The state government Saturday decided to construct a `128-crore bridge over Mahanadi in Cuttack district.

 The sevenphase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s biggest election exercise, will kick off April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place June 4. The elections will begin April 19 followed  by subsequent phases April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1, Kumar said at a press conference

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday said the people of the state are going to create a new record in the political history of the country in the next Assembly elections.

A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him for skipping summons in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi Excise policy scam.

The state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Saturday approved a proposal for construction and upgradation of 21 transmission projects by Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) within five years.

Thunderstorms with lightning accompanied by gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Odisha during the next five days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, Saturday.

As many as 10,000 unemployed youths from 20 blocks of Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency received employment letters here recently through an initiative by Kandhamal MP and KIIT & KISS founder Achyuta Samanta.

Noted Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal, who is also known for singing devotional songs, joined the BJP Saturday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha was Saturday remanded in ED custody till March 23 in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy "scam".

The CBI Saturday arrested three people, including the brother of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, for being allegedly involved in the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, officials said.

Retired bureaucrat Navneet Kumar Sehgal has been appointed as the new Prasar Bharati chairman, a post that was vacant for four years.

Twenty-two historic artefacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in their late father's personal items, the FBI said Friday.

Indian patent office has granted over 1 lakh patents in the past year on account of steps taken by the government to further strengthen the intellectual property rights ecosystem, an official statement said Saturday.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Achinta Sheuli has been expelled from the Paris Olympics preparatory camp after he was caught entering the women’s hostel at night in NIS Patiala.

IPL chairman Arun Dhumal dismissed speculation Saturday that the league would be shifted to the UAE due to the upcoming general elections in the country from April 19 to June 1.