The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations, all set to begin amid much fanfare in Bhubaneswar from 8 January, will provide Odisha an ideal opportunity to showcase what the state has to offer to the world in terms of its varied potential, said a senior official ahead of the event.
Two persons including a buyer at a jewellery shop were shot dead in a daring broad daylight crime in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday afternoon, when motorcycle-borne criminals opened fire at them while fleeing from the shop after a failed robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for Odisha’s Rayagada Division and inaugurate various important railway infrastructure projects through Video Conferencing on 6 January, the East Coast Railway (EcOR) officials said on Saturday.
A 54-year-old man and his wife were killed and two others of the family seriously injured after the house in which they were making firecrackers was ripped apart following a blast in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, police said on Saturday.
This strategic project is set to improve connectivity, boost regional development, generate employment and offer significant benefits to both passenger and freight transportation in the region.
Travelling used to be about experiencing new things while taking in local cuisine, sightseeing, and adventure.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched the third phase of the 5T School Transformation Initiative. As part of…
The state logged 393 fresh covid cases at 7.2 per cent test positivity rate in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative active caseload to 3,086.
The emergence of baby turtles marks the grand culmination of annual sojourn of Olive turtles along the Odisha coast, the World’s largest nesting ground of these aquatic animals.
Tulasi Dongri Reserve Forest, close to the Chhattisgarh border, has been a safe haven for a Maoist outfit since long taking advantage of its topography – remoteness and dense forest coverage, said BSF officials.
