Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha accusing it of neglecting backward class communities. Addressing a press meet in...

Paradip: Fourteen fishermen were stranded in the rough sea near Mahanadi river mouth in Odisha's Pradip after two fishing boats, named Dharmashakhi-2 and Dharmashakhi-3, developed technical glitch on Thursday. According...

Bengaluru/Bhubaneswar: The suspected killer, who chopped 29-year-old Mahalaxmi, a single working woman in Bengaluru, into over 50 pieces and stuffed the body parts in a fridge, allegedly died by suicide...

Puri: All schools in Odisha's Puri district remain closed on Thursday in view of rain, Puri Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain informed.  The India Meteorological Department has issued orange warning of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Nursing Employees' Union (ONEA) will continue its agitation on Thursday and resort to ceasework from Friday as talks with the Health Department remained inconclusive on Wednesday. The...

Bhubaneswar: The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack woke up to incessant rain on Thursday morning. The regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued orange warning for four...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to check the quality of ghee used for preparing Mahaprasad at Jagannath temple in Puri. Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan informed the State Government will depute...

Bhubaneswar: Faced with intense infighting after its electoral debacle in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday constituted three new committees, apparently as part of efforts to keep the...

Sundargarh: A miscreant, who had virtually taken over a school building in Odisha’s Sundargarh district for the last five days terrorising locals, was apprehended by the police on Wednesday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been selected as one of the first four states by the Central government, in collaboration with the World Bank, to participate in a study aimed at enhancing...