The additional district and sessions court of Anandapur in this district has awarded death sentence to five persons in connection with brutal murder of former Anandapur Block chairman Rama Chandra Behera in 2019.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday launched a health scheme - Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Nabin Card - for people of the rural areas of the state.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone for state’s maiden Adivasi Bhawan at Gothapatana here, Wednesday. Estimated to be constructed at an approximate cost of `100 crore, the facility will serve as a versatile centre for deliberation, meetings, conferences, and showcasing of tribal art, culture, and development initiatives.

Former Union minister Srikant Jena returned to the Congress Wednesday and asserted that the INDIA bloc will defeat the BJP-BJD's ‘unholy alliance’ in Odisha. Jena had been expelled by the Congress in 2019 for alleged anti-party activities. Congress’ Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar welcomed Jena into the party.

The CBI Wednesday got the custody of Sandeshkhali Enforcement Directorate (ED) official attack case accused Shahjahan Sheikh from the West Bengal CID, following two orders by the Calcutta High Court to do so on two consecutive days.

State Commerce and Transport department Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Odisha National Cadet Corps (NCC) Directorate to launch the ‘Junior Rakshak’ initiative.

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh complaint before a Delhi court seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping multiple summonses issued to him in a money laundering case, official sources said Wednesday.

A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the UN migration agency said Wednesday, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago.

An MP/MLA court here Wednesday sentenced former MP Dhananjay Singh to seven years of imprisonment in a 2020 kidnapping and extortion case.

Former CMD of Nalco Tapan Kumar Chand and five other ex-servicemen Wednesday joined the opposition BJP ahead of the elections for the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly

Former Union minister Srikant Jena returned to the Congress Wednesday and asserted that the INDIA bloc will defeat the BJP-BJD’s unholy alliance in Odisha. Jena had been expelled by the Congress in 2019 for alleged anti-party activities.

Crisil Ratings Wednesday projected India’s GDP growth at 6.8 per cent in the next fiscal and said the country will become an upper middle-income nation by 2031 with the economy doubling to $7 trillion.

As many as 80-85 per cent Paytm wallet users will not face any disruption because of regulatory actions, and the remaining users have been advised to link their apps to other banks, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Wednesday.

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided the premises of Samajwadi Party's jailed MLA Irfan Solanki in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said negotiations are the only means to restore peace in ethnic violence-hit Manipur and returning the state to normalcy will be the Narendra Modi government's next phase of efforts.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha has hinted at a potential alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Wednesday said if one member of a large family takes a different stance, it does not mean there is a split within the family.

A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday the Constitution does not give Parliament the "entire universe" of mineral development and states also have powers to regulate and develop mines and minerals.

The Congress on Wednesday removed Himachal Pradesh MLA Sudhir Sharma, who was disqualified by the Assembly Speaker after he cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha polls, from the post of All India National Congress (AICC) Secretary.