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Being senior citizen does not automatically entitle to maintenance: Orissa HC

India, Feb. 15 -- Simply being a senior citizen does not automatically entitle a person to receive maintenance from children unless shown that they are unable to maintain themselves from own earnings ... Read More


Parents of Odia rapper who died by suicide file FIR against his wife, in-laws

India, Feb. 15 -- The parents of Abhinav Singh aka Juggernaut, a 32-year-old Odia rapper who died by suicide on February 9 at his rented apartment in Kadubeesanahalli in Bengaluru, have lodged an FIR ... Read More


Odisha focussing on empowering the poor, youth, farmers, women: Governor

India, Feb. 13 -- The Mohan Majhi government is making substantial efforts to empower GYAN - Garib (the poor), Yuva (the youth), Annadata (farmers), and Narishakti (women) - through a wide range of sc... Read More


Environment ministry orders cost-benefit analysis of bridge over Chilika lake

India, Feb. 11 -- An expert panel of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has ordered a cost-benefit analysis of a 7.74 km long bridge proposed to be built at a cost ... Read More


Odisha issues notice to cricket body over floodlight glitch during India-Eng ODI

India, Feb. 10 -- The Odisha government on Monday sought an explanation from the state's Cricket Association (OAC) over the glitch in one LED floodlight tower in Cuttack's Barabati Stadium during Sund... Read More


Odisha to unveil new IT policy; to hike incentive for recruiting local youths

India, Feb. 10 -- The Odisha government is all set to unveil a new information technology (IT) policy that seeks to more than double the incentive for companies for recruiting local youths. The polic... Read More


Odisha EOW arrests 2 linked to iron ore loading agency for fund misappropriation

India, Feb. 8 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha police have arrested two persons linked to an iron ore loading agency in connection with a fraud and misappropriation case amounting to ... Read More


Encounter breaks out between Maoists and Odisha police in Bolangir

India, Feb. 7 -- Barely weeks after an encounter between Maoists and security forces of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and CRPF led to the deaths of 16 rebels, including Maoist Central Committee member Jayaram ... Read More


Orissa HC quashes case against a man who mistakenly received rRs.r17.7 lakh

India, Feb. 6 -- The Orissa high court has quashed a criminal case against a man who received the Rs.17.72 lakh compensation for land acquired by the authorities from his namesake in 2011, observing t... Read More


Majhi launches 'Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha' scheme for rural development

India, Feb. 5 -- Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday launched 'Bikashita Gaon Bikashita Odisha' for rural infrastructure developmental projects in the state. Launching the scheme at... Read More