bulbs to beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security...
New Delhi: Urging the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal to take steps for safeguarding of the interest of people of Odisha, the State government has submitted additional affidavit regarding the ongoing Mahanadi dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh....