Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday said it would “examine” the Supreme Court judgment on making Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for teachers both in appointments and continuance in service. This was stated by Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond in Bhubaneswar. "As the Supreme...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday attended the SEMICON India 2025 conclave in Delhi, officials said. The conclave was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Majhi embarked on a five-day visit to the national capital September 1. Besides the conclave, he is scheduled...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Odisha due to the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal Tuesday, and the state will get more downpour in the next four days, IMD said. As the sea condition is very likely to be rough during...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) will re-conduct the preliminary examination for posts like RI, ICDS Supervisor, ARI, Amin, and Statistical Field Surveyor under the Combined Recruitment Examination (CRE) 2023 (IV) on CBRE mode from October 8, 2025, official sources said. The examination...

Bhubaneswar: The newly formed Shree Jagannath Temple Management Committee met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday at Lok Seva Bhawan to express gratitude for their appointments and discuss key initiatives for better temple management. During the meeting, members highlighted the need for more systematic and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has so far rescued 1,209 missing children, including 1,078 girls, and 6,667 missing women through special drives conducted in 2025, officials said. A total of 358 missing children and 2,059 missing women were rescued by police during a special drive named...

Bhubaneswar: A priest was sentenced to seven years in jail by a special court in Bhubaneswar Monday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a temple. Pradyumna Kumar Mallia (35), a priest of the Kapileshwar temple, was convicted by the special POCSO court in connection...

Bhubaneswar: A new township will be built on 800 acre of land on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha's Housing & Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Monday. The 'New Bhubaneswar' township will cover areas such as Mallipada, Daspur, Andharua, and Gothapatna, Mahapatra told reporters...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday opened a breastfeeding room on the premises of the 12th-century shrine in Odisha's Puri. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said such a facility was the need of the hour, as a large number of nursing mothers visit...

Bhubaneswar: The Tata Power-led Odisha discoms Monday launched a 1-kW rooftop solar scheme, enabling households to generate around 100 units of electricity per month, officials said. The scheme was launched under the Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) model, as part of the government's flagship PM Surya Ghar...