Odisha

The Chhatra Congress has distributed traditional wedding cards announcing the 'wedding ceremony' of BJD and BJP, and has invited everyone to attend it and bless the bride and groom.

Supreme Court ordered a non-bailable warrant against a defendant identified as Upendra Nath Dalai who refused to deposit previously ordered fees and then called the notice of contempt proceedings against him "useless" and "disrespectful."

Odisha police Special Operations Group (SOG) engaged in an exchange of fire with a group of Nazals on the State's Kandhamal Boudh border in Matakupa reserve forest.

This year, 14 different stages have been built all over the city where Kansa Maharaj will showcase his performance and hold his darbars. On the concluding day, Kansa dies at the hands of his nephew Krishna. The festival will conclude on January 25 this year.

As per schedule, the puja rituals will finally culminate on 17th January when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will walk through the Jagannath Puri temple corridor in the afternoon and officially declare it open for devotees.

10 members of the Bajrang Dal were seriously wounded after a physical spat with cattle smugglers in Balasore on 28th December.

Human activity has shifted the odds against the survival of these ancient mariners during the past 200 years. Sea turtles are killed for their meat, eggs, skin, and shells; they are also overfished and subject to poaching. The DRDO has decided to nominate a nodal officer for better coordination with the forest department for the safety of the Olive Ridleys.

Kashmiri fraudster arrested from Odisha had reportedly married six to seven girls under false pretences, sparking suspicions of 'love jihad'.

The Shri Mandir Parikrama Project in Puri cost Rs 943 crore. The foundation stone of the project was laid in November 2021 and it will be inaugurated in January 2024.

Sayed Ishaan Bukhari, the Kashmiri fraudster, was impersonating a Neuro Specialist Doctor, an Army Doctor, an officer in PMO, as per Odisha STF.