Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28:  An important meeting of the state Cabinet will be held here on Wednesday.According to reports, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will chair the meeting at the state Secretariat at around 5 pm.Sources said, the…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 29: A man branded his son with a hot iron as punishment over study at Nuagaon in the outskirts of the city here on Wednesday.Sources said, father of the school student branded him with hot iron as he did not study at…

Malkangiri, Mar 29: Vehicular movements came to a grinding halt in the district due to the bandh called by the Maoist on Wednesday.Hundreds of passengers and students were seen stranded at different bus stands as vehicles including the…

Puri, Mar 29: One Nanda Bhoi was electrocuted to death after coming in contact with an 11 KV electric wire at Krupasagarpatna village under Sadar police limits in the district here on Wednesday.According to sources, Bhoi died on the…

Malkangiri, Mar 29: Canadian national John is yet to be recovered even after 37 hours since he went missing in the forest close to the inter-state border of Odisha and Chhattisgarh late on Monday night.On the other hand, Sukma…

Cuttack, Mar 29: A team of 15 junior doctors of SCB Medical College and Hospital walked from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar to meet Governor today seeking safety of the working doctors at all health centres across the state.The team of the…

Kendrapada, Mar 29: Burglars broke into the Dadhibamana temple in Tamala Sasana village in the district late on Tuesday night and fled with idols and jewellery. According to reports, a gang of robbers broke open one of the doors of the…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: The economic offence wing (EOW) of Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a businessman over tax fraud allegations. The EOW officials arrested Cuttack-based businessman Paban Kumar Jajodia from Bhubaneswar on Rs 10 crore tax…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: The Home department of the state government on Tuesday said that the state witnessed a marginal surge in overall crimes in 2016 than 2015. The Home department while presenting the White Paper-2016 in the state Assembly…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: The Home department of the state government on Tuesday issued White Paper-2016 and said there is subsequent progress in Maoist situation. According to the White Paper-2016 tabled by the Home department in the state…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: The Crime Branch (CB) on Tuesday arrested the main accused in the posting of obscene remarks against the students of Rama Devi Women’s University on Facebook. According to Crime Branch special DG BK Sharma, the Crime…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 27: In a bid to provide vocational training to the students, a tailoring training centre with 200 mechanized sewing machines was inaugurated in the vocational training centre of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)…

Baleswar, Mar 27: Alleging bungling of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) items and money, parents and guardians of the students of a government-run school blackened the face of a lady teacher at Banaparia in the district here on Monday. According to…

Dhenkanal, Mar 27: A major fire at Suratanali village under Parjang police limits in the district reduced as many as 22 houses and properties worth lakhs to ashes here on Monday. The fire suddenly engulfed the houses as most of them were…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 27: Biju Janata Dal’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha Tathagata Satpathy on Monday made a startling revelation alleging that BJP is trying hard to divide BJD in Parliament and in the Assembly. The Dhenkanal MP also alleged…