Metro

Cuttack: Defending champions Odisha Juggernauts and Chennai Quick Guns played out a thrilling 34-34 draw after Gujarat Giants edged past Mumbai Khiladis 34-30 to register their second straight win in the ongoing second season of Ultimate Kho Kho at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here,...

Bhubaneswar: A direct flight service between Rourkela and Kolkata will soon be launched soon with support of the Odisha government. The Chief Minister's Office said Tuesday it will be a state-sponsored route with Odisha government providing viability gap funding (VGF) for 35 seats. As part...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress will observe the 18th anniversary of the Kalinganagar firing incident as 'Sradhanjali' Diwas on January 2, 2024, a senior party leader said Tuesday. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak appealed to all people of Odisha including tribals to join the...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Puri Jagannath temple management committee, servitors and officials on Tuesday presented the invitation of the temple heritage corridor project to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the inaugural ceremony to be held January 17 next year. The 50-member delegation presented the...

Bhubaneswar: As the ruling Biju Janata Dal observed its 27 years of formation, thousands of party leaders and workers across the state Tuesday took pledge to build a 'Nabin' (new) Odisha and celebrated the occasion as the Foundation Day. The founder president of BJD and...

Bhubaneswar: Vehicle location tracking device (VLTD) and panic buttons have been made mandatory in specified vehicles in Odisha except for two-wheelers, rickshaws and three-wheelers, a detailed notification released by State Transport Authority informed Tuesday. The following types of vehicles are made mandatory to be fitted...

Bhubaneswar: A new COVID-19 case was detected in Khurda district, taking the total number of Coronavirus cases in Odisha to three, a health department official said Tuesday. The third case was reported from Khurda district Monday while earlier two cases were reported from Cuttack district,...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi alleged that she was detained for two hours by a group of people in the Laxmisagar area here under her Lok Sabha segment. Expressing anguish over the incident, Sarangi wrote a letter to Chief Minister Naveen...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday approved a proposal for the creation of a dedicated Special Security Battalion for providing security to Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and to ensure proper crowd management, an official said. It was envisioned and conceptualised to render security,...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday said that dense fog conditions are very likely to continue in the early hours/ morning hours of Tuesday and Wednesday in isolated pockets over Odisha. The agency further said that dense to very dense fog is likely to...