Students protest CCTV inside examination hall, write paper sitting on verandah
Mar 12, 2019, at 11:10 pm
Sambalpur, Mar 12 (UNI): As many as 68 college students, including 24 girls, today protested against the CCTV cameras installed inside the examination hall and instead of sitting inside the hall, sat on the verandah of the college and resorted to all unfair means in the Plus Two examination.
PM and others greet people of Odisha on the occasion of Nuakhai Juhar
Aug 26, 2017, at 08:32 pm
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many others have greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of Nuakhai Juhar.
Amit Shah visits Ganjam district of Odisha on Tuesday
Jul 04, 2017, at 06:11 pm
Bhubaneswar, Jul 4 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah is visiting the Ganjam district of Odisha on Tuesday as part of his countrywide tour to strengthen the party, according to media reports.
PM Modi to visit Odisha on Saturday
Apr 14, 2017, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi, Apr 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he will be travelling to Odisha for a two-day state visit.
AAP Govt spent nearly Rs. 15 crore in 91 days on ads :RTI reply
May 16, 2016, at 05:10 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS) Delhi's AAP government spent nearly Rs 15 crore-Rs. 16 lakh a day- on advertisements in print media, according to an RTI reply.
30 killed in Odisha after bus falls into a gorge
Apr 18, 2016, at 05:39 pm
Bhubaneswar, Apr 18 (IBNS) At least 30 people were killed and eight injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge in Odisha's Deogarh district on Sunday evening, reports said.
PM greets people of Odisha on their statehood day
Apr 01, 2016, at 04:29 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people of Odisha on their statehood day.
PM Modi pays tribute to late Odisha CM Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary
Mar 05, 2016, at 04:12 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid his tribute to late Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary.
PM Modi to visit Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal tomorrow
Feb 21, 2016, at 02:39 am
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for houses to be built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, at Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
Petroleum Minister calls for expediting drought relief measures for Odisha
Dec 11, 2015, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IBNS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was briefed by K.S. Srinivas, Joint Secretary of Union Agriculture Ministry about the visit of the inter-Ministerial delegation to Odisha, led by him, to examine the impact of drought on the farmer community and agriculture of Odisha, according to a release by the Petroleum ministry.
CBI raids chit fund offices in Odisha, West Bengal
Oct 01, 2015, at 10:50 pm
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, Oct 1 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Thursday conducted multiple raids in the offices and directors' houses of Odisha based chit fund company S R Green House Ltd. in Odisha and West Bengal , officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not keep promises: Rahul Gandhi
Sep 10, 2015, at 11:49 pm
Bhubaneswar, Sept 10 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is 'excellent' in making promises but he keeps none.
Odisha's self-styled Godman Sura Baba detained, people ransack Ashmram
Aug 31, 2015, at 06:07 pm
Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 (IBNS) Hours after the detention of Odisha's Sura Baba and his two sons local villagers went on a rampage in the controversial Godman's Ashmram, vandalising property, reports said.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi condemns Moaist attack in Odisha
Aug 26, 2015, at 10:25 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the Maoist-triggered landmine blast in Odisha's southern district of Malkangiri bordering Telengana which killed three BSF jawans.
President to visit Odisha from Friday to Saturday
Aug 07, 2015, at 03:12 am
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Odisha from Friday to Saturday.
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Odisha tomorrow
Aug 07, 2015, at 01:22 am
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Odisha from Aug 7 to 8, officials said on Thursday.
70 killed in WB, Odisha, Manipur floods
Aug 03, 2015, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS) At least 70 people have been killed in floods in West Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, due to incessant rainfall in the aftermath of cyclone Komen.
Heavy rains create havoc in East India, 20 killed in landslide in Manipur
Aug 02, 2015, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Four days of heavy rains have created havoc in several parts of India with Manipur, West Bengal and Odisha worst hit due to cyclone Komen which made its landfall in Bangladesh.
Cyclone Komen to cause heavy rainfall in WB, Odisha during next 72 hours
Jul 31, 2015, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi, July 31 (IBNS): Under the influence of depression caused by the tropical Cyclone 'Komen' in West Bengal and its subsequent movement in westerly direction, heavy to very heavy rainfall between 60 mm to 120 mm may take place at few places in the eastern state, Odisha and Jharkhand during the next 72 hours.
Jul 25, 2015, at 03:09 am
New Delhi, July 24 (IBNS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Odisha's Keonjhar over the killing of six people on allegations of practicing witchcraft.
Heat waves kill over 200 people in Telangana, AP
May 24, 2015, at 05:30 pm
Hyderabad, May 24 (IBNS): With temperatures scorching high in most parts of India, the death toll due to heat waves in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has crossed 200, reports said on Sunday.
Two arrested as class VI girl delivers baby in hostel
Feb 09, 2015, at 06:34 pm
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IBNS): A class-VI student delivered a baby in the hostel of a tribal welfare school in Odisha, media reports said.
CEC to submit report on illegal mining in Odisha
Oct 18, 2014, at 04:26 pm
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IBNS): A report by a Central Empowered Committee (CEC) set up by the Supreme Court found that 187 iron ore and manganese mines in Odisha were guilty of a host of violations, media reports said.
Cyclone Hudhud heading towards Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
Oct 11, 2014, at 04:07 pm
Ganjam, Oct 11 (IBNS): The cyclone Hudhud is expected to make landfall around Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday before noon, Met department sources said.
Grilled in Saradha scam by CBI, former Assam DGP commits suicide
Sep 17, 2014, at 08:10 pm
Guwahati, Sept 17 (IBNS): Former Assam Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Baruah found dead in his home on Wednesday morning. Police suspect he committed suicide, media reported.
Forces will retaliate to Maoists: Rajnath Singh
Jun 27, 2014, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi, June 27 (IBNS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the security personnel will retaliate to any attack by the Maoists and take a balanced approach on the menace.