Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the country's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1. The country's first solar mission--Aditya L1 set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Assembly Speaker and veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Surjya Narayan Patro passed away Saturday following a brief illness. He was 75. A seven-time MLA, and prominent political leader from South Odisha, Patro was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar this...

Bhubaneswar/ Jharsuguda: The Odisha government Saturday decided to provide land rights to 1,749 families in Jharsuguda district, who lost their homes in the wake of the multipurpose Hirakud dam project in 1957. The decision was taken at a meeting here, as per the instruction of...

Cuttack: The Crime Branch will investigate the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) Junior Engineer (Civil) examination question paper leak, Orissa High Court has directed. A source Saturday said that it has also been directed by the court that the investigation will be carried out under...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar issued a Yellow Warning for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms over several districts of Odisha. According to the weather agency, the cyclonic circulation over the northeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood extends up to 4.5 kilometre above mean...

Cuttack: Locals tied three youths to an electric pole, put tyres on their necks and smeared ink on their faces for passing lewd comments on girls in Odisha’s Cuttack district, a source said Saturday. The source informed that the incident took place at Bheda Ramachandrapur...

Bhubaneswar: The STF of Odisha police has apprehended two drug peddlers and seized contraband brown sugar (heroin) weighing 1,080 grams and other incriminating materials from their possession. STF sources Saturday said that, on the basis of intelligence input, a raid was conducted by a team...

Bhubaneswar: Kishore Jena, the prodigious javelin thrower from Odisha, returned to his homeland to a heartwarming reception Friday evening. The Sports Director, Siddhartha Das, Jt Secretary Ranjit Parida, Head Coach, Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC, Martin Owens and officials of the Sports & Youth Services...

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation Saturday announced Bhubaneswar and Guwahati as the venues for the first two home matches of India in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2. India has been drawn in Group...

Bhubaneswar: As August recorded 18 per cent deficit rainfall in Odisha, at least four districts appear to be heading towards a drought-like situation, even though the IMD Friday forecast light to moderate rainfall in Odisha within a couple of days. The IMD said that the...