Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Scientist Dr Binay Kumar Das took charge as Director of Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE) in Dehradun on Friday. He is the first Odia to head IRDE, a...

New Delhi: Usha Padhee, joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been given additional charge as Director-General, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). She is the first woman...

Bhadrak: A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday rescued a pregnant woman trapped amidst floodwaters at a village in Bhadrak district. According to reports, heavy downpour...

Cuttack: Bidyashree, the wife of motivational speaker late Aditya Dash, has moved Orissa High Court seeking CBI investigation to ascertain the truth behind the mysterious death of her husband. Bidyashree...

Nuapada: The toll in flood and wall collapse-related incidents amid heavy downpours in Odisha rose to eight with the death of a 65-year-old man in Nuapada district. The deceased, identified...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain has triggered flood fears in Mahanadi river basin. Water Resources Engineer-In-Chief Jyotirmaya Ratha told the media on Friday that the Mahanadi and its tributaries are in spate following...

Bhubaneswar: ‘Ravaiyaa’, a crowdfunded short film has won the ‘Best Thought-Provoking Concept’ award at another International Film Festival- ‘Cinema of the World, Mumbai' held virtually on August 16, 2020. Earlier,...

Bhubaneswar: Higher Education Minister Arun Sahu on Friday said the state government will take a decision on conducting the final year examinations of under-graduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) courses after...

Balangir: It is a dream come true for Sheetal Jain from Bongomunda of Odisha’s Bolangir district. She has been selected to pursue PhD (full-time) at the prestigious Oxford University in...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 456 on Friday with eight more patients succumbing to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. The new fatalities have reported from...