BHUBANESWAR: With the declaration of candidates for the simultaneous elections to the Assembly and the Lok Sabha, Odisha's three major political parties, the ruling Biju Janata Dal, the Congress, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have been facing a tough task to quell the rebellion by leaders denied tickets.

BHUBANESWAR: A 48-year-old man died on Thursday after falling into a sewage manhole at Mahima Nagar under CRRI police limits in Odisha's Cuttack district.

BHUBANESWAR: Wishes poured in from every corner of the society as Odisha is celebrating 'Utkal Dibasa' or the 88th Formation Day of the state on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Police's Economic Offence Wing (EOW) has arrested an absconding woman allegedly involved in a cheating case of Rs 2 crore from Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday.

AHMEDABAD: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Tuesday said it has acquired 56 per cent stake of the SP Group and 39 per cent of Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) in Gopalpur Port Limited (GPL) for Rs 3,080 crore.

BHUBANESWAR: Two members of a family died in Odisha on Monday after a dilapidated wall collapsed and fell on them.

BHUBANESWAR: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former minister Damodar Rout passed away at a private hospital here on Friday.

BHUBANESWAR: A day after tendering his resignation from the Congress, Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi, the MLA from Odisha's Khariar Assembly constituency, joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) along with his supporters at a special programme here on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR: A court here on Monday sentenced a servitor of the famous Lingaraj temple to undergo 18 months rigorous imprisonment for sexual misconduct with a foreign tourist at the shrine nearly a month ago.

BHUBANESWAR: Following the announcement of the election schedule on Saturday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik exuded confidence of returning to power for a record sixth time in a row.

BHUBANESWAR: A day after enhancing the remuneration of Panchayati Raj representatives, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a significant hike of remuneration and allowances for the elected representatives of urban local bodies in the state.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government on Wednesday announced to pay Rs 25,000 every month to the notable sons of the land who have been conferred with Padma awards, one of the highest civilian honours of India.

BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will flag off the third Vande Bharat express train in Odisha, which will operate from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam.

BHUBANESWAR: Three persons were killed and several others sustained injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in turned turtle at Mundajor in Odisha's Sundargarh district.

BHUBANESWAR: A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Wednesday sentenced five convicts to death for the gruesome murder of a local political leaderin the Ghasipura area of the district on March 25, 2019.

BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested a person and seized one leopard skin during a raid at Phiringia in Kandhamal district, an STF official said on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials in Odisha have rescued 351 rare Indian tent turtles during a raid at Manguli Square in Cuttack district.

BHUBANESWAR: A local court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old youth and his father to undergo 25 and 20 years rigorous imprisonment, respectively, for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Tuesday that redevelopment of the historic Barabati Cricket Stadium in Cuttack and laid foundation stone for the redevelopment of the VSS cricket stadium in Sambalpur.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said on Tuesday that an allocation of Rs 718.26 crore has been sanctioned for the widening and strengthening of the Daringbadi Ghat section on National Highway 59 in Odisha, spanning Kandhamal and Ganjam districts.

BHUBANESWAR: Three women artists died while several others sustained grievous injuries after the SUV they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Ostapur area of Odisha's Kendrapara district early Monday, police said.

HYDERABAD: A man from Odisha has been arrested for selling Ganja chocolates in Hyderabad, police said.

BHUBANESWAR: The Kalyani Steel Limited on Friday signed an MoU with the Odisha government on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the establishment of a Titanium Metal and Aerospace Components Manufacturing, and Integrated Advanced Specialty Steel and Automotive Components Manufacturing Complex in Odisha.

BHUBANESWAR: In a bizarre incident, a woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son for not paying Rs 100 to him to buy liquor in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, the police said on Saturday.

BHUBANESWAR: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Odisha's Ganjam district on Friday, Met department officials said.

BHUBANESWAR: A day after arresting water resources department assistant engineer Kartikeswar Raul on corruption charges, the Odisha vigilance on Saturday arrested his second wife following detection of additional Rs 1.4 crore cash from a small kutcha house in a slum of Bhubaneswar, officials said.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met the BJP's Members of Parliament (MPs) from Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Odisha at his official residence here over breakfast.

BHUBANESWAR: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other dignitaries greeted the people of Odisha on Utkal Dibasa.

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 11,763 rape cases were registered in Odisha during last four years (2018 to 2021), Minister of State (MoS) for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra told Assembly on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre, Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy and S.G.P.C. Hockey Academy recorded victories in their respective games on the fourth day of the 2nd Hockey India Sub-junior Men Academy National Championship at Ghumanhera near here.

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 58 Maoist cadres have been neutralised in police action, 194 have been arrested and 108 surrendered during the last five years, Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal said on Friday.

BHUBANESAR: The short-span budget session of Odisha Legislative Assembly (OLA) began on Friday with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols.

BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced candidates for the mayor post in three municipal corporations -- Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur, which will go for polls on March 24.

BHUBANESWAR: A 3.5 magnitude quake struck Odisha's Kalahandi district on Thursday, a Met department official said.

BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha vigilance department has arrested 23 government servants, including four class-I officials, during one and a half months of 2022, an official said on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR: A 54-year-old man in Odisha was arrested on Monday for duping several women across the country after marrying them, the police said.

BHUBANESWAR: Omicron, the highly-transmissible variant of SARS-COV-2, has replaced the Delta variant in Odisha. This was revealed from the latest genome sequencing report of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has dismissed senior IAS officer and former managing director of the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Vinod Kumar from service on corruption charges.

BHUBANESWAR: The Lord Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri has been reopened for devotees with strict adherence to Covid-19 norms, officials said here on Tuesday.

BHUBANESWAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha police has arrested a woman for her alleged involvement in misappropriation of Rs 100 crore loan taken from various financial institutions, officials said here on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: As Covid-19 situation continues to prevail in Odisha, the State Election Commission (SEC) has announced Rs 30 lakh ex-gratia for Covid-19 death of any person engaged in Panchayat election duty in the state.

FATORDA: Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Odisha FC on Saturday appointed Kino Garcia as the interim head coach.

BHUBANESWAR: Election to three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Odisha will be held in five phases starting from February 16, said State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi here on Tuesday.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a relief package of Rs 507 crore for farmers affected by the heavy rainfall caused due to cyclone Jawad that hit Odisha coast in the first week of this month.

KOVILPATTI: Hockey Chandigarh stunned neighbours Hockey Punjab 3-2 to set up a semi-final clash with Hockey Association of Odisha in the 11th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2021 here on Thursday. Hockey Odisha defeated Hockey Bihar 4-1 to reach the semis

BHUBANESWAR:" The Odisha police have arrested a fraudster who impersonated as a RAW official and was involved in a cheating case of Rs 1.17 crore, officials said here on Monday.

PUNE:Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Bengal, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh Hockey and Hockey Maharashtra earned victories in their respective matches on day six of the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021 here in Pune today.

BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on general and social sector for the year ended March 2020, said that over 4,500 acres of landed properties of six temples in Odisha are under encroachment.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government has extended distribution of free rations to the beneficiaries covered under its own State Food Security Scheme (SFSS).

BHUBANESWAR: Amid the Omicron threat, 246 samples of returnees from at-risk countries in Odisha were sent to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar for genome sequencing, an official said on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has identified a total of 6,970 beggars across the state and is implementing a scheme called Sahaya for their welfare, a minister said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts by Saturday morning, according to the India Meteorological Department.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha has recorded 64 per cent growth in GST collection in November compared to the same month of the last fiscal, officials said on Thursday.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced social security benefits for the newspaper hawkers in the state.According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), all the newspaper hawkers registered with the Odisha unorganised workers welfare board will get the social security assistance. The next to kin of a newspaper hawker will get an assistance of Rs 2 lakh in case of accidental death while Rs 1 lakh will be provided for natural death.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha vigilance on Friday arrested an engineer for possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.70 crore, including demonetised cash of Rs 35,000.

LAUSANNE(Switzerland):The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed the squad lists for the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021, the showpiece event where hockey’s rising stars will take to the field in the global showpiece at the magnificent Kalinga Stadium.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated an ultra-modern automated dairy plant of OMFED at Arilo in Cuttack district.

BHUBANESWER: Over 1 kg brown sugar, worth more than Rs 1 crore, was seized in Odisha's Balasore district, police said on Tuesday.

BHUBANESWAR: The Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Odisha with 208 fresh positive cases and one death in the last 24 hours, informed the health department on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: SAI-Academy and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre stormed into the Final of the 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Women Academy National Championship 2021 with remarkable victories here in Bhubaneswar today..

BHUBANESWAR: SAI Academy and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre registered wins on day five of the 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Women Academy National Championship 2021 here in Bhubaneswar today.

JIND (Haryana): Hockey Bihar, Delhi Hockey, Manipur Hockey, Hockey Maharashtra, Hockey Odisha and Hockey Jharkhand registered wins on day one of the 11th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2021 here today.

SIMDEGA (Jharkhand): Hockey Haryana, Hockey Odisha, Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Jharkhand progressed to the semifinals of the 11th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2021 here today..

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are set to corner the Biju Janata Dal government over several issues during the second phase of the Budget session beginning on Friday.

NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR:The Centre on Wednesday said it will send an expert committee to Odisha to provide technical assistance for effective management of forest fire incidents in the state.

BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday expressed concern over the rising fuel price, while the state government said the funds collected through tax is utilised for welfare activities.

BHUBANESWAR: The prime accused in the sensational 1999 gang rape case involving the estranged wife of an IFS officer has been arrested from Maharashtra, police said on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha government has approved Rs 200 crore for the redevelopment of the historic Kalinga Studio here, said an official on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed to double the annual financial grant to Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) from Rs 100 crore to Rs 200 crore.

BHUBANESWAR: Daily life was affected at several places as the Odisha unit of Congress on Monday observed statewide shutdown in protest against fuel price hike and other issues including law and order problem.

BHUBANESWAR:Two wild elephants were killed when a goods train hit them near Mahipani in Bisra area of Rourkela in Odisha's Sundargarh district, an official said on Thursday.

BHUBNESHWARA:The Odisha government on Saturday issued Unlock guidelines in view of Covid-19 for the month of February.

BHUBANESWAR: The 72nd Republic Day was celebrated across Odisha with gaiety and enthusiasm on Tuesday.
Governor Ganeshi Lal unfurled the Tricolour and took the salute at the state level celebration held at the Mahatma Gandhi Marg here.

BHUBANESWAR: The Class X students in Odisha will appear for the annual High School Certification (HSC) examinations at their respective schools this year, said School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Friday.

NEW DELHI: Naveen Patnaik is the best performing Chief Minister followed by Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, while Mamata Banerjee has her credibility intact despite the BJP's onslaught on the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, as per the IANS C-Voter State of the Nation 2021 survey.

BHUBANESWAR: The Covid-19 vaccination drive began at 161 sites spread across 30 districts of the state on Saturday.
Biranchi Nayak, 51, a sweeper in Capital Hospital of Bhubaneswar became the first person to get the Covid vaccine Covaxin on Saturday.

BHUBANESWAR: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped while she was going to take holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Odisha's Baripada town on Thursday, said police.

BHUBANESWAR:A day after the arrival of the first consignment of Covishield, Odisha received a supply of another Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
The state received as many as 20,000 doses of indigenously developed Covaxin.

BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha government on Tuesday gave compulsory retirement to as many as seven officials including a jail DIG on grounds of corruption and inefficiency.

NEW DELHI: While the farmers are protesting against the three newly passed agricultural laws, a farmer from Odisha expressed his protest in a unique manner by shaving off his head and beard to mark his dissent over the new policies of the government.

BHUBANESWAR: Roads wear a deserted look in several parts of Odisha as the farmers supported by different political parties and trade unions on Tuesday began holding protests as part of Bharat Bandh against new farm laws enacted by the Centre.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday referred the corruption allegations against former Minister and expelled Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Pradeep Panigrahi to Lokayukta for investigation.

BHUBANESWAR:  Members of the BJP's women wing in Odisha tried to gherao the official residence of Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo here on Friday, demanding his resignation for allegedly shielding the prime accused in the murder of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh district.

BHUBANESWAR:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the Customer Integrated Management Services (CIMS) and Stockyard Management System (SMS) applications of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC).

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes as the opposition BJP and Congress demanded the resignation of minister Arun Kumar Sahoo for allegedly shielding the main accused in the murder case of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh district.

BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha government has requested the Centre for the establishment of 2nd All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state.
Chief secretary Asit Tripathy has written a letter to the Union Health Ministry for the establishment of the 2nd AIIMS in Sundargarh district at the earliest.

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh was awarded as best performing state in inland fisheries sector while Odisha got the award of the best Marine state on the occasion of 'World Fisheries Day' observed on Saturday by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India.

BHUBANESWAR:The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, scheduled to begin from November 20, will have no Question Hour due to Covid-19, informed Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and later stoned to death in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, the police said on Friday.

BHUBANESWAR:Six members of a family were found murdered at a village in Odisha's Balangir district, police said on Wednesday.

BHUBANESWAR:Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a 25-feet sand sculpture to mark the election victory of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the Puri beach in Odisha.

BHUBANESWAR:The total Covid-19 caseload in Odisha crossed the three lakh-mark while the death toll surpassed the 1,400-mark, said the health department on Saturday.

BHUBANESWAR:Even as coronavirus cases in Odhisha continued to show a declining trend, the state's death toll surpassed the 1,200-mark when 18 more patients succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours, a health official said on Friday.