She wrote that the state's beaches seemed cleaner than many European beaches she had previously visited.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Odisha's Sundergarh district for the alleged rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found hidden in a forest quarry.

The report evaluates state finances using five broad indicators, including revenue mobilisation, expenditure quality, and fiscal prudence.

An elderly man is on the run after allegedly killing three members of his family with a hammer following a domestic dispute in Odisha's Deogarh district.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Odisha Sports and Youth Services Department will jointly organise the Fit India Carnival 2026 in Puri district from March 15 to 17, according to official statement issued on Monday.

Odisha forest officials rescued an elephant stuck in a 30-foot well by filling it with water to float the animal out safely using Archimedes' principle.

Two men have been arrested in Odisha's Keonjhar district after a woman was allegedly gang-raped in front of her child, police said.

The visitors from Holland were seen with faces covered in red, green, yellow, and blue gulal, fully participating in the local traditions.

The club said it has accepted the unspecified financial penalty, while its appeal against the ban has been rejected.

Baron shared videos on social media showing her, her husband, and their two children huddled inside a bomb shelter as air-raid sirens sounded across the city.

The woman left her house with plans to elope with her boyfriend, who had asked her to come to a temple by promising to marry her.

Police have arrested 72 persons in connection with the alleged assault on two officials from West Bengal deployed for the Special Intensive Revision exercise, who entered Odisha's Balasore district by mistake.

In one of the biggest anti-drug operations in southern Odisha, Koraput Police have seized more than 1,800 litres of hashish oil worth nearly Rs 200 crore and over two tonnes of ganja in separate raids across the district.

Stacks of notes packed in trolley bags were allegedly recovered from the house of an Odisha Mines Department officer, who was arrested in a corruption case, officials said on Wednesday.

In what is effectively the judiciary stepping in to complete the Election Commission's work during the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal, the Supreme Court has asked the Calcutta High Court to appoint civil judges

In a startling turn of events in Odisha's Subarnapur district, a newly married woman allegedly plotted her own "kidnapping" with the help of her lover, police said.

India hosts the world's largest Asian elephant population, protected across numerous reserves combating poaching and habitat loss.

A newly married woman was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by her former lover while returning home with her husband after their wedding ceremony early Sunday morning in Odisha's Bolangir district.

Five staff members of a private English medium school in Odisha's Kendrapara district have been arrested for the repeated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl student.

As rows of students bent over their answer sheets during the matriculation examination in Odisha's Malkangiri district, one candidate stood out, calmly writing her paper with her foot.

Electricity and water supply to a Dalit settlement in a village in Odisha's Balangir was disrupted, with residents alleging caste discrimination as a reason.

Malde Soren and his wife, Lili Soren, had ventured into the forest to collect leaves when they suddenly encountered a group of six wild bears.

Mahroof and Masroor Ahmed Khan from Bhubaneswar, Odisha appeared for the BE/BTech paper together and ended up securing the same percentile.

JEE (Main) 2026 Session 1 Result: Shreyas is the only student from Delhi among the 12 who scored a perfect 100 in JEE Main. The other top scorers are from Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha, and Haryana.