The maximum day temperature soared to 40 °C or above at as many as 30 places in Odisha, informed the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre on Sunday.

Union Minister of Education & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri Sunday inaugurated an indoor stadium at PR School in Bolangir supported by GAIL (India) Limited under CSR initiatives.

On the second day of his two-day Keonjhar visit, 5T Secretary VK Pandian Sunday said that Maa Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon will be developed like the Srimandir, Tara Tarini and Samaleswari Temples.

The Puri Police Sunday issued an advisory for flying drones in the Holy City, especially on the Grand Road, from Rath Yatra to Niladri Bije of the Srimandir deities.

Odisha’s debt level is currently within the stipulated limit and is expected to increase by 4 per cent by the end of the financial year 2026-27, revealed a status paper on public debt published by the state Finance department.

Women won 458 posts of ward councillors, mayor and and deputy mayor in the Bihar municipal polls, the results of which were declared by the State Election Commission on Sunday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday hit out at the Centre over its ordinance on control of services in the national capital, saying Delhi is the first to be "attacked" and similar ordinances will be brought for other states also.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first 'National Training Conclave' here Sunday and highlighted the importance of capacity building, ending silos and enhancing service delivery.

Moody’s Sunday said the Indian economy is expected to clock a 6-6.3 per cent growth in June quarter, and flagged risks of fiscal slippage arising from weaker-than-expected government revenues in the current fiscal.

Odisha had produced 55.35 lakh metric tonne food grain in 2000-2001 fiscal while the figure rose to 136.07 lakh metric tonne in 2022-23 financial year, added the official. The state has achieved 246 per cent growth in food grain production since 2000-2001,”.

Digapahandi Panchayat Samiti Block, chairperson Sunita Sethi, who was suffering from thalassemia, breathed her last.

A diamond ring worth around Rs 40 lakh of a film producer was reportedly stolen during his trip to Gupteswar in Koraput district of Odisha recently.

The 14th KIIT International Chess Festival 2023 was inaugurated today at the Viswanathan Anand International Hall in KIIT-DU with participation of over 1,200 competitors from 20 nations across the world. The tournament is having a prize money of Rs 32 lakh.

A 40-feet-high statue depicting an Indian hockey player erected in this city in Sundargarh district ahead of this year’s men's World Cup collapsed due to a thunderstorm Sunday, officials said. The iron statue was installed near the Rourkela airport adjacent to the Bisra Munda International Hockey Stadium in January ahead of the FIH Men’s World Cup 2023

After two days of dedicated trials and analysis, top football coaches from Europe recently selected two kids from Ardor Football Academy here for the MSA Scholarship programme to receive training in Spain. Prominent coaches from SPF Rush Academy and Silla CF were visiting Odisha to conduct trials for this scholarship programme. And from the academy, Shreejal Kisku (boy) and Sulekha Kanhar (girl) have been selected for the upcoming training.