Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Amid stiff opposition from BJP and Congress, the Odisha government on Sunday revised the norms for the merger of primary and upper primary schools in the scheduled and non-scheduled...

Bhadrak: Freedom for a brave Indian Army soldier from Odisha remains elusive even after languishing in Pakistan jail for a life-time. While his family still pins hope on his comeback,...

Bhubaneswar: Two alleged custodial deaths in Puri and Sundargarh's Biramitrapur and another of excesses in Pipili in the last three days have come as a blot on the men in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha had a total of 8,96,838 registered unemployed youths till October 31 this year, Skill Development and Technical Education minister Premananda Nayak informed the State Assembly on Sunday. Replying...

Bhubaneswar: To believe or not to believe! This is the predicament of an Odisha MLA over the accuracy of COVID-19 tests. The BJP legislator from Rengali, Nauri Nayak, first tested...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal is very likely to concentrate into a depression in next 24 hours and...

Bhubaneswar: The chill has returned to Odisha and Sunday morning saw mercury plummeting below 15 degree Celsius at four places in the state. Sonepur recorded the lowest temperature of the...

Puri: The district administration, which had on Friday banned Radha Pada darshan at Gopinath temple in Sakhigopal this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, clamped prohibitory order under Section 144 of...

Berhampur: Abhijeet Padhy of Berhampur has created a world record by writing 1,000 poems in 11 words. For this feat, Abhijeet's name found a place in the High Range Book...

Bhubaneswar: Closure of schools continued to dominate the proceedings in the Assembly on Sunday as government chief whip Pramila Mallik said the schools are being merged, not closed. Making a...