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Heavy rain batters Baleshwar district as town waterlogged

India, July 28 -- Relentless rainfall has thrown normal life out of gear across Odisha's Baleshwar district, with Baleshwar town recording 246.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours and causing widespr... Read More


Patriotic films, documentaries to be screened for Odisha jail inmates on National days

India, July 28 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at promoting patriotism and reform among prison inmates, Odisha Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services has directed all jails in the... Read More


Odisha Crime Branch takes over investigation into missing Naidu Commission report

India, July 28 -- The Odisha Crime Branch has formally taken over the investigation into the alleged disappearance of the Justice A.S. Naidu Commission report on the 2008 killing of VHP leader Swami L... Read More


Puri Rath Yatra 2026 draws record 4 to 5 million devotees

India, July 28 -- day Rath Yatra 2026 in Puri concluded with the Niladri Bije ritual on Monday night, bringing the annual chariot festival to a close. Officials said the festival witnessed a record tu... Read More


Over 30 students hospitalised after lizard found in mid-day meal at school in Odisha's Puri

India, July 28 -- More than 30 students of a government upper primary school in Odisha's Puri district were hospitalised after consuming a mid-day meal in which a dead lizard was found. Six students, ... Read More


Deep depression crosses Odisha-WB coast, heavy rainfall likely to continue today

India, July 28 -- The deep depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal crossed the West Bengal and north Odisha coasts near Digha in the early hours of Tuesday, and is expected to continue moving west... Read More


Health centre, Block office waterlogged in Sundaragada after heavy rain

India, July 28 -- Continuous rainfall has severely disrupted normal life across Odisha, with the Gurundia Community health Centre and the Gurundia Block Office in Sundaragada district's Bonai subdivis... Read More


Row over short film 'Laash': Dana Majhi lodges FIR against producer Manoj Bagh

India, July 27 -- Dana Majhi, a tribal man from Odisha's Kalahandi district, has lodged an FIR against the makers of short film 'Laash'. Majhi, who had hogged the headlines for carrying the body of h... Read More


Orissa High Court upholds removal of Dr. Durga Shankar Pattanaik as Utkal University PG Council Chairperson

India, July 27 -- The Orissa High Court has upheld the decision to remove Professor Dr. Durga Shankar Pattanaik from the post of Chairperson of the Post Graduate Council (PGC) at Utkal University, dis... Read More


Supreme Court dismisses Nayagarh MLA Arun Sahoo's plea, clears way for hearing of poll petition

India, July 27 -- Trouble for Nayagarh MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo mounted after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea challenging the Orissa High Court's order to proceed with a poll petition against his 202... Read More