Metro

Bhubaneswar: Actor and director Chittaranjan Tripathy from Odisha was appointed as the director of National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, officials said Friday. Tripathy, who was born in Chandbali town of Odisha's Bhadrak district, has made significant contributions to both Odia and Hindi cinema....

Bhubaneswar: A DNA test report revealed that no baby was swapped in a government-run hospital in Odisha as the woman concerned was found to be the biological mother of a newborn girl, an official said Thursday. Blood samples of the woman and the girl were...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday banned Paraquat, a highly toxic substance used as an herbicide. The herbicide is used to control undesired plants on farms, in commercial forests, and on lawns and managed landscapes. It is also sometimes applied directly to surface water for aquatic...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: A Special PMLA Court has taken cognisance of the charge sheet filed under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against one Jyoti Ranjan Beura a.k.a. Golden Baba in connection with a forgery case, an official said Thursday. The ED...

Bhubaneswar: An Army jawan from Odisha who was missing in Sikkim flash floods along with 22 other army personnel was found dead Thursday, family members said. Saroj Kumar Das, a resident of Kendudhipa village of Odisha's Dhenkanal district, was at the Army camp when a...

Bhubaneswar: State-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) Thursday signed a pact with Hindalco Industries for providing long-term raw material linkage for its refinery project at Kansariguda in Rayagada district. The agreement was signed in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. OMC MD Balwant Singh and his...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday said that engineering students have to keep themselves engaged with the latest technology and stay ahead. Speaking after inaugurating the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT ) Tech Carnival-2023 here, Patnaik said ‘’Technology is the pivotal of our...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government signed agreements with private healthcare players for building five affordable multispecialty hospitals in the state, officials said Thursday. These hospitals, which will have 100 to 200 beds, will be set up in PPP mode in Angul, Barbil, Bhadrak and Jharsuguda, they...

Bhubaneswar: With the Bihar government releasing its caste census report, opposition parties in Odisha Wednesday demanded that the Naveen Patnaik administration release the report of the OBC survey conducted this year. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak also urged the state administration to...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 2,800 people have been infected by scrub typhus in Odisha so far this year, a health official said Wednesday. A senior IAS officer of the agriculture department has recently been infected by the disease. Barring two to three districts, scrub typhus...