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Odisha: Mayurbhanj administration launches crackdown following alarming AQI spike in Baripada

India, Jan. 7 -- With Odisha - long considered one of India's greener States - recently making headlines for air pollution and Baripada figuring among the polluted urban centres, the Mayurbhanj distri... Read More


Man menaces woman with open gun threat in Odisha Capital, incident caught on camera

India, Jan. 7 -- Raising serious concerns over public safety and police oversight, a shocking video of a young man threatening his girlfriend at gunpoint while delivering dramatic, film-style dialogue... Read More


PM Modi praises CM Majhi's 'outstanding efforts' for Odisha's growth on his birthday

India, Jan. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended birthday wishes to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, hailing his efforts to enhance the growth trajectory of the state, as wel... Read More


Students set ablaze in Rayagada: Odisha S&ME Department issues show-cause notices to teachers, halts salary

India, Jan. 6 -- A day after four students of an upgraded high school at Paikadakuluguda in Rayagada district were injured after being set on fire, the Odisha School and Mass Education Department on T... Read More


Timber smuggling bid foiled in Odisha's Nabarangpur; one held, truck seized

India, Jan. 6 -- The Forest Department busted an illegal timber smuggling attempt from Odisha to neighbouring Chhattisgarh after conducting apparent raid in Maidalpur area of Nabarangpur district. Tr... Read More


Two JEE Main aspirants from outside Odisha drown in Kuakhai river

India, Jan. 6 -- In a tragic incident, two youths drowned in the Kuakhai river on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Pankaj Kumar Saha and Prateek ... Read More


IT companies to operate from Baramunda bus terminal

India, Jan. 6 -- The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT) at Baramunda is set to emerge as a major transport-cum-business hub, with IT companies expected to begin operations from the facili... Read More


Two Held in Dhenkanal Stone Quarry Blast That Claimed 2 Lives

India, Jan. 5 -- Police have detained two persons in connection with the stone quarry blast at Gopalpur under Motanga police limits in Odisha's Dhenkanal district that killed two workers. Those detain... Read More


Odisha CM Received Over 13,000 Public Grievances, Majority Resolved: Law Minister in Assembly

India, Jan. 5 -- Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan today informed the Assembly that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has received 13,358 public grievances over the past one and a half years,... Read More


Rayagada Collector Bars Entry of Latecomer Officers During Public Grievance Hearing

India, Jan. 5 -- Coming late to duty turned out to be embarrassing for several district-level officers in Odisha's Rayagada on Monday, as the Collector barred their entry into the public grievance hea... Read More