Metro

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: As many as 17 cases of COVID-19 variant KP.2 has been detected in Odisha, official data revealed Tuesday. The official data further revealed that as many as 290 cases of KP.2 and 34 cases of KP.1, both sub-lineages of COVID-19 that are...

Bhubaneswar: BJP president JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will address election rallies in Odisha May 23, a senior party leader said Tuesday. While Nadda will address four meetings at Karanjia, Dhamnagar, Barchana and Balikuda,...

New Delhi/ Puri: The Congress Tuesday slammed the BJP over the party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra's 'Lord Jagannath' remark and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology over the issue. Patra Monday had said that Odisha's most revered deity "Lord Jagannath is a devotee...

Chennai: Ruling DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Tuesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the missing keys of Lord Jagannath's treasury in Odisha have gone to Tamil Nadu, alleging it was an attempt at maligning Tamils for...

Puri: In an unconcealed jibe at the prime minister, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's right-hand man has dismissed the BJP's star campaigners in Odisha as “political tourists” who can't even identify the state capital. Kartik Pandian is also confident Patnaik will be back in office for...

Bhubaneswar: A voter turnout of 69.34 per cent was recorded in five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats in Odisha where polling was held Monday, officials said. The second round of simultaneous elections were held in Aska, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Sundargarh and Bargarh Lok Sabha constituencies...

Bhubaneswar: Amid continuous attack by political parties over his Lord Jagannath gaffe, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra Tuesday apologised for the "slip of the tongue" and announced to observe a three-day fast to offer penance. "I will observe...

Bhubaneswar: The heatwave which had hit Odisha from mid-April is set to return again Tuesday onwards for three days, the regional office of the IMD informed Monday here. However, it also added that there will be relief from May 25 as there will be rainfall...

Bhubaneswar: Barring some sporadic incidents, polling was peaceful for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly segments in Odisha Monday with 69.19 per cent voter turnout recorded as of 11.55pm, as per Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App. The murder of a man near a booth...

Bhubaneswar: Participants from Odisha shined at IndiaSkills 2024, by bagging the highest number of medals in the national championship for the second consecutive year, an official said Monday. IndiaSkills is the country's biggest skill competition. Odisha secured the first place in the medal tally nationwide,...