Eight arrested in connection with Cuttack violence, bandh underway amid heavy securityEight people were arrested in Cuttack following violence during a 12-hour bandh called by the VHP. The arrests stem from Sunday's attack on...
07 Oct, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
Tension palpable in violence-hit Cuttack, heavy security deployed amid 12-hour bandhCuttack city faced tension on Monday. A 12-hour bandh was underway amid prohibitory orders. Violence erupted during Durga Puja immersion pr...
06 Oct, 2025, 11.24 AM IST
Two more held on charges of instigating Odisha college student to commit self-immolationOdisha police have arrested two men, Jyoti Prakash Biswal and Subhra Sambait Nayak, for allegedly instigating a college student to commit s...
04 Aug, 2025, 09.05 AM IST
Odisha train accident: Rescue teams working on cutting last bogie to extract victimsThe Chief Secretary informed that the death toll is currently at 233 while at least 900 people were injured and undergoing treatment.
05 Jun, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
Egra blast case: Calcutta HC asks CID to continue investigation that left 9 deadThe Calcutta High Court asked the Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to continue its investigation in the Egra blast in the ill...
18 May, 2023, 09.51 PM IST
Make in Odisha 2020 still on track, says governmentOdisha’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis has been a great advertisement of the Naveen Patnaik administration’s efficiency and proactive gov...
03 Jun, 2020, 12.45 AM IST
A week long lockdown for 40 per cent of Odisha starting tomorrowFor the next seven days, starting from 22 March until 29 March, a complete lockdown will be observed from 7am until 9pm in Khurdha, Cuttack...
21 Mar, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
Nine people die of electrocution in Odisha bus mishapWe have also asked SOUTHCO (Southern Electricity Supply Company Of Odisha) to investigate how the KV wire could have come into contact with...
09 Feb, 2020, 09.05 PM IST
12 killed, 49 injured as bus falls into Mahanadi riverbed in OdishaAt least 12 people were killed and 49 injured after a bus fell into the Mahanadi riverbed from a bridge near Jagatpur on the outskirts of t...
21 Nov, 2018, 08.12 AM IST
3 lakh evacuated in Odisha due to cyclone 'Titli'Around three lakh people were evacuated and 879 multi-purpose cyclone and flood shelters were kept in readiness for sheltering the rescued ...
11 Oct, 2018, 03.23 PM IST
JP Nadda says fresh guidelines to be issued in wake of fire at Bhubaneshwar hospitalThe hospital didn’t have a fire safety certificate. The state government has since filed charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murd...
20 Oct, 2016, 12.02 AM IST
Major fire at private hospital in Bhubaneswar, at least 19 killedAt least seven fire tenders were pressed into service to control the blaze and over a dozen ambulances had been deployed.
18 Oct, 2016, 06.19 AM IST
Congress serves privilege notice against Odisha minister Bikram Keshari ArukhCongress MLA from Aul Devendra Sharma served the notice against Arukh alleging that the minister had given false information on Namtara fir...
13 Mar, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
- Bhushan Steel Ltd CEO Atulya Kumar Verma arrested, new blast furnace area sealed
Besides BSL CEO Atulya Kumar Verma, blast furnace in-charge Naveen Tyagi and operating head Meghpal Singh were arrested, SP Manoranjan Moha...
14 Nov, 2013, 07.24 PM IST
Bhushan Steel Ltd CEO arrested, new blast furnace area sealedBSL CEO Atulya Kumar Verma and two other company executives were arrested after an accident at the private steel plant in Dhenkanal distric...
14 Nov, 2013, 05.28 PM IST
- Work at IOC oil refinery affected as workers protest firing
"Work in the oil refinery has been affected since yesterday causing a loss of over Rs five crore per day," a senior company official said h...
03 Jul, 2012, 01.17 PM IST
- NCSC chief P L Punia raps Odisha govt for failing to protect dalits
NCSC chairman P L Punia has asked the Odisha government to book Pradip Maharathy for shielding the key accused in the Pipili Dalit gang-rap...
06 Mar, 2012, 04.14 AM IST