Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, requesting him to release Rs 676.57 crore to meet Odisha's requirement of funds under MGNREGA till...

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Odisha government asking the latter to submit a report on incidents of farmers’ suicide in...

Kendrapara: A youth was shot at by some unidentified miscreants near Badamangala in Kendrapara district on Thursday. The injured was identified as Debashish Das, an employee of Gupta Engineering Agency in...

Cuttack: Over 300 nurses of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack launched a cease-work agitation on Thursday seeking fulfilment of various demands including regularisation of jobs. The agitators, who staged dharna...

Cuttack: The conjoined twins of Nayagarh district Ganga and Jamuna passed away at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack on Wednesday night. The twins breathed their last at around 1 am. The bodies were handed over...

Cuttack: The owner of an online ticket agency was detained by police for allegedly issuing invalid tickets for the India-Sri Lanka T20 match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. He was...

Pipili: A girl was stabbed on Wednesday by a jilted lover, leaving her seriously injured. The incident took place at Ekchalia village in Pipili area of Puri district a youth hailing from...

Jharsuguda: Normal life was paralysed in Jharsuguda on Wednesday owing to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by locals under the banner of Hanuman Seva Samiti opposing the relocation of the district headquarters hospital....

Balasore: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday caught red-handed Kaptipada inspector-in-charge (IIC) Braja Bandhu Nayak and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Rabi Narayan Suar of Mayurbhanj district, while taking Rs 20,000 as bribe from...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has started an ambitious plantation programme for plantation of two crore trees within a km along both sides of Mahanadi and other major rivers of the...