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Bhubaneswar:  Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh is being celebrated across the country from November 1 to 15 to honour the rich tribal heritage, culture, and invaluable contributions of tribal communities to nation-building. In line with the nationwide celebration, the Odisha State Tribal Museum, under the aegis of...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested in the City for allegedly cheating another person of Rs 55 lakh in a land deal. The accused has been identified as 38-year-old Rakesh Ranjan Beura, a resident of Bhubaneswar. According to police reports, Rakesh introduced himself as a land...

Berhampur: The family of slain lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda has alleged receiving death threats and pressure to withdraw the murder case. Panda’s wife, Susmita Panda, made the revelation during a presser at her residence Saturday. She alleged that a few days back, the...

Nuapada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, during his campaign for the Nuapada by-poll, Saturday wooed tribal voters, targeted Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik and called the former CM's party a “sinking boat.” Tribals constitute over 35 per cent of Nuapada's over 2.53 lakh voters....

Jajpur: Tension prevailed at a government-run hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday after family members of a deceased woman accused the doctor and staff of the health facility of a faulty sterilisation surgery leading to her death. The incident took place at Madhuban under Kuakhia...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Ramdas Athawale Saturday asserted that Bihar recorded a high voter turnout in the first phase of the Assembly elections due to developmental work done by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the NDA would benefit from it. He was referring...

New Delhi/Berhampur: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized unaccounted cash totalling Rs 84.20 lakh and a luxury car during searches at four premises in Odisha's Berhampur in connection with a Rs 69 crore chit fund scam, an official said Saturday. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhubaneshwar,...

Cuttack: At least three persons, including a minor boy, were killed and three others seriously injured when the balcony of an old apartment building collapsed and fell on an adjacent house in Cuttack Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Mani Sahu Chhak in...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Police has arrested two men from Odisha's Bhubaneswar for allegedly cheating a rice trader of Rs 20 lakh by posing as representatives of a company selling agricultural products, police said Saturday. Two of the accused, identified as Basudev Swain (35), a resident...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered disciplinary action against seven police officers and decided to blacklist a private technology firm after an enquiry into the June 29 stampede near the Gundicha Temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra, which claimed three lives and left several...