Odisha

Rain subsides, Odisha limping back to normalcy

9:38 pm August 8, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Rain-battered south Odisha, where fears of flood loomed large, was limping back to normalcy on Thursday with rainfall subsiding and water gradually receding from submerged areas, officials said. A man was killed and his son went missing after being swept away in the gushing waters, while crossing a hilly stream in Belghar area of […]

Bhagwat on 5-day visit to Bihar from Feb 9

Mohan Bhagwat in Kolkata tomorrow

10:18 pm July 31, 2019

Kolkata: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be in the city on Thursday and will meet RSS functionaries to discuss organisational issues. RSS sources said on Wednesday that Bhagwat will be in the city for a brief period on his way to Odisha from Jharkhand. The RSS, the ideological fountainhead of BJP, has made steady inroads […]

96 women illegally engaged to dance in bars rescued

8:36 pm July 27, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A total of 96 women who were engaged illegally to perform dances in 11 bars in the state capital were rescued, the police said on Saturday. The bars did not have permission to engage women for dancing, police said. “The women are from West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Mumbai, Punjab, Haryana and Odisha. They were […]

Jagannath temple reopens for all devotees

Pradhan bats for Jagannath Temple, Sun Temple as iconic tourist sites

2:38 pm July 27, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the Centre to include Odisha’s Jagannath Temple and Konark Sun Temple in the proposed list of ‘iconic tourist sites’. Pradhan wrote a letter to Culture and Tourism Minister (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel in this regard on July 25. “Keeping in mind the paramount historical, cultural and religious […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

Oppn demands Patnaik resign over rapes, missing children

9:07 pm July 22, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Monday witnessed several adjournments as opposition BJP and Congress members created ruckus demanding resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over rising cases of missing children and rape incidents in the state. The issue was raised by Leader of Opposition Pradipta Kumar Naik of the BJP, who alleged that the BJD government has […]