Metro

Bhubaneswar: Two persons were injured in a clash between two groups in Bhubaneswar, a police officer said Monday. The police arrested eight persons involved in the clash that took place in Bhubaneswar city last evening, the officer said. Briefing media persons about the case, zone-II...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 99th birth anniversary. Das paid floral tributes to Vajpayee in Raj Bhavan here and remembered his indelible contribution to modern India. In a post...

Bhubaneswar: Christmas was celebrated with traditional fervour in Odisha including the sensitive Kandhamal district Monday as thousands of people thronged churches for special prayers. Christmas was celebrated in a big way in the cities of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Berhampur, Rourkela, Jeypore and Rayagada and in...

Bhubaneswar: Christmas is that day of the year when people in the Christian community across the world celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. But of late, the celebration has gone beyond religious observance to become a phenomenon in Indian culture, characterised by joy and generosity....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena has urged the people of the state to avoid using plastics while going for picnics to tourist destinations and places including forests. In this regard, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and ‘Youth for Water’ along with civil society social...

Cuttack: Defending champions Odisha Juggernauts began the Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 with a commanding 35-27 victory over Rajasthan Warriors here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Sunday. Akshay Masal contributed to the Juggernauts’ win by scoring 8 points, while Rohan Shingade, Avinash Desai, and...

Bhubaneswar: With the Christmas fever gripping the globe, an Odisha-based artist has carved a miniature of Santa Claus on a piece of chalk. L Eswar Rao, who hails from Jatni in Khurda district, craved the one-and-a-half-inch-long miniature with message 'Happy Xmas'. He took two days...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha logged one Covid-19 case in the past 24 hours, a health department official said Sunday. "So far two Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state. Both the patients are under home isolation and their health parameters are normal," director of public health...

Bhubaneswar: After her recent visit to Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri snowballed into a controversy, social media influencer Kamiya Jani Sunday issued a clarification claiming that she is a Hindu and never consumed beef nor promoted it. Jani, the founder of Curly Tales and a...

Bhubaneswar: Riding on the flagship social welfare schemes, and with a strong loyal women voter base, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is eying for a smooth sailing in the general elections, as well as the Assembly polls, scheduled next year. The regional party registered...