Metro

Bhubaneswar: The process for filing nominations for the six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly seats in Odisha that would go to the polls June 1 began Tuesday. The process for filing nominations for Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies along...

Bhubaneswar: Following torrential rains and thunderstorm activity, fallen trees and broken branches caused obstruction on many roads in and around the Capital city, severely affecting movement of vehicles, Monday afternoon. The Special Relief Commissioner’s office directed the Fire Service, ODRF and OFDC personnel to clear...

Bhubaneswar: Observing that ‘every saint has a past and every sinner has a future’, the Orissa High Court Monday commuted the death sentence awarded by a lower court to a man for rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Cuttack in 2018 to life...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that BJP candidate for the Khurda Assembly seat Prashant Jagdev threatened office-bearers of state-run Mission Shakti. A delegation of BJD leaders, which included Rajya Sabha MPs Sulata Deo and Sasmit...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 65 of 243 candidates remained in the fray for the first phase of Assembly elections in Odisha have criminal cases pending against them, according to a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). In the first phase, voting for 28...

New Delhi: The Congress Monday said the BJP has steadily reduced Odisha's central funding in recent years and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "neglecting" the people of the state. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed questions to the prime minister ahead of his rallies...

Bhubaneswar: At least seven places in Odisha Monday recorded a maximum temperature of 43 degree Celsius or above. However, thunderstorms along with rain brought respite from the heatwave in some places, including Bhubaneswar city. According to the evening bulletin of Bhubaneswar meteorological centre, Bolangir town...

Bhubaneswar: An aircraft carrying Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was diverted to Jharsuguda Monday, as it could not land at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar due to inclement weather, officials said. Patnaik, along with close aide Kartik Pandian, were in the aircraft while...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik Monday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that BJP will form government in Odisha as "daydreaming". Modi addressing two elections rallies at Berhampur and Nabarangpur in Odisha asserted that the expiry date of the...

Bhubaneswar: Using polluted water for domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes, including fish and aquaculture farms can be hazardous to public health, opined experts in a seminar titled ‘Pollution of Coastal and Inland Waters,’ organised by Orissa Environmental Society (OES) here recently. The programme was...