The Odisha education department has suspended a woman teacher after she was found guilty of corporal punishment at a state government-run upper primary school in Mayurbhanj district, officials said......
Lightning claims more lives in India annually than any other extreme weather event.Between April and July this year alone, 1,621 people died due to lightning strikes. IMAGE: Lightning flashes over......
A 40-year-old man in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district beheaded his father on Tuesday after he refused to give him Rs 10 to buy 'gutkha', police said. Image only for representation. Photograph: ANI......
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Odisha government to decide the remission plea of a "repenting" Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the murders of Australian......
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said she has broken the protocol and undertaken several tours of Odisha and her native Mayurbhanj district in order to speed up development work. IMAGE:......
Adani Group on Tuesday committed to investing Rs 2.3 lakh crore over the next five years across power, cement, industrial parks, aluminium and city gas expansion in Odisha. Photograph: ANI Photo......
In yet another blow to the ruling Biju Janata Dal, Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested party's Mayurbhanj Member of Parliament Ramchandra Hansda and former Members of Legislative......
As many as 10991 villages under 117 blocks in 17 districts of Orissa have been severely hit by drought with a crop loss of over 50 per cent in this year's kharif season. Mayurbhanj district has......