Metro

Puri: A 200-metre stretch of Devi river embankment at Baurikana under Kakatpur water resources division in Odisha’s Kakatpur area has developed a depression, a source said Sunday. The locals expressed concern over the depression in the embankment that is going further down over time. Local...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Raghubar Das is likely to take oath as the 26th Governor of Odisha October 31. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held at 11.45am October 31 at the Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. Meanwhile, the...

Bhubaneswar: IMD Bhubaneswar Sunday said that five places in Odisha recorded minimum temperature below 15 degree Celcius which can be interpreted as onset of winter in the state. In last 24 hours, the lowest minimum temperature of 13 degree Celsius was recorded at Odisha’s Phulbani,...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha government official VK Pandian visited Trisula in Cuttack around 4.30 am Sunday, and inspected the construction site of the metro rail project. Pandian, the chairman of '5T' -- technology-led transformative initiatives undertaken by the state government, was accompanied by Development Commissioner Anu...

Bhubaneswar: Soundarya Kumar Pradhan from Odisha won silver and gold medals in chess at Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou, China. Soundarya won the silver medal in the men’s individual rapid VI-B1 chess event. In the event, two other medals also went to Indians namely...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Higher Education Council (OSHEC) has planned to formulate an academic question bank for the Plus-III students in the state, a source said Saturday. A senior official stated that the Higher Education Department has written to National Informatics Centre to develop an integrated...

Puri: Newly appointed chairman of 5T and Nabin Odisha scheme VK Pandian Saturday asked the authorities to complete the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project in Puri before December 15. Pandian, who took voluntary retirement from the IAS October 23, was appointed as the chairman of the...

Bhubaneswar: Visiting 'Amrit Vatika', the national monument in New Delhi where soil from across the nation will be brought in, would be a pilgrimage for all Indians, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said Friday. Attending a function ahead of the beginning of the 'Amrit Kalash Yatra'...

Bhubaneswar: Members of 19 service associations of Odisha government Friday met former IAS officer V.K Pandian at Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar and wished him for his new assignment as the chairman of 5T and Nabin Odisha. The associations include Odisha Secretariat Service Association, Odisha Secretariat...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will provide Rs 150 crore to Tata Memorial Centre for setting up a paediatric cancer facility at the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (HBCHRC) in Jatni near Bhubaneswar, officials said Friday. In a letter to Tata Memorial Centre, Health...