Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move against environmental hazards, Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has directed temples across the state to enforce a strict ban on single-use plastics and implement...

Bhubaneswar: Admission to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses will be conducted earlier this year in Odisha. The department of Higher Education has issued a revised schedule seeking to begin...

Balasore: Two trucks were gutted in a major fire that broke out following a collision between the vehicles on National Highway No. 60 near Basta in Odisha’s Balasore district. As...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Plus II examination in Odisha, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) on Friday dispatched the question papers to various parts of the state under tight...

Bhadrak: In a major crackdown, police busted a fake zarda manufacturing unit in Odisha’s Bhadrak district on Friday and seized a huge quantity of duplicate chewable tobacco. One person has...

Bhubaneswar: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Odisha’s Excise department was arrested by the Cyber Police in Berhampur for allegedly blackmailing his former lover with intimate photos. The accused, identified as...

Balasore: In a landmark verdict, a special court in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old to death for the brutal acid attack on his wife that led to her...

Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday launched Shri Jagannath Darshan Yojana and laid the foundation stone for a new government medical college and hospital in Nabarangpur. During...

Balangir: Police in Odisha's Balangir cracked an interstate theft racket by lifting a crucial fingerprint from a crime scene, leading to busting of a nine-member gang and arrest of an...

Balasore: Driver of an Andhra Pradesh-bound bus, carrying pilgrims from West Bengal's Nadia, died, and 14 passengers suffered injuries when the vehicle rammed into the central divider of an overbridge...