Art, sports teachers to gherao assembly on Sept 12
Bhubaneswar: Scores of part-time instructors (visual arts, performing arts and physical education) working in government-run upper primary schools will stage a mass demonstration before the…
Tractor crashes into house near Jeypore
Jeypore: A tractor rammed into a house at Patrapur village under Sadar police limits in Koraput district on Wednesday. Though one one was injured in the incident, the house was damaged under…
Lightning alert for 16 districts
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday issued lightning and thunderstorm warning for 16 districts in Odisha. The alert would remain in effect till…
HC judge excuses himself from hearing CM’s poll expenditure case
Cuttack: A judge of the Orissa High Court excused himself from hearing the case pertaining to alleged discrepancies in poll expenses of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, following which the…
Odisha Police issues advisory to check Blue Whale game menace
Cuttack: A day after an engineering student was rescued from falling into online game Blue Whale Challenge death trap in the city, DGP R P Sharma on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines for…
CM inaugurates fifth medical college at Baripada, classes to start today
Baripada: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday dedicated Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital here to the people of Mayurbhanj district.
The classes of the first…
UDAAN holds player auction for Odisha Badminton League
Bhubaneswar: To popularize the game of badminton in the state and groom budding talent for future tournaments, UDAAN (Ultimate Dynamic Ambitious Academy of Nation) under the aegis of Odisha…
Woman ward member found hanging in Kendrapada village; murder suspected
Kendrapada: A woman ward member of Karama village under Debris block in Kendrapada district was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday morning.
She was identified as Sangita…
Lawyers observe Banapur bandh over sub-division status
Banapur: Local lawyers' association observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh at Banapur in Khurda district on Wednesday demanding sub-division status.
The protestors picketed and blocked roads by…
Heavy rain disrupts train services in NE parts of India
With heavy rain causing breaches in North East parts of India under North East Frontier Railway jurisdiction, several trains would remain cancelled for the next few days. In view of…