Odisha

Cuttack: Amid the prevailing sultry weather conditions, the Cuttack administration has ordered the immediate closure of all government, aided, and private schools, colleges, and anganwadi centres from April 21 to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd (OMC) conducted the trial run of the Platinum Group Minerals (PGM) Pilot Plant at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, for extraction of Platinum Group Elements (PGE) from ore...

Rourkela: In an alarming burglary in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, thieves broke into a locked house and decamped with gold jewellery and cash worth several lakhs of rupees. The property belonged...

New Delhi: South Korea’s POSCO Group on Monday signed a final agreement with India’s JSW Steel to jointly invest 10.7 trillion won ($7.3 billion) to build a steel plant in Odisha....

Bhubaneswar: In view of the prevailing sultry weather conditions, the Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur administrations have revised the timings of schools and Anganwadi centres from 6.30 am to 9 am to...

Ganjam: Amid continuing sultry weather conditions, the Ganjam administration on Monday announced the closure of all schools and anganwadi centres for three days from April 21. The decision was taken...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Majhi disbursed Rs 838.48 crore in financial assistance to over 41.68 lakh farmers under the CM-Kisan scheme on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Monday, providing...

Sonepur: As Odisha battles an unrelenting heatwave with temperatures soaring above 43°C in several districts, a school headmaster tragically lost his life to suspected sunstroke following census enumeration work in...

Bhubaneswar: Police in Sonepur district have busted a new modus operandi for smuggling ganja (cannabis) with the seizure of 47 kg of the contraband hidden inside specially modified plastic mats....

Jharsuguda: In view of the upcoming visit of President Droupadi Murmu to western Odisha, the Jharsuguda administration has imposed a complete ban on drone flights and all other aerial activities...