Metro

Bhubaneswar: Police Friday recovered body of a class-X student hanging from a mango tree in a private school near Chandichua Chowk under Khurda town police limits. The student was from Gajapati district and his father is a police constable there. Police informed that an investigation...

Bhubaneswar: The documentary film Habaspuri Weaving: The Second and Last Death??? which celebrates the rich artisan heritage has been selected by NFDC Film Bazaar 2023. It was among 98 International entries received at NFDC Film Bazaar's Documentary CoProduction Market and now it features among the...

Bhubaneswar: After the success of Pratikshya, which won the National Award recently, director Anupam Patnaik is ready with his next film, Trikanya. Releasing the poster Thursday, he said that the movie will hit theatres in January. The film features a stellar cast, including Barsha Patnaik,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, has recommended the appointment of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. Justice Singh was appointed as a judge of the Patna High Court in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday sanctioned Rs 306 crore for development of rural areas under the ‘Ama Odisha, Nabin Odisha' (AONO) scheme in Ganjam and Subarnapur districts, officials said. A total 90,723 projects will be implemented in all the 6,794 gram panchayats across...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha police arrested a man for his involvement in a Rs 12 crore cheating case, a police official said Thursday. The arrested man Pankaj Kumar Parida is an MBA and a director of Armada Bazar Pvt Ltd. The...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has stayed any coercive action against ruling BJD MLA Pratap Jena in the 2021 Mahanga double murder case. Jena, a former law minister who was dropped from the Naveen Patnaik ministry last year, also had another moment of joy when...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress will hold ‘Kisan Mahapanchayats' in all districts of Odisha against ‘anti-farmer' policies of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) dispensation in the state from November 10. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattnayak alleged...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will organise an international convention on millet on November 9 and 10 here to promote cultivation and consumption of the cereal, a minister said. The convention at Janta Maidan will focus on the tribal heritage of millets and showcase success stories...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to provide free Wi-Fi on the campuses of all state-run universities so that students can easily access online study materials and e-books. Higher Education Department special secretary Ramakanta Nayak has asked registrars of all state-run universities to furnish detailed estimates...