Metro

Bhubaneswar: The International Theatre Festival of India, also known as Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) or Bharangam, is organised every year by the National School of Drama (NSD) - New Delhi offering theatre-goers a rich tapestry of Indian and global theatre traditions. BRM’s 25th edition, a...

Bhubaneswar: There is no let-up in housebreaking incidents in the Capital City as some unidentified miscreants raided a house at Bhotapada under Mancheswar police limits Tuesday night and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 4 lakh and Rs 10,000 in cash, raising the total number...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a noisy walkout by BJP members from Odisha Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came down heavily on the opposition party accusing them of politicising sensitive crime and development issues that affect the image of the state and its people. Patnaik made...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court Wednesday directed the state government to include local public representatives (Sarpanches) on board while taking up new projects under a scheme for augmenting rural infrastructure development. The ‘Ama Odisha Nabin Odisha' scheme was launched by the state government in July...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday unveiled several initiatives aimed at promoting the Odia language and literature, both nationally and internationally. Odia Language Literature and Culture Minister Aswini Patra announced in the Assembly the establishment of a corpus fund of Rs 10 crore to support research...

Bhubaneswar/ Bolangir: The Railway Board has approved Rs 244.77 crore for establishing a wagon periodic overhauling (PoH) facility at Kantabanji in Odisha's Bolangir district. This decision comes in response to the demands of the local people, including public representatives, East Coast Railway (ECoR) said in...

Bhubaneswar: Members of Odisha Secondary School Teachers' Association (OSSTA) Wednesday staged a protest at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar and urged the government to fulfil their demands. They warned the government to be prepared for consequences during the upcoming elections if their demands are not met....

Bhubaneswar: Lightning strikes have claimed 1,472 lives and left 145 people injured in Odisha in the last five years, state Revenue & Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi told the Odisha Assembly Wednesday. Replying to a query by Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the minister said...

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of the Odisha Assembly Wednesday were stalled for several hours after opposition BJP members created a ruckus in the House alleging that, in a departure from practice, parboiled rice was mixed with Lord Jagannath's prasad in the Puri temple. The saffron party...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha police arrested a Haryana man for his alleged involvement in a pan-India courier fraud of Rs 5.58 crore, a police officer said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Rajat Kumar of Mohali, was arrested on February 4...