State

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) RS Gopalan Friday launched a citizen awareness initiative on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls and appealed to voters in the state, especially those in urban areas, to verify their details in the 2002 electoral rolls....

Mundali (Odisha): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday announced that the Central Industrial Security Force will now oversee the security of various sea ports across the country. In his address at the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Mundali, Shah...

Paradip: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said Odisha will soon join the league of developed states in the country and become the richest province by optimally using its natural resources. After inaugurating a sulphuric acid plant of IFFCO, he claimed that the BJP government...

Paradip: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday inaugurated IFFCO's sulphuric acid plant in Odisha's Jagatsingpur district to boost fertiliser production capacity. The new plant at Paradip will help enhance the fertiliser production capacity of IFFCO and achieve the goal of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', an official said....

Kolkata: The 200 judicial officers from the two neighbouring states of Jharkhand and Odisha will reach West Bengal by Saturday, and join from March 9, the ongoing exercise of the judicial adjudication of the voters' documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election...

Bhubaneswar: At least five people were killed in road accidents in three districts of Odisha Friday, police said. Two people died in motorcycle accidents in Nayagarh and Puri districts each, while one man lost his life when a truck crashed into a house where he...

Sambalpur: Six members of an interstate gang of women chain snatchers have been arrested, Khetrajpur police here said during a presser held Thursday. The gang allegedly targeted women at religious places and gatherings as well as crowded public places in Sambalpur town to snatch their...

Joda: A woman was allegedly gangraped by two persons on the pretext of dropping her and children at home in Bileipada area under Joda police limits in Keonjhar district during the recently concluded Maghe festival. The matter came to the fore after police arrested two...

Bhubaneswar: Industry, Skill Development, and Vocational Education Minister and Paradip MLA Sampad Chandra Swain has urged Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik to intervene and ensure immediate allocation of resources for setting up a state-of the-art, hygienic fish market in Paradip constituency to...

Bhanjanagar: A 45-year-old man was hacked to death in broad daylight in front of local court here in Ganjam district Thursday afternoon, sending shockwaves across the town. The deceased was identified as Ashok Swain of Buduli village. Police said the murder was the result of...