BHUBANESWAR: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed all officials of East Coast Railway (ECoR) and South-Central Railway (SCR) zones to remain on high alert and to take proactive steps for the quick restoration of train services following the impact of severe cyclonic storm 'Montha', which is expected to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government today reached out to Odisha in a spirit of shared national heritage, as Punjab’s Finance Minister, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, and Food and Supplies Minister, Lal Chand Kataruchak, paid a special visit to Bhubaneswar to meet with the Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Thursday welcomed the State Government’s decision to order a CBI investigation into the multi-crore police Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment scam, terming it a major step towards ensuring transparency and accountability in the recruitment process.

BHUBANESWAR: The Central Election Committee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday formally announced Jay Dholakia as its candidate for the Nuapada by-election in Odisha.

BHUBANESWAR: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sujeet Kumar, on Tuesday, claimed that the party is likely to field Jay Dholakia, son of former Odisha Minister and late Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia, as its candidate for the upcoming bye-election in the Nuapada Assembly constituency.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Police on Monday arrested a person who, along with other associates, was found engaged in promoting communal violence and religious hatred in a video doing rounds on social media platforms.

KOLKATA: A second-year student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped outside a private medical college in West Burdwan district's Durgapur on Friday night, police confirmed on Saturday.

BHUBANESWAR: Senior lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda was shot dead by unknown bike-borne assailants near his residence in Berhampur city of Odisha's Ganjam district.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Police on Monday issued an advisory asking people to refrain from posting or sharing unverified, false and provocative messages on their social media posts.

BHUBANESWAR: In a major crackdown on recruitment malpractice, Odisha Police has arrested 117 persons, including 114 aspirants and three middlemen, for their alleged involvement in the upcoming Sub-Inspectors recruitment examination scam.

BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that Odisha is now surging ahead with the strength of the double-engine government to fulfil the resolve of achieving a ‘Viksit Odisha,’ taken by the people of the state during the Assembly polls 18 months ago.

CUTTACK: The inaugural Odisha Pro T20 League 2025 came to a grand conclusion on Friday night at Barabati Stadium, with the Cuttack Panthers edging past Sambalpur Warriors by five runs in a tense final to lift the maiden trophy.

ANGUL: Jindal Steel on Friday said it has commissioned one of India’s largest blast furnaces at its integrated steel plant in Odisha's Angul, doubling hot metal capacity from 4 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) to 9 MTPA -- marking a major milestone in the country’s steelmaking industry by blowing in a 5 MTPA blast furnace.

CUTTACK: The rain affected match of Odisha Pro T20 League 2025 between Sambalpur Warriors and Cuttack Panthers, which was reduced to 12 overs per side ended with Cuttack Panthers scripting a win.

BUBHANESWAR: The Congress, on Thursday, formally moved a no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government in Odisha. The Congress leaders have submitted a letter to the Speaker Surama Padhy through the Assembly Secretary Satyabrata Rout. 

BHUBANESWAR: The Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha, YB Khurania, on Tuesday instructed the officials of the state police force to expedite the investigation process into heinous crimes against women and take the lead in ensuring that the culprits involved in such crimes receive appropriate punishment.

BHUBSNESWAR: Amid heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system across Odisha, the state government on Wednesday ruled out any immediate flood threats in the state.

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Police has arrested a cybercriminal from Balasore for defrauding several individuals of Rs 16 lakh by promising high returns on investments through a software application, a senior police official informed on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: In a tragic incident, a 13-year-old boy has committed suicide in the Singla area of Balasore district in Odisha as his parents prevented him from going on the Kanwar Yatra to a Shiva Temple in Puri, said a police official on Tuesday.

BHUBANESWAR: In yet another tragic incident of self-immolation in Odisha, a 13-year-old girl on Monday died allegedly after setting herself on fire in Phiringimala village of Bargarh district on Monday.

BHUBANESWAR: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday sharply criticised the state government, accusing it of showing complete neglect toward the agriculture sector over the past year.

BHUBANESWAR: Two students have been arrested in Odisha's Balasore district for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 20-year-old student from FM Autonomous College, who died by self-immolation last month.

BHUBANESWAR: As part of the ongoing protests by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government over the spike in incidents of violence against women and students in Odisha, the principal opposition party's student and youth wings, on Tuesday, announced a statewide campaign, which will begin from August 1.

BHUBANESWAR: In what appears to be a noose tightening around state government officials indulging in corruption, the Odisha Vigilance on Friday launched raids at multiple locations linked to a senior forest department official over charges of amassing assets beyond his known sources of income.

BHUBANESWAR: In yet another disturbing incident from Odisha, a minor girl was sexually assaulted by a truck driver in the Malkangiri district, according to police reports on Tuesday.

BHUBANESWAR: In a major breakthrough for anti-Maoist operations in Odisha, security forces uncovered a substantial cache of explosives and tactical equipment during a combing operation in Kandhamal district.

BHUBANESWAR: The workers and leaders of opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD), on Wednesday, engaged in a scuffle with the Commissionerate Police at Lower PMG Square in Odisha's Bhubaneswar while marching ahead to gherao the Lok Seva Bhavan (State Secretariat), demanding justice for Fakir Mohan Autonomous College student, who succumbed on Monday following self-immolation attempt last week over sexual harrassment by a college faculty member.

BHUBANESSWAR: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to the father of the female B.Ed student of FM Autonomous College in Balasore, who succumbed to her burn injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, assuring him of full support.

BHUBANESWAR: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday visited the Burn Centre at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and met the family members of Soumyashree Bisi, the victim student pursuing B.Ed at FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who attempted self-immolation on Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD), Samir Kumar Sahu.

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.