Metro

Bhubaneswar: A webinar on the theme ‘Fly ash: Environmental issues and the way forward’ was organised by the Orissa Environmental Society (OES), Monday where experts stressed the need to reduce the consumption of coal and dispose of fly ash without harming the environment. Speaking on...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 504 (civil) junior engineers joined the state government here, Monday. While 398 of them were appointed to the Panchayati Raj department, 78 have joined the Odisha Municipal Engineering Cadre and 28 the Public Health Engineering Cadre under the Housing and Urban...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Motor Transport Workers' Federation Monday called off its strike against the new hit-and-run law following a discussion with the state government. The federation launched an indefinite strike protesting against the new provision made in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monday morning. However,...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to issue a circular asking doctors to write all prescriptions and medico-legal reports in legible handwriting, if possible, in capital letters or in a typed form. This will ensure that the judicial system does not...

Bhubaneswar: Five-time MLA and former Odisha minister Balabhadra Majhi resigned from the party Monday barely a few months before the simultaneous Lok Sabha and state elections, party sources said. Majhi sent his resignation to party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik but did not give...

Puri: The newly built 'Shree Setu', a 2.8-kilometre bypass stretch, in Puri would now allow vehicles coming from Bhubaneswar and Brahmagiri to directly reach a multi-level parking spot by avoiding city traffic, reducing travel time to the Jagannath temple by up to an hour. The...

Baripada: At least four rare melanistic tigers have been caught on camera in a forest in the state, a report said, Sunday. The matter came to the fore after Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Susanta Nanda took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and...

Sambalpur: The census of migratory birds at Hirakud Reservoir in Sambalpur district is scheduled to start from Monday, and will continue till January 10, informed the DFO, Hirakud Wildlife Division, Sambalpur Anshu Pragnya Das Sunday. The counting of the avian guests will be conducted from...

Rourkela: Lack of coordination between various Central ministries has only increased the plight of the Rourkela airport . Flight cancellations are now a routine affair with passengers suffering. The installation of the instrument landing system (ILS) remains a distant dream despite assurances from various quarters....

Udala: The Udala Assembly constituency in Mayurbhanj district is always considered a citadel of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Except in 2019, the BJD candidates have always emerged victorious from this constituency. This time, however, there is a strong speculation that Udala may be reserved...