Nine killed in lightning strikes in Odisha

At least nine people, including six women, were killed and some others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes across Odisha on Friday amid thunderstorms in the state, officials said.......

Tragedy strikes again in Odisha, 6 workers run over by goods train in Jajpur

At least six labourers were killed and two others critically injured in Odisha's Jajpur Keonjhar Road railway station after being run over by a goods train on Wednesday, an official said. IMAGE:......

Post cyclone Dana, 50,000 homes in Odisha still without power

Power supply was yet to be restored in around 50,000 households in cyclone-hit areas in Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore districts, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has said. IMAGE: Indian......

At 110 kmph, Cyclone Dana begins landfall on Odisha coast; no casualty

The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' began on Odisha coast on Thursday night and was expected to continue till Friday morning, the Indian Meteorological Department said. IMAGE: As......

Light at end of tunnel for steel majors?

On November 29, hundreds of armed villagers living in the Posco project area attacked anti-Posco protesters at Balitutha with bombs and burning down tents. More than 20 people were injured in the......

Orissa drops SEZ in Kalinga Nagar

Amidst a nationwide hue and cry over the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs), the Orissa government has decided to drop one of five SEZs in the state that had received formal approval from......

Orissa steel hub pauses over tribal violence

The smoke billowing from the chimneys of Nilachal Ispat Nigam belies the tension in Kalinga Nagar, an industrial complex in Jajpur district of Orissa, the scene of a bloody clash between tribals......

Jindals plan Rs 7,000 cr steel plant in Orissa

Jindal Stainless Ltd is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Orissa government tomorrow for setting up a 1.6 million tonne integrated steel plant along with a 500 Mw captive power......

PIX: Dutee distributes 1000 food packets in village

IMAGE: India's sprint queen Dutee Chand distributes food items to the needy in her village in Jajpur district in Odisha. Photograph: Dutee Chand/Twitter Contributing in the fight against the......

Gambhir performs last rites of domestic help

Lockdown prevents deceased woman's body from reaching family in Odisha. IMAGE: Gautam Gambhir posted his newspaper clipping on his Twitter handle. Photograph: Gautam Gambhir/Twitter India's World......

Sprinter Dutee faces expulsion after revealing same sex relationship

Dutee said the Supreme Court judgement on the issue gave her the courage to go public IMAGE: Dutee Chand became one of the few athletes in the world to openly admit same-sex relationship.......

Dutee Chand: What a runner! What a life!

Behind sprinter Dutee Chand's rise is a hidden journey filled with pain and hardship, say Nirmalya Behera and Dasarath Reddy. IMAGE: Dutee Chand. Photograph: PTI In some ways, Caster Semenya and......

Dutee Chand confident of making Olympic cut

'My training schedule is pretty tough at the moment ... but I have seen that my timing has improved a lot compared to before. I am working really hard and am sure it will pay off. I feel I will......