Western Odisha

ONI Bureau: People of Western Odisha, undivided Koraput district and some other parts of the state are celebrating Nuakhai with great religious fervor and gaiety today. As per the ‘Lagna’, the season’s first crop ‘Nabanna’ was offered to…

ONI Bureau: The first pictures of newly built Jharsuguda Airport was released by Union Minister Jual Oram yesterday. It will be Odisha's second Airport after the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar. It's seen as a Nuakhai…

ONI Bureau:  As the Sambalpur District Bar Association announced to shut down all the courts in the district from today demanding a permanent High Court bench in the region, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik requested Union Law and…

ONI Bureau:  Brahmapura temple pandit mandali of Sambalpur on Monday finalised the ‘Lagna’ of Nuakhai at the temple premises on the occasion of Nandautsav. Reportedly, the ‘lagna’ for offering Navanna to Maa Samaleswari, the presiding…

ONI Bureau:  While incessant rains have thrown normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha, some of the areas in South and Western parts of Odisha are facing very dangerous situation. Several villages in districts like Malkangiri,…

INS Bureau:  A 15-member delegation of the Central Action Committee (CAC) today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat to discuss their demand for establishment of a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court in Western…

ONI Bureau:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inaugurated 2.5km long ‘Ib Setu’ at Sambalpur, the longest bridge of Western Odisha and second longest bridge of Odisha. ‘Ib Setu’ has been constructed with a budget of Rs 117.5…

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dismissed BJP President Amit Shah's allegations that the state government had neglected the state's western parts. "My government has never neglected western Odisha as all-round development…

ONI Bureau: Lawyers of Western Odisha launched a week-long cease-work agitation from today till February 24 demanding a permanent High Court bench in the region. Western Odisha Lawyers’ Association including lawyers of all Western Odisha…

ONI Bureau:  Despite directions and notifications issued by police earlier, again in shocking incident, a video featuring two girls being stripped naked and beaten by couple of miscreants has gone viral on social media in Sambalpur.…