Jagannath Puri yatra starts, 2 killed in stampede, 10 injured

Devotees during Nabakalebara Rathyatra in Puri. Photograph: PTI Around 15 lakh devotees witnessed the century's first Nabakalebar Rath Yatra of Lord  Jagannath which was marred by stampede......

Cyclone Phailin: 3 killed, 18 fishermen stranded off Odisha coast

At least three persons died on Saturday after uprooted trees fells on them in Odisha ahead of Cyclone Phailin's landfall at Gopalpur. While a 35-year-old man of Garama village in Jagatsinghpur......

Odisha: Girl, set on fire after resisting rape attempt, dies

A Dalit girl, who was set ablaze after an attempted rape, died after struggling for survival for twelve days at a hospital in Bhubaneswar, triggering public protests and demands for the resignation......

US devotee manhandled while seeking 'darshan' in Puri

An American national was on Thursday allegedly beaten up in Puri by security personnel when he along with his Indian wife attempted to climb the chariot of Lord Jagannath seeking a 'darshan'.......

TCS plans to engage 4,000 IT professionals in Orissa

Tata Consultancy Services on Friday assured the Odisha government about its plan to engage about 4,000 information technology professionals in the state with completion of its first expansion in......

Top firms offer jobs to tribal students

Over 8,000 candidates, mostly tribals from south Orissa's Koraput, Nabarangapur and Malkanagiri districts have received job offers from various private companies, mostly from outside the state, in......