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Dry weather is most likely to prevail over several districts of Odisha in the next five days without much change in the minimum temperature in the next three days. According to IMD Bhubaneswar Director HR Biswas, shallow to moderate fog might be witnessed in some places of interior Odisha and at a few places in coastal Odisha.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the permanent campus of the Indian Institutes of Management, IIM Sambalpur via video conferencing.  

CM Naveen said that Odisha is going to be an education hub in the eastern India and appealed for more central institutions in the State.  

Ramgopal Bhoi, the Headmaster in-charge of the Upper-Primary School in Badkarle village of Sonepur district has come up with an innovative idea. He has adopted a unique way to help students who cannot afford or access online teaching.

Odisha government on Saturday announced dates for reopening of schools across the State. As per the order of the School and Mass Education Department, schools for Class X and Class XII students will reopen on January 8.

After prolonged uncertainty, the dates for the annual High School Certificate (HSC) or the Matriculation exams and the Plus II examinations in Odisha have been announced. As per the Odisha government notification, annual Matriculation examination will commence on May 3 and will continue till May 15. Similarly, the Plus-II exams conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, will commence from May 15th and continue till June 11th.

After relaxation for COVID19, stricter enforcement of traffic rules returned on New Year. While many were seen following the rules, it was quite a scene to see the reaction of violators who tried to escape, evade and even come up with excuses.

To boost air connectivity in the western parts of Odisha, SpiceJet will be launching direct flight services from Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport in Jharsuguda to Mumbai and Bengaluru from the 12th of this month.

Deserving castes will be included while those which have developed will be excluded from the Other Backward Class (OBC) list, said Justice Raghunath Biswal who took charge as the chairman of Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC).

Aiming reformation and rehabilitation of women prisoners, Bhubaneswar Jharpada jail authorities have started a positive initiative. As a part of this initiative an outlet selling pure and unadulterated food items prepared by jail inmates was inaugurated.

The world will witness Bajasal dance from Odisha’s Kalahandi region during the 2021 Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi.  An 80-member-troupe of Bajasal dance performers has been selected to perform on the Republic Day parade.

Lord Jagannath has many forms and often takes the shape of his devotees’ imagination. In one such portrayal, Satyanarayan Maharana, a sculptor from Berhampur, has captured Lord Jagannath’s Nagarjuna Besha in a 4-inch piece of wood. The artist has also illustrated the reopening of the Puri Temple in an innovative way to create awareness among people regarding COVID-19.

A fake Facebook profile created by an imposter in the name of IPS officer Sarah Sharma has been identified. The matter came to the fore after Sharma, who is posted as Sambalpur Division Vigilance SP, informed the matter through a post on her real Facebook account.

Birju Kulu from Sundergarh district, who had returned home after spending 20 years in a Pakistan Jail, has gone missing again.  A missing complaint was lodged by his sister at Kutra Police Station on Sunday (January 3). The Police and family members along with the villagers have launched a search operation to trace him.

Justice S Muralidhar takes oath as the 32nd Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. He was administered the oath of office by Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal at Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.