Odisha

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...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll went up to 1640 in Odisha on Sunday with 15 patients of 10 districts succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. Among 15 deaths,...

Ganjam: She is barely three feet in height, but Chhabita Rana’s disability due to dwarfism has not stopped her from helping others as an Asha Didi. Chhabita (40), a resident...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally went up to 313,961 in Odisha on Sunday with 638 new cases reported overnight. This was a substantial dip from the 778 new cases reported a day...

Jagatsinghpur: Ashis Mohanty, a 29-year-old youth from Sujanga village in Jagatsinghpur district, has created unique identity for using the Hydroponics (soil-less) method of farming for the first time in Odisha....

Nuapada: The CRPF personnel recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the forest in Nuapada district on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the central forces began a combing...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 186 IT and ITES (Information Technology Enabled Services) companies are functioning in Bhubaneswar, said Electronics & Information Technology, Sports & Youth Services minister Tusharkanti Behera. Replying...