State news

Odisha: Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice. Celebrated a day after Ganesh Chaturthi, Nuakhai is the most auspicious and important social festival in Western Odisha.The…

Kendrapara: The bird flu outbreak has begun to spread its wings in the Kendrapara district with the detection of the H5N1 virus strain among poultry birds in the Balia and Endara blocks.Sources said samples had been collected from Balia…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded as many as 1,99,954 cognisable crime incidents in 2023, a Home Department white paper tabled in the state Assembly informed on Friday.The state witnessed a rise of around 12 per cent in the registration of…

Bhubaneswar: The presiding deity in Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar is going hungry once again since Saturday evening due to some dispute among the servitors.The two groups PujaPanda Nijog and Badu Nijog fought over paitalagi' (sacred…

Sambalpur: The Mo Bus service in Sambalpur was affected after the staff and drivers staged a protest over various demands on Sunday. The Mo Bus has stopped plying the vehicles at Ainthapali Chhak in the city.According to reports, an…

Kendrapara: A case has been lodged at Rajkanika Police station against bank branch manager after Rs 1.59 lakh has been allegedly withdrawn from the account of a farmer without his knowledge in Kendrapara.The farmer, Dharanidhar Nayak of…

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned Rs 275.01 crore for the provision of safety fencing along the railway tracks in the Bhadrak-Palasa and Khurda Road-Puri Railway Sections of the Khurda Road Division under the East Coast…

Udala: Two mining officials was detained by sand mafia at Badabisol Chhak under Kaptipada police limits of Mayurbhanj district on Saturday morning.According to reports, Mining officials i.e Mayurbhanj Deputy director and mining officer…

Balasore: The Balasore district administration informed that curfew restrictions will be relaxed for few hours in the areas coming under Sahadevkhunta and town police limits.Curfew to continue in these areas under Sahadevkhunta police…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi is scheduled to embark on a two-day visit to his hometown in Keonjhar district today.This will be Majhi's first visit to his native place after becoming Chief Minister of the state.As…