Odisha

Sambalpur: Hirakud dam authorities here today opened two more gates to release the excess floodwater from the reservoir.

Bhubaneswar: A picture is worth a thousand words is an English adage that fits right when we see the transformation of Puri in the image posted above. This is neither an artist’s imagination nor a graphics output to give a false impression to the people of Odisha. This is today’s Puri. It is the same Puri that was once regarded as an overcrowded city with narrow streets.

Puri: The so-called cultural protectionists and intellectuals are opposing the Odisha Government’s ongoing demolition drive around the centuries old Shree Jagannath Temple. They have consorted negative campaign on the social media against the state government for its bold decision to go ahead with the transformation plan that calls for demolition of unsafe and illegal structures [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today hailed contribution of teachers for building a health society.

Bhubaneswar: In a mid night operation by the Commissionerate police, dreaded wanted criminal Sushant Majhi has been apprehended after encounter. Majhi is involved in a number of crimes committed in Bhubaneswar and nearby areas. Hailing from Nayagarh district, Majhi is notorious for looting and dakayati cases. Acting on a tip off, the commissionerate police swung [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the newly recruited Welfare Extension Officers (WEOs) in ST & SC Development, Minority & Backward Class Welfare Department to follow 5T mantra and make this Mantra a cardinal principle in all their lives. Speaking at the induction programme of WEOs at the Jayadev Bhawan here, the Odisha [...]

Bhubaneswar: An auto driver, Haribandhu Kanhar today grabbed the national attention when he was fined Rs 47,500/-, highest so far in the country by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) Bhubaneswar here for violating new traffic rules. The RTO issued a challan against the violators-owner of the vehicle (OR02AQ-2243) Kanduri Khatua, a resident of Nayagarh and [...]

Bhubaneswar: Former judge of Orissa High Court Justice Bimal Prasad Das today took charge as the chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Das’ appointment was approved by Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal on August 22. He has replaced Justice Raghubir Dash was officiating as the acting chairman of the commission since May 16, 2019. After [...]

Berhampur: Inspired by the ‘5T’ mantra of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Ganjam District Administration is all set to make a paradigm shift in taking quality education in Odia to the palm of every student of Odisha.

Puri: The Government of Odisha has taken an ambitious step to transform the cultural city of Puri into a World Heritage City and has commenced the process in right earnest. For this the peripheral areas of the Shri Jagannath Temple need to be secured and developed. This will result in demolition of the age old structures and removal of some business establishments. But in order to bring in a transformation, there was a necessity to take action. It assumes significance after the security agencies of the country have issued warnings of threat to the Jagannath Temple many a times.