Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Dhanu Sankranti is an auspicious day as per Hindu mythology and is celebrated in Odisha with great joy on the first day of lunar Pousha month. Special puja is...

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants opened fire at forest department and Special Task Force (STF) personnel, who were returning from an operation against ivory mafia in Odisha’s Rayagada district. Though no one...

Bhubaneswar: The 4th phase transfer of 1st instalment of Subhadra Yojana has been postponed as the verification process is still underway, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida informed on Monday. The...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Odisha’s main opposition party, is slated to hold its organisational elections in January next year. Announcing this in Bhubaneswar on Monday, senior BJD leader...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Sujeet Kumar took oath as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha on Monday, taking the strength of BJP MPs from Odisha in the Upper House to three. He...

Bhubaneswar: Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (SBI) issued summons to senior IAS officer of Odisha Bishnupada Sethi as part of its probe into a bribery case, questions are...

Bhubaneswar: With cold wave sweeping Odisha, the mercury plummeted below 10°C at 12 places in the last 24 hours. G Udayagiri was the coldest place in the state at 4.8°C followed...

Bhubaneswar: Ten passengers, including a minor, were injured after a private bus overturned near a fuel station at Baghamari in Odisha’s Khurdha district late on Monday. According to sources, the...

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police has solved the murder case of an unidentified woman in Cuttack and arrested three persons in this connection. Speaking at a presser, here on Sunday, Police...

Puri: Police have arrested an inter-state gang of mobile thieves near Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha's Puri district on Sunday. According to sources, the gang was active at the...