The Odisha government has officially upgraded Puri Municipality to a Municipal Corporation, effective Wednesday, December 31, 2025. The Housing & Urban Development Department issued a formal notification following an earlier proposal by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on July 3,...
Bodies of two young men were discovered by Odisha Police with multiple injury marks inside a garage in Cuttack district early Wednesday morning. The victims have been identified as 23-year-old Prasant Kumar Jena and 21-year-old Mohammad Soheb, both residents of...
In a significant year-end administrative reshuffle, the Odisha government announced on Tuesday the promotion of 14 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, including Inspector General Shyni S, to the additional DGP rank, as per a notification. According to the notification issued...
The Odisha government is set to overhaul the administrative and land management framework of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri. Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan announced on Tuesday that the state will reform the Uniform Land Settlement Policy of 2003...
The Congress held a demonstration in front of Utkal Bhavan in Kolkata on Tuesday to protest the brutal killing of a 30-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district in Odisha's Sambalpur district following an altercation over a bidi. The...
In a major crackdown on corrupt officials in the state, the Odisha Vigilance Department unearthed significant disproportionate assets (DA) during simultaneous raids on an Additional Tahasildar and a Panchayat Extension Officer (PEO). Odisha Vigilance raids Additional Tahasildar The anti-corruption sleuths...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar abruptly ended his three-day tour of Odisha on Sunday and returned to New Delhi following a major accident involving his father, sources said. As Kumar had to depart, his high-level meeting with Booth Level...
Cold wave conditions continued to sweep across Odisha on Monday, with minimum temperatures plunging below 10 degree Celsius mark in at least 13 places. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the biting cold has severely disrupted normal life, particularly...
The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a man for allegedly assaulting passengers and forcing them to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and produce their Aadhaar cards at the Balasore railway station in Odisha, officials said on Monday. The incident occurred late...
The leaders of Congress and party workers held widespread demonstrations outside electricity offices across Odisha on Monday, protesting the imposition of the Additional Security Deposit (ASD) on domestic power consumers. Several party leaders including Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President...
