Rourkela

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Rourkela is among the 25 cities shortlisted for the 'Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’ cohort. The challenge is a three-year initiative aimed at supporting early childhood-friendly neighbourhoods under Smart Cities…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha once again found a mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Mann ki Baat when he applauded an engineering student turned artist Bhagyashree Sahoo for her efforts to promote Pattachitra art. Little did Bhagyashree…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that a world class hockey stadium with a sitting capacity of 20,000 would come up in Rourkela city. Slated to be the biggest stadium for hockey in the country, it would host …

Bhubaneswar: To enhance the connectivity in the remote and regional areas, the Centre has decided to include three airports in Odisha under UDAN (Ude desh ka aam nagrik)-4. The three airports of the state to be included under the UDAN-4…

Rourkela: The curtains came down on the 17th Inter-School Science Exhibition-2019 on Saturday, organised at the Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20. The event was inaugurated on Saturday by CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant Dipak Chattaraj.…

Sundargarh: Police arrested Padmanavan Mukhi Karwa, a fake doctor posted at a primary health centre (PHC) in Sundargarh district, on Wednesday. He will be produced in court later in the day. Earlier on Tuesday night, police had picked up…

Bhubaneswar: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) enforcement squad unearthed a tax fraud of Rs 138 crore in Odisha and arrested four businessmen. The arrested businessmen have been identified as Ramachandra Mallick, a stakeholder of Biraja…

Rourkela: An elephant herd spotted near the national highway on the outskirts of Rourkela triggered panic in the area on Tuesday night. More than 50 forest staff were deployed to prevent the herd of 18 elephants from entering the city.…

Rourkela: The Steel City and cricket have had close encounters in the past, which now seems to have lost in the pages of history. It was on December 30, 1969, that Ispat Stadium here hosted Ranji Trophy match for the first time. Since…

Rourkela: A 19-year-old fell off the roof of a two-storey building in Sector 6 here while filming a TikTok video and sustained critical injuries on October 15. The boy, identified as Anil Gochyat, was admitted to Rourkela Government…