Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A massive fire raged for nearly three days in the northern sector of Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon and a Ramsar site of international importance, destroying over...

Bhubaneswar: The public grievance hearing session of Chief Minister Mohan Majhi scheduled for Monday (April 27) has been postponed in view of the sweltering heat prevailing across Odisha. The Chief...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the scorching heat and shooting temperatures, coastal districts in Odisha have experienced some relief with a marginal decline in the mercury levels since Saturday due to moisture incursion from...

Sonepur: Twelve persons were injured, eight among the critically, when a bus carrying members of a groom’s wedding party overturned on the Sonepur-Binika road in Sonepur district in the early...

Kendrapada: In a surprising development that has puzzled forest officials and conservationists, endangered Olive Ridley turtles have skipped their annual mass nesting (arribada) at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary this season,...

Nabarangpur: A war of words erupted between former MP Paradip Majhi and School and Mass Education Minister Nityanand Gond over the alleged sexual harassment of a 14-year-old tribal girl at...

Paradip: Kunjang Fire Services personnel recovered the body of a fisherman, who drowned while fishing in the Mahanadi river near Paradip Choumuhani in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased...

Jagatsinghpur: The Forest Department demolished a nearly three-foot-high half-bust statue of veteran politician and former minister Damodar Rout near Siali Beach in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, just two days before its...

Bhubaneswar: Oil marketing companies have directed petrol stations across Odisha to restrict sales to a maximum of 50 litres of petrol and 500 litres of high-speed diesel (HSD) per customer,...

Cuttack: A youth drowned to death in Birupa river at Gunupur under Mahanga police limits in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Padmalochan Jena from...