Odisha

New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Odisha-cadre IPS officer Sapna Tewari as the Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). The 1992-batch...

Bhubaneswar: Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and former Bhubaneswar MP Prasanna Patasani are likely to join the BJP soon. Speculation is rife that Soumya may get ticket from the saffron...

New Delhi: Sukumar Mishra from Odisha is among the new directors appointed by Union Education Ministry for six IITs across the country. Mishra, who has been appointed as director, IIT-Dhanbad,...

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave will continue to torment Odisha on Friday with orange warning issued for one or two places over in Angul, Balasore, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Boudh and Nayagarh. The...

Malkangiri: In a major breakthrough, BSF personnel and local police unearthed two arms dumps of Maoists and seized explosives from Bhejangwada reserve forest in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Thursday. Based...

Nabarangpur: Congress candidate for election to Odisha's Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency Bhujabal Majhi filed his nomination papers on Thursday. Majhi is the first candidate to file the nomination papers after...

Keonjhar: Former BJD president of Odisha's Keonjhar district Rabindra Kumar Das along with his supporters joined BJP on Thursday. Das, who is also the first chairman of Joda Municipality in...

Bargarh: Police have seized Rs 10 lakh unaccounted money from a pick-up van and detained its driver in Odisha's Bargarh. According to sources, a flying squad headed by additional tehsildar...

Malkangiri: With neighbouring Chhattisgarh going to polls on Friday, security forces have been put on high alert in Odisha's Malkangiri district to prevent any intrusion of Maoists. According to sources,...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging corruption of Rs 40,000 crore in the name of 5T initiative of the Odisha government, Bharatiya Janaga Party (BJP) on Thursday accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of having...