Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov 14: A study has found that 36 percent of schools in Odisha still have no functional toilets and 76 percent have no hand-wash facilities. According to the study, more than one-third schools do not have even one functional…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 14: The Odisha government has decided to notify 10 mining blocks for auction by the end of this month, Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallik said on Saturday. "In the first phase, we will auction 10 mines for which…

Kolkata, Nov 13: India aims to scale up start-ups in the biotechnology sector to at least 1,500 in the next two to three years to boost technological interventions in the health and agriculture sectors, a senior biotechnology department…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12: Panic gripped in Mayurbhanj town on Thursday following attack on three people by a tiger that strayed into Udala village in ward no. 12. Three injured person were admitted to Udala Community Health Centre, their…

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, has stunned everyone today, by sending DGP Sanjeev Marik on leave and replacing him with controversial Vigilance Director KB Singh, who was castigated by the Orissa High Court as well as the Supreme Court in…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 5: Holding Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the death of drought-hit farmers in Odisha, the BJP on Thursday demanded a magisterial probe into farmers' suicides. "The government should write to the Chief…

Pacer Basant Mohanty, who has been performing consistently over the last three years, took the first hat-trick of his first class career, but failed to prevent Delhi from taking three points in the drawn Ranji Trophy tie at KIIT Stadium,…

The annual Terracotta Fair, 'Mruttika' will kick off in Bhubaneswar on 2nd November and continue till 8th November, according to a press release by the Directorate of Handicrafts & Cottage Industries today. The 'Mruttika 2015'…

Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: Union Skill Development Secretary Shri Rohit Nandan today met Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik at Secretariat to discuss issues of skill development in Odisha.  During the discussion, Chief Minister Shri Patnaik…

31 October 1984 - I was in Class IV. I went home from the school during lunch hour. My Dad, a staunch Congress supporter, broke the news that then PM Indira Gandhi was shot and admitted to hospital. BBC said she succumbed to injuries, but…