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NHAI issues fresh tender for Rs 5,000 crore coastal highway project in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- In a renewed push to kickstart the long-pending coastal highway project in Odisha, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a fresh round of bidding for the... Read More


Odisha private bus owners call off December 1 strike after government assurances

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The All Odisha Bus Owners' Association (AOBOA) on Thursday announced that it has called off a planned statewide agitation on December 1 following assurances from government off... Read More


Cuttack administration withholds salary of officers for poor grievance redressal

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Cuttack district administration has taken a strict measure against officers who failed to address public grievances on time, withholding their salaries for November 2025. T... Read More


MLAs, MPs cannot recommend teacher transfers: High Court strikes down Odisha govt letter

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Orissa High Court on Thursday set aside a state government letter that authorised MLAs and MPs to recommend transfers of government school teachers, ruling that political i... Read More


Odisha Assembly winter session begins; President Murmu to address House today at 4:30 PM

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The winter session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly commenced on Thursday with an obituary reference to former members of the House. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi moved ... Read More


PEO 'siphons off' pension money in Balasore; returns funds to beneficiaries after MP's intervention

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- A Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) in Balasore district has partially returned siphoned pension money to beneficiaries after he was caught allegedly forging thumb impressions ... Read More


BJD suffers major jolt in Talcher as civic Chairperson, 13 councillors resign; likely to join BJP

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday faced yet another political devastation with the resignation of the sitting Chairperson of the Talcher Municipality, Pabitra Bhutia and 1... Read More


Cyclone 'Senyar' forms near Bay of Bengal; IMD says no direct impact on Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- A new tropical cyclone named 'Senyar' has officially formed over the Malacca Strait region and adjoining northeastern Indonesia, after a deep depression drifting westward over ... Read More


17 years on, 26/11 Mumbai terror attack remains a wound but India now not the same under PM Modi

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- Seventeen years after the night that changed India forever, the memory of 26 November 2008 still stings like a fresh wound. The gunfire that ripped through Chhatrapati Shivaji ... Read More


Major late-night crackdown on illegal sand mining in Jagatsinghpur, over 40 vehicles seized

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 26 -- A high-level joint enforcement team conducted a late-night raid on the Kilipal sand ghat of the Mahanadi river in Jagatsinghpur district. The team seized over 40 sand-laden hea... Read More