Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a state disaster and announced that all educational institutions, swimming pools, gyms and cinema halls in...

Bhubaneswar: Following the Maharashtra government's decision to close one account with Axis Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday urged the chief secretaries of all states not to...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned on Friday following uproar by the Opposition BJP and Congress members over deposit of the Jagannath Temple funds in the crisis-hit YES Bank. As...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The BJD MPs - Prasanna Acharya, Amar Patnaik, Sarojini Hembram and Sasmit Patra - met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday and requested her to release the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has launched an IAS coaching programme for poor students to arrest the falling number of Odia IAS officers in Odisha. “The number of Odia IAS officers...

Bhubaneswar: The Assembly Committee on Higher Education has recommended the Odisha government for not opening new degree colleges in the state. After reviewing the allocation made in 2020-21 budget, the...

Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) personnel of the Crime Branch seized brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore and arrested a person during a raid at Jatni in Odisha’s Khurda...

Bhubaneswar: Sukinda MLA Pritiranjan Gharai (Danny) tied the knot with Bengali actress Jhilik Bhattacharjee in a private ceremony on Wednesday. The Ollywood actress posted pictures of the wedding on her...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued orange and yellow warnings for thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rainfall at one or two places in Odisha. "The rainfall activity in...

Bhubaneswar: There will be light to moderate rain or thundershower in 15 districts of Odisha on Tuesday, the IMD said. According to the weather bulletin, the 15 districts are Rayagada,...