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Opening and closing ceremonies of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships kicking off at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from July 5, 2017 will include cultural performances by 300 students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS).

With the heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas of Mahanadi river, as many as seven gates of the Kalma barrage in Chhattisgarh were opened, an official of the Central Water Commission (CWC) said on Tuesday.

The Odisha government on Monday sought a report from Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO) of Cuttack on the killing of a large number of sheep under mysterious circumstances in Niali area.

At least four persons of a family from Deogarh were killed while two others critically injured when the Bolero vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a truck on NH-55 at Nadhara in Dhenkanal district on Monday.

The world famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath was held in the pilgrim town Puri on Sunday with religious fervour and enthusiasm amid tight security.

Three majestic chariots, Nandighosa (Lord Jagannath), Taladwaja (Balabhadra) and Darpadalan (Subhadra), have been kept ready before 12th century shrine in Puri.

The Odisha government will run as many as 272 special buses to Puri from different places in the state for the annual Ratha Yatra festival scheduled to be held on Sunday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put further disinvestment in Nalco on hold.

The CBI on Friday conducted raids on Odisha Olympic Association (OOA) office and the house of OOA former secretary Ashirbad Behera in a land grabbing case.

In a significant push for various smart city projects in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated solar powered Adaptive Traffic Signal Control system on Sachivalaya Marg and laid foundation stones of four other smart city projects.