Schools have been shut across multiple districts of Odisha as floods and heavy rain worsen. In Bhadrak, the Collector declared a holiday for 268 schools in six flood-affected blocks, with Bant excluded,…
A dispute over a purported rare 'Hanuman paisa' worth crores led to the kidnapping of a 62-year-old businessman in Odisha's Balangir district. Police have arrested four people, including a journalist and a…
Tribal women in Odisha's Malkangiri and Koraput districts have replaced illegal cannabis cultivation with indigenous black rice varieties like Kalabati, Kala Moli and Kala Jeera. The women, organised into self-help groups, manage…
Coal India Ltd plans to bid for more iron ore blocks, focusing on financial viability, as it prepares to build a pelletization plant. The state-owned miner won its first iron ore block,…
Teacher job aspirants in Odisha and Bihar staged separate protests on Monday and Tuesday over delays in teacher recruitment. In Bhubaneswar, the All Odisha Teachers Aspirants' Association held a sit-in at Lower…
Odisha's Hirakud Dam in Sambalpur district opened five more gates on Monday, taking the total to seven, as inflow from the upper catchment rose to 2,01,240 cusecs per second. The reservoir level…
Over one crore women in Odisha will get the fifth instalment of the Subhadra scheme on August 28, Rakhi Purnima, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida announced on Monday. The disbursement will take…
The flood situation in Odisha worsened as 7.85 lakh people across 66 blocks in six districts were affected, Odisha TV reports. The deluge has inundated 1,304 villages and 448 gram panchayats, while…
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi visited flood-affected Bhadrak and Jajpur districts on Monday to assess damage and review relief operations. The Baitarani River was still flowing above the danger mark at…
App-based taxi drivers in two states have launched protests demanding government-regulated fares, rejecting the pricing systems of companies such as Ola, Uber, and Rapido.
