Odisha

Balangir: A ‘Tantrik’ was arrested for allegedly piercing close to two dozen needles in the skull of a girl in Odisha’s Balangir district in a bid to cure her. Sources...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Roopa Roshan Sahoo as Commissioner-cum-Secretary of ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department full-time. A notification has...

Koraput: Thirteen people, including three women, were arrested on Thursday in connection with the recent abduction of a rice mill owner in Odisha’s Koraput district. Rice mill owner, identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Aahar Kendra, serving ₹5 meal to the general public,  is very likely to a new name soon. Housing and Urban Development Department Minister Dr Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, on Thursday...

Jharsuguda: A day after Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said that illegally occupied land by rich and influential will be freed on priority, a bulldozer was seen in...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Odisha’s Bhadrak district on alleged murder of three...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha may experience heavy to very heavy rainfall till July 22 under the influence of a fresh low pressure area over central and adjoining North Bay of Bengal, which...

Bhubaneswar: Another medical college in Odisha has received the approval of the National Medical Commission (NMC) for 50 MBBS seats foro 2024-25 academic year. According to official sources, the NMC...

Jajpur: A team of officials on Thursday carried out extensive raids on mines and stone quarries located in Dharmasala block of Jajpur district over allegations of irregularities and excessive mining....

Bhubaneswar: After Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik formed a ‘shadow cabinet’ with 50 MLAs, senior BJD leader Amar Prasad Satpathy on Thursday welcomed the move and said similar spirit...