Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Curtailment of the winter session of Odisha Assembly has sparked off a furore, with the Opposition BJP and Congress accusing the ruling BJD of avoiding the legislature and debate on key topics. “The Speaker announced sine die…

Bhubaneswar: Sridhar Patra, Director (Finance) of the Navaratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) was given additional charge of chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) on Friday. Patra will take charge from the outgoing CMD…

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that the intensity of winter this year will be much less compared to last year. The national weather agency, in a release on the Seasonal Temperature Outlook (issued…

Cuttack: Vehicular traffic came to a halt on old Cuttack-Sambalpur road  after a truck, carrying artistes of a Jatra (orchestra) troupe overturned on Friday. As many as 13 artistes were injured when the truck skidded off the road while…

New Delhi: The much-talked-about death of Haridaspur Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Smitarani Biswal reverberated in Parliament on Friday with Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka demanding a CBI probe into it. Raising the issue during the Zero…

Bhubaneswar: About 60 per cent of adolescents in Odisha suffer from anaemia, said a report by the Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security (CFNS), a New Delhi-based research body. According to the report, 41.5 per cent of girls and 18.3…

Bhubaneswar: Abinash Kumar Mohanta, Odisha’s only non-celebrity contestant in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) season 11, may not have hit the jackpot, but won the host Amitabh Bachchan’s heart for playing a “shaandar” game. Mohanta, an…

Bhubaneswar: Acting on a tip-off, Nayapalli police raided a hotel at IRC village here for using CCTV cameras in its washrooms. The hotel named Sai Arya Residency reportedly used the footage to blackmail customers. Two persons were also…

Bhubaneswar: Kalia Pradhan from Ganjam district has found a place in the 14-member national blind cricket team for a bilateral series against Nepal to be played in Kanpur and Dehradun. Pradhan belongs to the B1 category as he has…

Bhubaneswar: Paddy grain or Dhana, which is widely grown in Odisha, serves more than one purpose for some people. Paddy has been used to make several handicrafts, uniquely. This is just one of the many crafts displayed at the 8th National…