Odisha

Bhubaneswar: At a time when there is a sharp criticism from public over blocking the way for ambulances, the humble Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday set an example by facilitating smooth movement of an ambulance at Xavier square on Jaydev Vihar-Nandankanan road in the capital city. According to reports, when the Chief Minister was [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Abinas Nayak has won the popular cooking show MasterChef India Season 6. The 25-year old Hyderabad based engineer had a tough competition with fellow contestant Oindrila Bala to win the Rs 25 lakhs award. Born in Ganjam District, Abinas has been taking part in many of the famous cooking show in India. But [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayana Patro today urged the officers to remain present in the Assembly while matters pertaining to their departments are being discussed in the House. The concerned officers are directed to remain present in the officer gallery while their important matters are discussed in the House, the Speaker said in a [...]

Berhampur: In a bizarre incident, a girl student studying in Class I of a private school in Berhampur was allegedly asked to remove her clothes by her teacher. The teacher reportedly asked the girl to strip as she had not worn the school uniform. When the incident came to light, the guardians of the [...]

Bhadrak: A school van carrying students in Odisha’s Bhadrak district was fined Rs 17,500 for allegedly violating traffic rules and lack of safety measures under the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2019. The Bhadrak Regional Transport Office (RTO) slapped the hefty fine to the driver of Tata Magic that was plying without valid documents. As per [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a fast turn of events, the police have reportedly detained Bardhan Toppo, the accused driver of arrested Anup Sai who allegedly aided the ex-MLA in the heinous crime. Toppo was reportedly taken into custody following brief questioning from his rented house in Bagarachaka village. As per the latest reports, he is being interrogated [...]

Bhubaneswar: The members of a minority community from Bhadrak district today felicitated Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his government’s initiatives to develop their religious institution. As per sources, over hundreds of Muslims accompanied by Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and MLA Sanjib Mallick met the Chief Minister at Naveen Niwas to express their gratitude to the [...]

Balangir: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the state of the art Motilal Oswal-Kiss Residential Tribal School at Balangir. The school has been set up by Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences Bhubaneswar with financial support from the Motilal Oswal Group. Built on 20 acre land, the fully residential school will provide free quality education to [...]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik, known for his hard stand against corruption and no tolerance towards tainted leaders, once again gave a signal that he will not tolerate even a slightest of charges against anybody in the party. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo expelled tainted leader Anup Sai from the party and removed [...]

Bhubaneswar: In a sensational claim Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh police on Saturday unraveled details about former MLA of Brajrajnagar Anup Sai’s role in a double-murder case. Raigarh SP Santosh Singh said while Sai cleverly avoided police to present himself before the cops for investigation even after several notices, police kept him under close scanner for the last [...]