Odisha

Jagatsinghpur: The district administration on Thursday imposed a ban on Baliyatra at different places including Paradip this year in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In an official order,...

Bhubaneswar: Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo on Thursday said the reopening of colleges, universities and other higher education institutes may be delayed in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Thursday directed the state government to pay Rs 1.5 lakh compensation to the family of a tribal who was killed during a...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has drawn up a number of issues to corner the state government during the winter session of the Odisha Assembly beginning on Friday. At...

Rourkela: Tension ran high at Biramitrapur town in Sundargarh district on Thursday after irate locals gheraoed the police station following the death of a 26-year-old, allegedly in police custody. Sources...

Bhubaneswar: A traffic policewoman on duty at Xavier Square here has drawn applause for helping a woman with first-aid after an accident. According to witnesses, the woman was injured in...

Sambalpur: Police on Thursday arrested nine persons, including a minor, for allegedly looting over Rs 35 lakh in cash belonging to Union Bank’s Laimura branch under Kuchinda police limits in...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to reinvent Parija Library, Utkal University has inaugurated a newly renovated reading hall in the library on Tuesday. The PhD scholar hall of the library has...

Bhubaneswar: With winter setting in, the Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) on Wednesday asked district collectors to ensure that no child sleeps under the open sky...

Koraput: A Spanish couple has adopted a two-year-old boy from an orphanage at Dasmantpur in Koraput district. Sources said the Spanish couple had applied online to adopt a child from...