Bhubaneswar: It’s time to shift our focus back to T20 cricket as the build-up to the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has started with the announcement of the final auction list of players on Friday. As many as two Odisha cricketers have been selected in the bidding list of players released by […]
Ganjam: Amid escalating border tension between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, shocking reports have unraveled how numerous students in many villages under Patrapur block of Ganjam district, situated on the borders with Andhra Pradesh have started to get admission in the neighbouring State’s schools. Ganjam district education officer Amulya Kumar Pradhan called upon all the headmasters […]
Puri: Ahead of the grand Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, the first batch of timber which will be used for the construction of gigantic chariots reached Puri on Friday. A batch of wooden logs in two trucks reached the pilgrim town from Daspalla forest range of Nayagarh district. As per official sources, 22 wooden logs […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged the Centre to withdraw the National Monuments Authority’s (NMA) heritage bylaws for two more temples in the State. Patnaik took to Twitter and demanded withdrawal of the draft bylaws for Ananta Basudev and Brahmeswar Temple of Ekamra Kshetra. “Central Govt should immediately withdraw the National Monuments […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Legislative Assembly is all set to go paperless with the implementation of the ‘e-Vidhan project’ from the upcoming budget session starting on February 18. Speaker SN Patro held a review meeting with the government officials during the day before adoption of the electronic process, an official said on Thursday. “From the governor’s […]
Paralakhemundi: Officials of Andhra Pradesh government, who had reportedly come to conduct Panchayat elections in the bordering Manikpatna village under Gangabada Gram Panchayat in Gajapati district, fled the spot on Friday without being able to answer questions posed by Odisha BJP leaders touring the villages of Odisha-AP border in Koraput and Gajapati. The BJP team […]
This well-orchestrated theft replicating movie scenes might leave you in a state of shock. Monday (March 1) night, a miscreant allegedly looted cash and ornaments worth over Rs 35 lakh from the house of a local jeweler at Bibiguda colony in Malkangiri town.
The National Rice Research Institute at Cuttack has developed a patent for effective pest management. This patent is used in a device that is first of its kind and will help farmers in tracking & identifying pests.
Moderate rain or thundershower activity is expected over several parts of Odisha in the next few days.
In a major development in the murder of the jewelry shop owner in Bargaon of Sundergarh, Police on Wednesday arrested five persons from Bihar and Jharkhand. The Sundergarh Police cracked the day light robbery and murder of Rohit Verma in Sundergarh district on March 1.
The Similipal biosphere reserve in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha is burning for over 10 days now. Exposing the harsh reality of the situation, when Princess Akshita Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj raised concerns over the wildfire spreading further at the natural habitat.
Mahashivaratri celebrations at Dhabaleswar temple, one of the major Shiva shrines of Odisha.
Watch the Abhishek darshan of Lord Shiva at Mahakal in Ujjain.
The State government has placed Sambalpur Sadar Forest Ranger, Gouri Shankar Dash, under suspension for negligence in protection of elephants during his tenure. Sources said his dereliction of duty was the main cause behind the deaths of as many as 6 jumbos in the district.
The raging wildfires in Similipal might be the reason behind the bizarre weather condition that Odisha's steel city Rourkela has been experiencing for the past one week! This is what a Professor of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela had to say on the thick blanket of smog that continues to prevail in Rourkela since last week.