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For Home Guard post in Odisha, youths with B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA degrees apply

India, March 12 -- In an astonishing display of frenzy, the Rourkela Police District in Sundargarh district has received around 9,000 applications for just 107 vacancies for Home Guard positions. What... Read More


689 illegal apartments in Bhubaneswar, over 11,000 houses built sans approval: Odisha Minister

India, March 11 -- The Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra revealed on Tuesday that 11,806 houses in Bhubaneswar were constructed without legal clearance. This was di... Read More


Searching for CM, BJD MLAs protest with lanterns in Odisha Assembly

India, March 11 -- Odisha Legislative Assembly witnessed a unique form of protest on Tuesday as members of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) held lanterns aloft while searching for the Chief Minister. This sy... Read More


Mystery shrouds disappearance of King Jajati's bronze statue in Jajpur

India, March 11 -- A bronze statue of King Jajati has mysteriously vanished from its site near the newly-built Shiva temple close to the Baraha Temple in Jajpur district. Installed previously by the d... Read More


VK Pandian's photograph with BJD leader sparks debate in Odisha

India, March 11 -- A photograph of VK Pandian with a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at Naveen Niwas has gone viral on social media, leading to speculation about his current role within the party.... Read More


Lone Odia NCC cadet steps out as Lieutenant from Indian Army's OTA, shares journey

India, March 11 -- Lieutenant Subhasis Rath from Bhabani Nagar in Koraput district has successfully concluded his training at Chennai's Officers' Training Academy (OTA), sources said on Tuesday. Comi... Read More


Odisha school students made to sit separately over 'non-purification after family member's death'

India, March 10 -- Three pupils of Thakurapatana Primary School in Jagatsinghpur district's Balikuda block were allegedly separated from their classmates and were forced to sit in the verandah as they... Read More


I kept Biju Patnaik's cremains at home, it manifested spiritual influences: Bijoy Mohapatra

India, March 10 -- Senior leader Bijoy Mohapatra revealed the profound spiritual experiences he encountered during the days when he had kept Biju Patnaik's ashes at his then government residence befor... Read More


Violent clash erupts over encroachment of government land in Bhubaneswar

India, March 10 -- Police forces are on high alert in Chandaka locality of Bhubaneswar, following a violent clash over government land in Malipada village. The group clash that occurred on Sunday nigh... Read More


Naveen Patnaik's farmhouse sale to South Indian buyer stirs political debate in Odisha

India, March 10 -- The sale of a substantial 22.7 acre farmhouse in Faridabad belonging to Naveen Patnaik in 2021, when he was the CM, has ignited political debate, particularly given his decision to ... Read More