Odisha

Bhubaneswar: A day after breaching the 40ºC-mark, the mercury continued to soar at several places on Thursday with an unusually early spell of heatwave gripping Odisha. At 11.30 am, Keonjhar...

Cuttack:The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch busted an illegal gun manufacturing unit at Bayalis Mouza area in Cuttack in the early hours of Thursday. According to sources, four...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested BJD leader Soumya Sankar "Raja" Chakra for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore scam connected to Gandhamardhan Loading Agency & Transporting Co-operative...

Bhubaneswar: India has successfully conducted test launch of homegrown air-to-air missile Astra from  indigenously-built Tejas light combat aircraft off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha. The Ministry of Defence said...

Bhubaneswar: The second schedule of Director SS Rajamouli’s much-anticipated film, ‘SSMB29’, is underway in Odisha. The film, which is yet to be officially announced, is being headlined by Mahesh Babu,...

Bhubaneswar: A former Sarpanch has been arrested for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on a social media platform. The accused, Manoj Nayak (47) of Oupada...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Kumar Majhi got married to Sushree Sangita, a former journalist from Kendrapada, in Goa on Wednesday. The wedding was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will launch Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) in convergence with the existing Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (G-JAY) in the state on April 1, which is Utkal Dibasa (Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon be launching Zero Accident Day (ZAD) in the state for a 30-day campaign. It’s a first-of-its-kind, multi-stakeholder initiative spearheaded by women which aims to...

Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha’s agricultural sector, one ton of premium-quality green papaya was recently exported from Dhenkanal to London. The export of papayas, grown by female farmers of...