The state government on Thursday decreased the fare of buses of different categories after reduction in diesel price. It will make the bus fare a bit cheaper in the state compared to earlier.

Actress Varsha Priyadarshini on Wednesday lodged a complaint with Cyber police station in Cuttack alleging that some persons are trying to tarnish her image and defame her on social media.

The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri on Wednesday finalised the schedules of rituals for the Debasnan Purnima and Rath Yatra, to be held on June 14 and July 1 respectively, following a meeting with Chhatisa Nijog, a confederation of several associations of the

AIIMS Bhubaneswar will start kidney transplantation surgery from July. The institution has already received permission from the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) of the state government to start the procedure.

A nationwide bandh called by organisations representing backward classes on Wednesday had no impact in the state with business and other establishments remaining open and vehicular movement unaffected.

After the state cabinet recently approved the construction of a mega aluminium park at Angul at an investment of Rs 428 crore, the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) is planning to develop it near the existing aluminium park.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked various banks to focus on increasing the average size of loan to women self-help groups (SHGs) under the Mission Shakti programme.

Sipra Mohanty ordered two sarees from an online shopping website and paid in cash. But after she opened the packet, she found only one saree, and that too of an inferior quality.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has fetched a record collection of Rs 11.98 crore through holding tax in the month of April this year. It is more than Rs 3 crore of the past record of Rs 8.65 crore collected in April in the 2021-22 financial year.

Students of Odisha fared significantly better in various subjects in the National Achievement Survey -2021.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday stayed the construction of a market complex by the Berhampur Development Authority (BeDA) on a plot of land in Berhampur which was a water body according to the petitioner.

A cattle trader from West Bengal, identified by police as Jamsed Ali (47), was shot dead by unidentified men at a weekly cattle market in Rairangpur area of Mayurbhanj district, 275km from here, on Wednesday. The police suspect the motive was robbery.

bhubaneswar puris shankaracharya swami nischalananda saraswati on wednesday hit out at the naveen patnaik government for allegedly destroying rich heritage on the pretext of development his outburst comes after scathing remarks from the archaeological survey of india asi and bjp on the issue a hushhush late night survey was also undertaken by the govt.

Six persons were killed and another 40 injured when a bus carrying more than 70 tourists from West Bengal overturned in Ganjam district, late on Tuesday. Among the dead were four women, two of them from the same family.

A nationwide bandh called by organisations representing backward classes on Wednesday had no impact in the state with business and other establishments remaining open and vehicular movement unaffected.

The Puri Shankaracharyas criticism of the heritage corridor project has given ammunition to the BJP to launch a fresh tirade against the state government, with party leaders demanding that the project be put on hold till all the clearances are obtained.

Six persons were killed and another 40 injured when a bus carrying more than 70 tourists from West Bengal overturned in Ganjam district, late on Tuesday. Among the dead were four women, two of them from the same family.

Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested five contractual employees of SCB Medical College and Hospital for alleged negligence in duty and diverting patient to private hospitals while taking huge money.

The tourist bus carrying around 60 persons from West Bengal, was going towards Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh from Daringibandi in Kandhamal district.

Authorities in Bhadrak sealed the gates of a church located following complaints of religious conversions since May 17.

The state Haj committee on Tuesday organised a training programme at Cuttack for prospective Haj pilgrims, scheduled to begin their holy trip to Saudi Arabia in June. The prospective pilgrims from three districts Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara attended this programme.

The state health authorities on Tuesday ruled out the presence of any new virus other than that of causes hand, foot and mouth disease. The Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here had tested 36 samples but 26 returned positive for Coxsackievirus, a sub-type of Enterovirus.

A house surgeon of MKCG Medical College has been asked not to visit hostels of the medical college and complete an extra three month of internship following a ragging charge against him.

The state will showcase its transformative governance and women empowerment initiatives through Mission Shakti and success story in disaster management to 181 young IAS officers and two others from Royal Bhutan services, who are visiting the state for four days from May 29.

With mercury steadily rising and swimming pools reopening doors after two years of irregular operations owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, children are taking delight in their favourite summertime activity in hordes.

Around 300 students have not applied for the free laptop scheme, prompting the government to ask the schools to raise awareness about the issue.

Twenty-six of 36 samples on Tuesday returned positive for Coxsackievirus, a sub-type of Enterovirus, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The positive samples were of children below 9 years.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched Indias first Olympic Value Education Program (OVEP), an initiative to teach life skills to children through sporting activities.

The state government has reconstituted the district road safety committees (DRSC) and formulated their terms of reference. Though the committees had been functioning in the state since 2017, there were no specific guidelines for their operation.

With mercury steadily rising and swimming pools reopening doors after two years of irregular operations owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, children are taking delight in their favourite summertime activity in hordes.

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday blamed the Naveen Patnaik government for distressed migration from Brajrajnagar despite being in power for 22 consecutive years.

The Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary has started a massive cleaning drive of ipomoea carnea, an obnoxious weed that grows in the wetland.

Students of BSc (Nursing) on Tuesday staged a demonstration at the Utkal University protesting lack of basic facilities at the varsitys second campus at Chandikhole in Jajpur district.

The state government has reconstituted the district road safety committees (DRSC) and formulated their terms of reference. Though the committees had been functioning in the state since 2017, there were no specific guidelines for their operation.

Two weeks after the arrest of notorious criminal Chakara Barik following an exchange of fire with police here on May 12, the commissionerate police arrested seven of his associates, including a woman, on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Sunday in Jagatsinghpur district.

Tomato price has once again crossed Rs 100 per kg in the city markets after a gap of one week despite the hope that reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel would bring it down, Minati Singha reports.

There is good news for the residents of Satya Nagar and Saheed Nagar in the city.

The state government is set to incorporate the Olympic Values Education Programme into the school curriculum, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee and the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust.

Three persons were arrested here on Monday for allegedly beating up 23 tourists from Chhattisgarh at Nandankanan zoo, on the outskirts of the city, the day before.

Amid the political slugfest over the heritage corridor project in Puri, a group of servitors of the Jagannath Temple on Monday moved the Orissa high court, seeking early completion of the Rs 800 crore plan.

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar has started the process to offer a three-year MSc in medical and radiological physics from August this year. It will be the first institution in Odisha to offer this course.

Veteran communist leader and former Bhubaneswar MP Sivaji Patnaik passed away at a city hospital on Monday afternoon. He was 92. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after the potassium level in his blood dropped. Patnaik was one of the main founders of the Odisha unit of CPM.

With the western Odisha districts are reeling under severe heatwave conditions, parents and teachers have demanded the state government to bring forward the summer vacation for students. Even though children are going to school from 6 am to 9 am, they reach home around 10.

The state government is likely to present a full budget of more than Rs 2 lakh crore for the current financial year next month.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has asked the executive officer of Puri Municipality to take prompt and effective steps for covering the open drains under the municipality areas and submit an action taken report in the matter to the commission.

The Left party leader is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter. He was admitted to a hospital on Sunday after the potassium level in his blood dropped. His body will be brought to the party's state headquarters near Jaydev Vihar here at 10am on Tuesday for the last darshan.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday selected senior leader, Sarat Pattanayak (66), as the new chief of the partys state unit. He succeeds Niranjan Patnaik, who had been holding the fort since April 19, 2018.

The special task force of the crime branch on Sunday seized a pangolin and arrested a poacher in Kalahandi, Riyan Ramanath reports.The poacher was identified as Jitendra Kumar (35). We had reliable information of a pangolin being smuggled.