Agni-II missile test fired
Balasore: India successfully test fired its Agni-II ballistic missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast at 10:23 am on Thursday.
The test did not meet all the desired…
Fire engulfs 2 shops, two cars in Cuttack
Cuttack: At least two shops and two cars were gutted after a major fire broke out at a market place near Ravenshaw University in Cuttack late on Wednesday night.
According to police…
Odisha to demand more central forces to combat Maoists
Bhubaneswar: Expressing grave concern over the spurt in Maoist violence in the state, chief secretary A P Padhi said Odisha will raise its previous demand before the Centre for…
Woman arrested for duping bank of Rs 1.24 cr
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a woman on charges of cheating the ICICI Bank to the tune of Rs 1.24 crore.
According to the complaint…
Notorious criminal injured in police encounter, arrested in Ganjam
Berhampur: A notorious criminal was nabbed following an exchange of fire with police at Jagannath Prasad in Ganjam district on Wednesday.
The criminal has been identified as Shatrughna…
Women observe Rairakhol bandh, demand water
Sambalpur: Normal life was crippled in response to the
dawn-to-dusk Rairakhol bandh called by Maa Laxmi Pratibesi Mahila
Samiti demanding piped water supply to their locality.
While…
Heatwave: SME dept grievance redressal cell closed
Bhubaneswar: In view of the intense heat wave condition prevailing across the state, the school and mass education department on Wednesday decided to temporarily shut its grievance redressal…
Keonjhar, Kalahandi under diarrhea grip, over 80 hospitalised
Keonjhar/ Bhawanipatna: More than 50 people of Belabahali village in Keonjhar district have been admitted to Anandpur sub-divisional hospital after suffering from diarrhea.
The villagers…
National Waterway-5 fast tracked
Bhubaneswar: The National Waterway-5 has been put on fast track with Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and Chairman Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Nutan Guha Biswas jointly…
Follow up projects till completion & commissioning: Chief Secy
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi reviewed the progress of large infrastructural and industrial development projects being implemented in the state during the recent State…