Metro

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien Monday wrote a letter to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik seeking to meet him with a delegation of party MPs over an allegation of harassment of some people from West Bengal's Murshidabad in the neighbouring...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday asserted that Odisha is the “number one state” in terms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and acceptability. Pradhan also said Modi is committed to the development of Odisha, with the central government allocating Rs 18 lakh crore to...

Bhubaneswar: Former MLA Purna Chandra Sethy Monday quit the ruling Biju Janata Dal ahead of the assembly and Lok Sabha polls. The Dalit leader was elected twice from Khallikote assembly seat in Ganjam district from 2009 to 2019. He sent his resignation letter to Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury will rise by up to 4 degrees Celsius in Odisha over the next three days, the weather office said Monday. The maximum temperature will rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius, while the minimum will increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius, it said. There will...

Bhubaneswar: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who has returned to the electoral fray after a gap of 15 years, visited Jagannath temple in Puri and sought blessings from the sibling deities. He was accompanied by BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. Pradhan has been named as the...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while dropping four sitting MPs from the list. The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies are yet to be named by the...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Police Commissionerate Sunday claimed to have solved several cases of burglaries reported from different parts of the capital city during the past year with the arrest of an alleged miscreant, who frequently stayed in five star hotels and resorted to stealing despite...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC's near-perfect IWL 2023-24 season ended on a flawless note when they outclassed Kickstart FC 6-0 to bag their maiden title Sunday. Lynda Kom (11', 66' 77'), Pyari Xaxa (13', 22'), and Karthika Angamuthu (58') scored for the winners. Packed with national team...

Bhubaneswar: Prominent BJP leader from Odisha's Nayagarh district, Irani Ray and her husband joined the ruling BJD Sunday, weeks ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state. Ray, who had unsuccessfully contested the Nayagarh Assembly elections in 2019, joined the BJD...

Bhubaneswar: With speculations regarding the BJD-BJP coalition in Odisha coming to an end, all eyes are now on the list of probable candidates who will be fielded by the saffron party in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Odisha BJP president...