News Bulletin

Normal life has come to a standstill in Odisha and other parts of the country, as 11 registered trade unions have called for a two-day nation-wide strike to protest the UPA government's policies. Buses, autos and taxis stayed off the road…

By Sagar Satapathy: Odisha Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya presented Budget for 2013-14 in Assembly in two parts today. He presented Rs 60,303.09 crore Budget, the highest-ever for Odisha for the financial year 2013-14, giving more…

By Srikant Mohanty: Although atrocities on women continue unabated, women in India appear fully transformed. Even if, the movement for women’s’ liberation took momentum in the seventies, femininity has at length materialized in its finest…

Bhubaneswar: The Annual Economic Survey of Odisha for the year 2013-14, which was presented in the state assembly on Monday, revealed the wide regional and social disparities in terms of economic development in the state. Poverty…

Bhubaneswar: The question was raised over the security of senior citizens in the state capital Bhubaneswar after the murder of a retired bank officer. Police found the dead body of an old man at Kalinga Nagar, on outskirts of the city, less…

Bhubaneswar: Would it be the turn of Pyari Mohan Mohapatra after Sangram Mohanty and Dandapani Mohanty to be put behind the bars on alleged Maoist links? The political atmosphere in Bhubaneswar has heated up following rumours and…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue Minister Surjya Narayan Patro has told the Assembly on February 18 that 314 villages across four districts in Odisha have been declared 'drought-hit' on the basis of the harvest report filed by District…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Jan Morcha (OJM) led by Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has reached new heights, if we believe the claims made by its founder. According to Pyari, the membership of OJM now stands at three lakh, which is a staggering figure…

Rourkela (By Aurobinda Das): With the commissioning of the IVC (Industrial vacuum cleaning) at Sinter Plant- I recently, the Rourkela Steel Plant has put in place yet another pollution control initiative as part of the State Pollution…

Bhubaneswar: In a huge relief to the state government, ARSS Chairman Subash Agarwal was rescued from the abductors in Visakhapatnam. It was a big achievement for the Commissionerate Police, as Mr. Agarwal became a free man less than 12…