Bomb hurled at Cuttack deputy mayor’s house
Cuttack: Miscreants hurled bomb at Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) deputy mayor Ajay Barik’s house near Palamandap at Badambadi Colony here on Wednesday evening.
According to available…
Five IAS officers get new postings
Bhubaneswar: In a reshuffle in IAS cadres, the state government on Wednesday transferred five officers to new departments.
While 1989-batch officer Dr Mona Sharma has been appointed as the…
24 students of residential school flee hostel in Keonjhar
Keonjhar: As many as 21 Class VIII students of Basantpur Ashram School under Jhumpura block in Keonjhar district, who had fled the hostel following ragging by senior students late on Sunday,…
Distress sale: Farmers dump vegetables, pulses on road in Jajpur
Jajpur: Hundred of farmers on Wednesday dumped vegetables and pulses on the road at Chandikhol Square in Jajpur district to protest against distress sale in the absence of proper storage…
Heavy rain forecast for next 24 hours
Bhubaneswar: Even as rain continues to lash Odisha, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre here has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in interior…
Litterateur Khageswar Mohapatra passes away
Bhubaneswar: Litterateur and tribal language researcher Khageswar Mohapatra passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 83.
Mohapatra was undergoing treatment for pneumonia at a private…
Naveen urges Rajnath to declare Paika Bidroha as First War of Independence
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, urging him to declare ‘Paika Bidroha’ of 1817 as the First War of Independence.
“The…
Swelling rivers trigger panic in Rayagada, Koraput and Nabarangpur dists
Rayagada: Torrential rain in the upper catchment has worsened the flood situation in Rayagada district.
According to reports, several low-lying areas along Bansadhara river in Gunupur block…
CM inaugurates Kathajodi-Trisulia Bridge
Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated the long-awaited Kathajodi-Trisulia Bridge named after Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.
The 2.88-km bridge connecting Judicial…
4 more sheep found dead in Niali
Niali: There has been no let-up in sheep killing incidents in Niali block of Cuttack district. On Wednesday morning, four more sheep were found dead under mysterious circumstances in the…