Bhubaneswar: Slamming the State government over failure of women empowerment programmes, the State unit of BJP today stressed on the need of making women of the State more self-sufficient and independent. BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi...
Kendrapara: The death toll in the boat capsize incident in Mahanadi river mouth near Nipania in Kendrapara reached nine after eight more bodies were recovered late last night. All the deceased including two women and...
Bhubaneswar: After discontinuation of the Centre’s Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) from December 31, 2018, the State government today announced that the existing beneficiaries of the central scheme will be covered under the Biju Krushak...
Malkangiri: Farmers in Kudumulgumma block of the district are under distress over failing to sell their hard-earned produce in due time. Braving intense cold, farmers are guarding paddy under the open sky at several places,...
Bhubaneswar: It seems that the State government is not sure about installation of CCTV cameras at schools prior to the High School Certificate (HSC) examinations this academic year. If the statements of Odisha School and...
Bhubaneswar/Puri: Senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra targeted Puri Gajapati Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb today over the latter’s comments following ruckus at Srimandir on December 28. Mohapatra stated that the Gajapati should not try to avoid the issue...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress today gave an ultimatum of two days to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for dismissal of Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy from the State Cabinet following the latter’s remarks on Pipili...
Bolangir: Common man has been the worst hit in Bolangir because of the strike observed by the lawyers’ association demanding establishment of permanent High Court bench in the district. Life has come to a standstill...
Bhubaneswar: The Centre today inaugurated ‘Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins’ manufacturing units in Odisha which is being seen as an attempt to counter the ‘Khushi’ scheme launched by the State government. In the first phase, 100 manufacturing...
Keonjhar: A video of a youth being swept away by water current at Bhimkund waterfall near Ghatgaon in Keonjhar has gone viral. It is suspected that the visual is of a drowning case that was...
Bhubaneswar: Allegations of illegal wiring of cables by Eastern Media Digital Cable Company around Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU) electricity poles and using electricity without permission in twin city have drawn flak from various quarters....
Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet today decided to revise the pay scale of teachers of universities and colleges in Odisha as per the recommendations of the Fitment Committee. The teachers of different universities including BPUT and...
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s intervention to speed up land allocation process for setting up a LPG bottling unit in Khurda. In the letter written to the CM on...
Bhubaneswar: With an aim to save vultures, the State government has set up vulture conservation and breeding centre at the Nandankanan Zoological Park here. As per reports, 12 vultures have been brought to the newly...
Salepur: At least two persons were killed and as many as 72 persons including women and children injured in separate road mishaps in the State today. A bus carrying 65 picnickers overturned after colliding with...
Bhubaneswar: Taking up cudgels against Minister Pradeep Maharathy over his remarks on the Pipili gangrape and murder incident, members of the Odisha Mahila Congress today allegedly hurled tomatoes and eggs at the official residence of...
Balasore: A businessman was allegedly looted by unidentified miscreants at gun point near Daradiabalipur in Bahanaga of Balasore district on NH-5 Wednesday evening. As per reports, three-bike borne miscreants tried to snatch a bag containing...
Bhubaneswar: The Jharkhand Police has arrested a top official of the Hi-Tech Medical College on charges of defrauding a person of Rs 5 lakh. As per the charges, Hi-Tech Medical College official, Tirpuati Choudhury had...
Balasore: Continuing its crackdown on illegal sale of drugs, the Excise department today seized brown sugar worth Rs 16 lakh from Basta area of Balasore district and arrested a suspected drug peddler. Acting on a...
Jharsuguda: In a broad daylight robbery, two bike-borne miscreants decamped with a bag containing Rs 3 lakh from a car near Jharsuguda Tehsil office today. As per reports, one Suresh Chandra Sagar had gone inside...