Sources said the overall revenue collection of the state government had gone down by around 23 per cent in the first quarter of the financial year compared to the corresponding period last yea...

The Odisha government has announced slew of austerity measures amid the mounting cost of fighting Covid-19 pandemic. The Naveen Patnaik government has put curbs on air travel by “babus” t...

Coronavirus cases in Odisha crossed the 10,000 mark on Tuesday with the single-day high of 571 cases. The state’s Covid-19 count stands at 10,097 positive cases and 42 deaths. The Covid-19 posi...

The Odisha government on Friday decided to include transgender community under the ambit of its social welfare scheme — Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY) — and give them a monthly subsisten...

The Odisha government on Thursday decided to restrict the entry of visitors to the Lok Seva Bhavan (state secretariat) and other important government buildings like the Krushi Bhavan till July 31. Th...

The Odisha director-general of police on Wednesday publicly apologised to a 13-year-old girl in Sundergarh district who was raped allegedly by her stepfather, two friends and a cop, and later forced t...

The Odisha government has decided to resume the counter sale of liquor from Wednesday across the state. The online sale of liquor and home delivery that began in the last week of May failed to garner...

Two questions are on everyone’s mind in Odisha.One, will the Rath Yatra be held this year at all?Two, if the Odisha government allows the event, should elephants be harnessed to pull the three chari...

The Odisha government plans to generate 20 crore man-days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) considering the livelihood needs of over 5.22 lakh migrant worker...

Union home minister Amit Shah’s claim of the Centre having allocated Rs 5.52 lakh crore to Odisha in the past six years during a virtual rally on Monday has been met with surprise from different qua...