More than hundred houses were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out at Dhobaninandara village under Hindol block in Dhenkanal district on Tuesday.
Read More »AirAsia to launch Bhubaneswar-Kuala Lumpur flights
Air Asia will launch the direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Kuala Lumpur from the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Read More »Odisha border sealed, high-alert in Malkangiri after Naxal attack
A day after 300-400 heavily armed Maoists ambushed a CRPF contingent killing 25 troopers in Chhattisgarh, the Odisha police on Tuesday sounded a high-alert in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.
Read More »Heat wave: Schools in Odisha to remain closed till June 18
The Odisha government on Monday ordered closure of schools from tomorrow till June 18 in view of the intense heat wave in the state.
Read More »Prafulla Samantara bags prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize
Social activist from Odisha Prafulla Samanatra won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for the massive anti-Vedanta campaign that halted Vedanta’s mining operation at Niyamgiri hills in the state.
Read More »Odisha HSC exam results to be declared on April 26
The results of annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will be declared on April 26.
Read More »Two school children killed, two injured after truck fell on them
Two school children were killed and two others sustained critical injuries when a truck overturned and fell on them on NH-55 near Rairakhol in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Monday.
Read More »Odisha deserves equal share at par with North Eastern, Himalayan states: Naveen
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said reiterated his demand for Special Category Status to the state at the meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Read More »Olive Ridley turtle to be mascot of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship
The endangered Olive Ridley turtle will be mascot for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship, which will be played at Kalinga Stadium in July.
Read More »Odisha BJP’s executive meeting begins
With an eye to the 2019 assembly polls in Odisha, the Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday began its two-day state executive meeting at Baripada here.
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