Odisha

Ahead of her journey to Delhi,NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu swept the floor of a Shiva temple in her locality in Rairangpur.

Due to the dire situation with Covid-19, the mela was cancelled in 2020 and 2021.

According to officials, the incident happened in Patadhara Reserve Forest in Bheden block when the CRPF personnel were going from one camp to another.

In Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha elections are being held for the first time in two decades, and the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena, Congress, and Sharad Pawar's NCP is in a bind after its arrested MLAs were denied bail to vote.

The race has narrowed to 16 seats in four states, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, and Rajasthan, with 41 of the 57 new members already elected without opposition.

This comes a day after Odisha's ruling, Biju Janata Dal claimed a double triumph on Friday, winning all three Rajya Sabha seats without opposition and a by-poll to the Brajrajnagar assembly seat in Jharsuguda, district by a large margin.

Shreya Lenka, an 18-year-old singer from Odisha, has become India's first K-Pop star; she is a new member of the group 'Blackswan.'

The Olympic Values Education Programme is a first of its kind, being integrated into Indian schools that will focus on Olympic learning. Odisha has become the first state to do so.

The Board has sought a report from all district education officers with regard to the high rate of absenteeism.

A viral video shows, RPF head constable, S Munda, rescuing a woman passenger who fell into a platform gap at Odisha's Bhubaneswar Railway Station.