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Eighty pilgrims have been rescued so far among several Odia people who were stranded in the flood-hit Uttarakhand. The victims' family members took a long sigh of relief after knowing their whereabouts. Odisha Home Secretary UB Nehera…

In a big development, controversial Seashore Group MD Prashant Kumar Dash, was arrested in Mumbai by the Crime Branch and brought back to Bhubaneswar this morning. Prashant had been on a run for the past three months. He reportedly stayed…

Three additional judges of Orissa High Court were sworn-in at a function in the court premises today. Chief Justice C Nagappan administered oath of office to Justices Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Biswajit Mohanty and Akshaya Kumar Rath. With…

Now mobile phones will be seen at the hands of every farmer in Odisha as the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the free mobile phone scheme for the farmers under Digital Mandi scheme. With the launch of the scheme, the…

Barely a month after the Congress High Command snubbed Niranjan Patnaik and replaced him with Jayadev Jena as the Odisha PCC President, Jagdish Tytler too lost his job as the Odisha In-Charge. BK Hariprasad has been given the charge of…

Heavy rains, triggered by a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, left a huge trail of damage in South Odisha districts, including Koraput, Rayagada, Ganjam, Gajapati and Nabarangpur. Kalahandi in Western Odisha are also worst-affected.…

A large number of bonded labourers have been set free by the help of a NGO in Tamil Nadu. As many as 273 people belonging to Odisha were rescued in Tiruvallur district. They were employed in a brick kiln at a very low wage. The victims…

Barely three months after Nitish Kumar's JD(U) held a massive rally in Delhi, demanding a 'Special Category State Status' for Bihar, Odisha CM and BJD President Naveen Patnaik held a similar 'Swabhiman Samabesh' at the Ramlila Maidan to…

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is all set to hold a grand 'Swabhiman Samabesh' at Ramlila Maidan at 9 PM tomorrow to demand a Special Category Status to Odisha. Over 30,000 people from Odisha, Delhi and NCR are going to participate in the…

The Monsoon brought a little relief from the scorching heat, but power crisis will still continue in 2014. According to the statistics prepared by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for the current fiscal 2013-14, power shortage will…