Bhubaneswar sizzles under scorching heat

Actors perform drama ‘Nari Ra Kankaal’ at Bhanja Kala Mandap in Bhubaneswar

NCC cadets embark on cycle rally from Government Girls’ High School in Puri

Hindi Teachers’ Training Institute organises ‘Rang Barse’ programme ahead of Holi at Old Secretariat campus in Buxi Bazar, Cuttack

Scenes from the play Panchana Upakhyana, organised by Asim Basu Foundation, at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Bhubaneswar

59th Annual Jayadev Samaroh of Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya

Various sadhus and saints of Puri are performing Gobinda Dwadashi Buda ritual in sacred waters of Mahodadhi

Dance Program ‘Abhilasa’ by Moksha Organisation at Soochna Bhawan, Bhubaneswar, Monday

Artist Sadananda Behera crafts traditional paper masks for Panchu Dola and Dola Biman Melana at Kathagada Sahi, Cuttack

Intense heat wave grips Capital city

A Royal Bengal tiger rests in the shade of tree seek relief from scorching heat at Bhubaneswar’s Nandankanan zoo

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi rolls out second instalment of Subhadra Yojana in Berhampur

Deputy CM Pravati Parida flags off special train for Ayodhya, Varanasi carrying around 800 elderly people from Odisha, at Berhampur railway station

Members of Utkal Mahila Samiti protest regarding various women-centric issues on International Women’s Day at Master Canteen square, Bhubaneswar

Congress workers, including OPCC chief Bhakta Charan Das, stage protest crimes against women, wearing black masks on International Women’s Day in Bhubaneswar

Glimpse of play ‘Kandhei Khela’ from 33rd Nikhila Utkal Natya Festival held at Bhanja Kala Mandap in Bhubaneswar

Annual Festival of Sufiana and Other Devotional Music concludes at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar

On International Women’s Day, workers of Odisha Pradesh Chattra Congress take out rally at Mahatma Gandhi Marg in Bhubaneswar

Litterateur Dr Sunamani Rout receives Reba Rai Smruti Shishu Sahitya Samman at Sri Rama Chandra Bhawan in Cuttack

Silver ornaments being engraved on ‘Dola Vimana’ at Choudhury Bazar Puja Mandap in Cuttack

First National Lok Adalat held at Orissa High Court

Blood donation camp organised by ‘The Bell’ in Puri on International Women’s Day

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida organises an event themed ‘Celebrating Womanhood and Women Achievers’ in Bhubaneswar

Ahead of International Women’s Day, a snapshot of women working at a construction site in Bhubaneswar highlights women’s contributions to the workforce

Schoolchildren ride in a crowded auto-rickshaw at Master Canteen Square in Bhubaneswar on their way to school

Students exit exam centres with relieved faces after completing Class-X board exams

Members of Navnirman Krushak Sangathan protest in front of Odisha Chief Minister’s official residence near PMG square, Bhubaneswar

School students take part in a mini marathon near Biju Patnaik Chhak, Ananda Bhawan,

Bhubaneswar on Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary

Commissioner of Police S. Debadatta Singh welcomes newly appointed DCP Jagmohan Meena at the Commissionerate Police office, Bhubaneswar

Careless police officer spotted waiting at the signal after crossing the zebra crossing at Rama Mandir Traffic Square in Bhubaneswar

20th Odissi and Light Music Festival organised at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar

Classical music program ‘Sangeetayan’ at Rabindra Mandap by Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya Monday

Cuttack students participate in an awareness program for World Hearing Day at AG Square in Bhubaneswar Monday

A girl performs yoga during a function in Bhubaneswar

Dahibara Divas celebrated at Silver City Boat Club in Cuttack

Guru Pranam Utsav organised by Sushama Sangeeta Sadan at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar reels under scorching heat

Fans queue up outside Barabati Stadium in Cuttack to attend singer Arijit Singh’s concert

Mortal remains of popular Odia actor Uttam Mohanty consigned to flames with full state honours at Bhubaneswar’s Satya Nagar crematorium

 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, hundreds of fans pay their final respects to veteran actor Uttam Mohanty at his residence in Jagannath Nagar, Baramunda

 State-level chemical disaster mock exercise conducted at CDA Sector 1 Sewage Water Treatment Plant premises

Garbage piled up in heaps along Devigada riverbed near Purighat in Cuttack

Odissi dancers perform on stage at Chanakya BNR Hotel in Puri to mark Summit on waste management and marine litter strategies

Shiva temples bustle with devotees performing rituals in Bhubaneswar to celebrate Mahashivratri

Devotees throng Shiva temples for worship and rituals on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Cuttack

Devotees offer prayers at Mahadeva shrines in Berhampur on Maha Shivratri

Commissionerate Traffic is welcoming matric students with dot pens at various intersections in Bhubaneswar

On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, Ketaki flowers and sugarcane are being sold along the main road in Kamapalli, Berhampur

FIH Hockey Pro League: Germany takes on Ireland at Kalinga Stadium Tuesday

FIH Hockey Pro League: Indian Women’s Hockey team defeats Netherlands 2-1 in shootout at Kalinga stadium Tuesday

The 3rd Meera Festival of Dances organised at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar

Netherlands women’s hockey team defeat India 4-2 in FIH Hockey Pro League match at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Water is being sprinkled in front of Singha Dwara to cool it down amid intense heat of the scorching sun

Bhubaneswar’s Lingaraj Temple illuminated ahead of ‘Maha Shivaratri’

Ahead of ‘Maha Shivaratri’, a potter prepares clay lamps in Cuttack’s Kumbhar Sahi area

Women’s FIH Pro League: Netherlands take on England at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar

73rd State Police Athletics Championship 2025 inaugurated at Reserve Police Ground in Buxi Bazaar, Cuttack

Women’s FIH Pro League: India script 1-0 win over Germany at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar