Metro

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of 'Odia New Year' and 'Maha Bishuba Sankranti' Sunday. President Murmu in a post on X said: "On the occasion of Pana Sankranti, I...

Bhubaneswar: Social services organisation 'Chinta O Chetana' will hold the 46th edition of ‘Baishakhi’ festival in Bhubaneswar, the organisers informed Saturday. The two-day event will take place April 15 and April 16 amid Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Organisation secretary Surendra Das said the festival...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress Saturday chose several veteran leaders as it announced the names of nine more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. The party also nominated a fresher like NSUI Odisha unit president Yasir Nawaj, for the prestigious Bhubaneswar parliamentary constituency. Nawaj has...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJP of Odisha Saturday took a dig at the ruling Biju Janata Dal for trying to rope in Odia film starts to campaign for the party in the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. After several Odia film personalities-turned...

Bhubaneswar: The IMD regional office of Bhubaneswar has predicted heatwave conditions in most places of Odisha from April 15 onwards. Manorama Mohanty of the Bhubaneswar Weather office said heat wave conditions are likely to prevail for several districts in Odisha from April 15 to April...

Puri: Puri Additional Sessions Judge Ramanath Panda Friday sentenced a man to ten year Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs. 20,000 for raping a minor girl. According to the Prosecution, one Akshyaya Kumar Parida (42) of Gunduchipatana village under the Delang police station...

Bhubaneswar: A gang that allegedly committed a slew of robberies across Odisha over the last two months was busted as police arrested three of its members from Bhubaneswar Saturday. The 'Kajal-Bitu-Madhu' gang was allegedly involved in five incidents of robbery in Bhubaneswar, three in Puri...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday moved to the Election Commission (EC) accusing BJP nominee for Puri Lok Sabha constituency Sambit Patra of distributing clocks adorned with the saffron party symbol, and his photograph to shopkeepers ahead of the polls. A BJD delegation led...

Bhubaneswar/ Boudh: A woman teacher of a government school in Odisha's Boudh has been suspended by the district election officer-cum-district collector for allegedly attending an election rally and procession, an official notification said Saturday. The woman teacher of Government Nodal High School at Dahya had...

Bhubaneswar: Senior officers of Odisha and West Bengal police departments held a virtual inter-state coordination meeting to ensure free and fair elections in the districts located on the border of the two neighbouring states. Senior officials of both states including Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi,...