Metro

Bhubaneswar: Three-time Grammy award winner Ricky Kej will not only be the key performer and attraction at the ‘Dharitri Youth Conclave 2023 - Climate Change: The Path Ahead’, to be held at the Rail Auditorium here, November 24, but will also be a star speaker...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary PK Jena Wednesday said that the state has earned Rs 50,000 crore revenue from the mining sector in the financial year 2021-22. Addressing the 77th annual technical meeting of Indian Institute of Metals and National Metallurgist Award ceremony here, Jena said...

Bhubaneswar: Residents Salia Sahi, the largest slum of the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, Wednesday marched towards the Assembly to press their demand for land rights from the state government. Holding banners and posters, hundreds of slum dwellers took out a rally from Salia Sahi towards the...

Bhubaneswar: A 34-year-old man died after he allegedly immolated self in Keshura on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The deceased, identified as Laxman Pradhan, was a driver. "Laxman's brother lodged a report at the Badagada police station alleging that his brother had set himself on fire...

Bhubaneshwar: As the stage is set for Season 2 of Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) Season 2, young talents from the country have dominated the players draft with six franchises selecting 145 players, including an impressive 33 within the age range of 16 to 18 years...

Bhubaneswar: A cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge over south Andaman Sea and neighbourhood around November 25, IMD Bhubaneswar informed Wednesday. The weather agency further said that under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form around November 26. It is likely to move...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Wednesday witnessed noisy protests by opposition BJP and Congress members over the state government's decision to allow scheduled tribe (ST) people to sell their land to non-tribals. As soon as the members assembled for the Question Hour, the agitating BJP and Congress...

Bhubaneswar: In a move to usher in more efficient, effective and transparent intergovernment and intra-government transactions and processes, Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena launched an e-Office in 52 government offices including 41 subordinate offices, here Tuesday. The e-office is being implemented under the 5T initiative...

Bhubaneswar: For its initiatives to ensure the welfare of sanitation workers and make the sector more inclusive, Odisha has won two awards at the Annual India Sanitation Coalition (ISC) - FICCI Sanitation Awards ceremony in New Delhi recently. Housing and Urban Development department’s ‘GARIMA programme’...

Bhubaneswar: Startup Odisha, an initiative of the MSME department, kickstarted Fund Stack 3.0, a two-day annual startup investment summit here, Tuesday. The programme began with a roundtable featuring industry stalwarts including Startup Odisha executive chairman Omkar Rai and MSME Principal Secretary Saswat Mishra along with...