Odisha

The entire Odisha is reeling under intense cold wave conditions, as Daringbadi recorded minus 2 degrees Celsius. Other parts of Kandhamal district such as Phulbani and Baliguda are witnessing the same situation at 2-3 degrees Celsius. Frost…

As anticipated earlier, former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra, who is posted as the Special Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, has been appointed as the Director General of CRPF. The post was lying vacant since November 30 following the…

When the Tara Dutt Committee report on illegal plot/flat allotment was made public, people of Odisha were shocked to see most powerful people in the list, who hail from politics, media, bureaucracy and legal profession. Some Ministers, MLAs…

The CBI got another big fish in the AT Group chit fund scam, as it arrested former Crime Branch DSP Pramod Panda, who is currently posted as the DSP in Nayagarh DIB. Panda was taken into custody after being interrogated for the third time.…

The Odisha Cabinet led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has accepted the recommendations given by Tara Dutt Committee and took a historic decision by cancelling the illegal allotment of 1,791 plots/flats under the controversial…

In a major jolt to H Hi-Tech Group Managing Director Tirpuati Panigrahi, the Supreme Court refused to extend the deadline to refund the money in land duping case. Soon after Tirupati Panigrahi's application was rejected, the Odisha Crime…

In a major breakthrough, the security personnel have destroyed four Maoist camps in the Telan forest area in Kalahandi district of Odisha and recovered several arms and ammunition apart from Naxal literature. At least 18 rounds of live…

The Forest department officials have finally rescued four elephants, including two females and a calf from a dry dug well near Sanasola forest under Dukura forest range after making hard efforts for over 19 hours. The local villagers…

It's already five years since the RCFCE-2009 (Right to Education Act) came into force and the Odisha state rule on RTE was notified more than four year ago. Since then there has been certain encouraging steps in terms of recruitment of…

The Department of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) in Odisha will hold 'Sargi Phool Festival 2014' for children on December 17. The festival will continue till December 19 at the Adivasi Ground in Unit I, Bhubaneswar. Children…