India, Oct. 25 -- Heavy winds and rains pounded coastal Odisha as severe cyclonic storm Dana made landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra past Thursday midnight, the India Meteorologica... Read More
India, Oct. 24 -- The Odisha government on Thursday said over 3 lakh people have been shifted to more than 7,000 shelters while over 2,300 pregnant women moved to hospitals as the state braces for yet... Read More
India, Oct. 24 -- Renubala Patro is 62 and prone to bouts of forgetfulness, yet remembers vividly the faces of her three daughters and two sons before they were washed away by the tidal surge from the... Read More
India, Oct. 23 -- Odisha chief minister Mohan Manjhi-led state government has begun the evacuation process of nearly a million people from 3,000 vulnerable villages of 14 districts over the next 24 ho... Read More
India, Oct. 21 -- As the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that a low-pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal is likely to become a cyclonic storm and make landfall between Odisha's Pur... Read More
India, Oct. 20 -- The Odisha government on Sunday advised all the fishermen in coastal districts not to venture into the sea till Saturday, as an upper air cyclonic circulation over North Andaman Sea ... Read More
India, Oct. 9 -- Odisha will designate judicial magistrates as special courts across all districts of the state for handling wildlife-related cases. In a letter to the law department, Orissa high cou... Read More
India, Oct. 7 -- With two battalions of Border Security Force (BSF) and 15 companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) withdrawn from the Maoist-affected districts for deployment in Jammu and Kas... Read More
Sambalpur, Oct. 7 -- Odisha's oldest irrigation project over Mahanadi River that fuelled a paddy revolution in the state since 1970s is set to get a major facelift with the state government deciding t... Read More
India, Oct. 7 -- With its elderly population percentage higher than national average and the number of them rising to approximate 80 lakh people by 2036, the Odisha government has brought out a compre... Read More