Metro

Bhubaneswar: With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday predicting severe heatwave conditions in the state this summer, scientists at the regional meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar said the impact will be maximum felt in the interior districts. Senior scientist Umashankar Das told Orissa POST that the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a record gross goods and services tax (GST) collection of Rs 5,135.81 crore as well as the third highest ever state GST collection of Rs 2,295.41 crore during February 2024, official sources said Friday. As per sources, during February, the state...

Bhubaneswar: BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal Friday said there would be no alliance with any political party, including the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. Following his return from the national capital, where he attended the party's election...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a grand vision to make India a thought leader in science and technology and aatmanirbhar in all sectors, said PM's principal secretary PK Mishra here Friday. Addressing students and faculty members at the Kalinga Institute of Information Technology (KIIT),...

Cuttack: President Droupadi Murmu Friday asserted that development can take place only when peace prevails, and said many religious institutions are working to spread spiritual consciousness in the country. Murmu, while attending the golden jubilee celebrations of ‘Brahma Kumaris' held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor...

Bhubaneswar: With the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) estimating a decline of about 25 per cent in leopard numbers in only four years, the Odisha government Friday said it would conduct a survey to ascertain the animal count from May. The NTCA report on the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated a "state-of-the-art" bus terminal at Baramunda in the state capital. The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal, built over 17.32 acres of land by the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), is situated at the same place where the old...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday virtually inaugurated nine industrial projects and laid the foundation stone of 23 others, officials said. The Rs6,992.94 crore worth projects, spread over 14 districts, are likely to provide employment to 24,508 people, they said. “Our industrial portfolio is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered the “highest-ever” collection of gross GST of Rs5,135.81 crore during February, an official said Friday. The state's gross GST collection was Rs4,519.35 crore in February 2023. Odisha's state GST collection stood at Rs2,295.41 crore during February against Rs1,673.96 crore in the corresponding...

Bhubaneswar: Youth Congress supporters hurled tomatoes and eggs at Odisha police after they were prevented from marching towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence during a protest rally against 'unemployment' and 'corruption' in Bhubaneswar Friday. Led by their national president BV Srinivas, hundreds of youth Congress...