Former Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

BJP National President Amit Shah will embark on a three-day tour to Odisha starting June 22. Shah will launch the party’s ‘Mo Booth Sabutharu Majbut’ programme in the state.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMT) on Tuesday issued orange alert across Odisha predicting further intensification of heat wave conditions in the state.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought a report from the state police over torture of a minor boy in the presence of police in Udala of Mayurbhanj district.

Pratap Keshari Deb on Monday filed his nomination as BJD candidate for the by-poll to the lone vacant Rajya Sabha (RS) seat from Odisha.

A 25-year-old biker died while performing a stunt inside a Maut Ka Kuan (Well of Death) show at a fair at Jeypore in Odisha's Koraput district, said police on Sunday.

Krishna Kumari, a health worker in Ganjam district, has bagged the prestigious Florence Nightingale award 2017. She received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Supreme Court-mandated Oversight Committee has given approval for intake of students at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada from this academic session.

The state unit of BJP on Saturday demanded the removal of Sam Pitroda as technical advisor to the Odisha government for his alleged involvement in the National Herald scam.

The members of Chhatra Congress led by its president Itish Pradhan were detained while they were trying to barge into the Chief Minister’s residence on Saturday.