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Odisha plans to ensure roads, power, drinking water in all villages by 2027

India, Nov. 5 -- The Odisha government is considering launching an integrated initiative titled Mission PoWaR - short for Power, Water and Roads - with the goal of providing every village with electri... Read More


Odisha: Former BJD MP Amar Patnaik joins BJP

India, Nov. 3 -- Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday-a defection that laid bare the deepening crisis within Odisha's once-dominan... Read More


Nuapada bypoll: The first election in Odisha after BJD's fall

India, Nov. 3 -- An assembly bypoll in western Odisha district of Nuapada, scheduled for November 11, may measure whether Odisha's seismic political shift last year was a genuine transformation or a t... Read More


Odisha SI recruitment case mastermind arrested from Indo-Nepal border

India, Nov. 2 -- The Odisha Police CID on Sunday brought back the alleged mastermind in the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment case, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand, where he was arrested near Ind... Read More


2 detained after 3 masked men abduct, gang-rape showroom staff in Odisha: Police

India, Nov. 1 -- Three men allegedly abducted and gang-raped a showroom employee while she was returning home from work in Odisha's Subarnapur district on Friday night, police said, adding that two su... Read More


Even if one parent has custody, the other can't be denied visitation: HC

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 31 -- In a significant ruling affirming the right of both parents to remain involved in their child's life, the Orissa high court has held that a father "who has been consistently ap... Read More


Even if one parent has custody, the other can't be denied visitation: HC

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 31 -- In a significant ruling affirming the right of both parents to remain involved in their child's life, the Orissa high court has held that a father "who has been consistently ap... Read More


'HC order not following SC judgment is nullity'

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 31 -- In a ruling reinforcing judicial discipline and hierarchy, the Orissa high court has held that any high court order which refuses to follow a Supreme Court ruling or attempts t... Read More


Orissa HC allows visitation, says can't deprive child of either parent's love

India, Oct. 30 -- A child cannot be deprived of the love and affection of either parent, the Orissa high court has said, setting aside a Cuttack family court's order denying visitation rights to a man... Read More


Coastal Odisha braces for Cyclone Montha, shuts down schools in nine districts

India, Oct. 28 -- The Odisha government on Monday ordered the closure of schools and anganwadi centres across nine coastal and southern districts, and deployed over 128 rescue teams from the Odisha Di... Read More