Odisha

Jagatsinghpur: Chaos erupted in Jagatsinghpur district today when enraged locals vandalized a private ambulance after a 58-year-old woman died en route to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack due to lack of oxygen. The patient identified as Kamala Panda, a resident of Brahmanakhanda village under Aula panchayat, was initially rushed to the district headquarters [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday announced that the state will have 16 new Notified Area Councils (NACs) and seven municipalities. CM Majhi made the announcement in his address during state-level Local Self-Governance Day celebrations held in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The 16 NACs include Baramba, Narasinghpur and Salipur in Cuttack district, Gondia [...]

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted search operations at locations linked to an Odisha-based businessman involved in mining activities in Bhubaneswar during an investigation into a bank fraud case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The searches were conducted by ED-Shimla on Saturday. The ED sources revealed that the raids [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has hailed the successful completion of the two-day National Conference of Chairpersons of SC and ST Welfare Committees, held on August 29-30 in Bhubaneswar, calling it a historic milestone as the event was organised outside Delhi for the first time in 25 years. Padhy said the conference received the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday sharply criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Odisha, pointing to a significant drop in the Chief Minister approval rating. The latest ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey conducted by India Today ranks Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi as the 8th best-performing Chief Minister in [...]

Puri: The Special Squad of the police in Odisha’s Puri arrested three persons and recovered about 170 grams of brown sugar, Rs 1.6 lakh in cash, and three two-wheelers during a raid in the temple town, the police said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the police carried out a raid in Chandanpur area here [...]

Cuttack: The Odisha Police Recruitment Board has released the schedule for the written examination for the recruitment of Sub-Inspector (S.I.) of Police and equivalent ranks. The OMR-based examination is set to take place on October 4 and 5, 2025, across various districts in Odisha. Eligible candidates can download their Admit Cards from the official Odisha [...]

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday called for equal opportunities for the country’s youth, noting their significant role in national development when they are given the chance. Addressing the concluding ceremony of a two-day National Conference of SC/ST Welfare Committees here, the Speaker highlighted the increasing importance of parliamentary and legislative committees in [...]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief, Naveen Patnaik, has written to Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers J.P. Nadda, flagging the issue of urea shortage during the ongoing Kharif season. Naveen Patnaik, in his letter dated August 29, urged J.P. Nadda to ensure the adequate supply [...]

Bhubaneswar: Kushal Chandra Chatterjee, a former outsourced Junior Town Planner at the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), was convicted today by the Vigilance Special Judge, Bhubaneswar, in a bribery case. The court sentenced Chatterjee to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine for his role in demanding and accepting a bribe to approve a [...]