Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested the Centre to provide Visa on Arrival facility at the Bhubaneswar International Airport here.

Odisha based activist Akhand has made a national record and entered into the Limca Book of Records for highest number of replies received from a single organisation on a Right to Information (RTI) application regarding Internal Complaint Committees (ICC) to deal with sexual harassment at workplace for women.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested the centre to construct a new bridge over Brahmani river on NH-143 near Panposh in the steel city of Rourkela.

Odisha Tourism on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aditya Birla Group for operation and management of interpretation centre at Khandagiri-Udayagiri hills in Bhubaneswar.

Tension prevailed at the campus of the Siksha O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University as hundreds of students and their parents staged protest alleging that fake job offer letters were issued to the candidates through campus recruitment.

The Odisha government has prepared a policy for transgender community which seeks to protect rights of the gender non-conforming child.

The Odisha government on Tuesday declared ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’, a film based on the life of cricket legend and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, tax free in the state.

Some unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at Athagarh MLA Raja Swain’s Cuttack residence on last night.

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Soumendra Pradhan, brother of Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a vigilance case over alleged black marketing and adulteration of cooking gas by the gas agency owned by him.

Intense heatwave prevailed across Odisha on Monday with Titlagarh in western region of the state becoming the hottest place recording 47 degrees Celsius, highest in the state so far this summer.