Metro

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar in its weather bulletin, issued a Yellow Warning for thunderstorm in several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of August 11: According to IMD, light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday inaugurated a centre of Infosys BPM Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of IT giant Infosys Limited here. The new centre of Infosys BPM (Business Process Management) is the first such facility of the company in eastern India. Addressing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Thursday decided to distribute free textbooks to students of all the private and non-aided Odia medium schools across the state, an official said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the proposal to provide free textbooks to students of Class-I to Class-VIII from the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department issued new guidelines for rescue and release of snakes from human settlements by snake handlers. As per the guidelines, only certified snake handlers will be permitted to carry out all snake rescue and release operations in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the mysterious death of a teenage girl Subhalaxmi Sahu inside a hotel room in Bhubaneswar. “We have written a letter to Bhubaneswar DCP to investigate the matter properly whether Subhalaxmi has...

Puri: A man allegedly killed his nephew and left four members of his wife’s family injured by stabbing them near Tatambari Akhada Mutt in Upara Malisahi area of Puri district, a source said Thursday. The accused was identified as Nursingha Mohanty. According to the source,...

Bhubaneswar: The fire service personnel in Odisha Thursday rescued three persons, including a woman and a child from a building in which a devastating fire had broken out. The fire service official said that the three were sleeping on the first floor of the three-storey...

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission( NHRC) has summoned Cuttack District Magistrate to appear in person before the Commission October 3 in connection with the murder of a woman suspected of practicing sorcery. The Commission's direction came in the wake of a petition filed by...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 4.5 lakh tribal and forest dwelling families in the state have been given forest land rights, making Odisha the leading state in providing forest land rights, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, Wednesday. Launching the state specific, ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana (MJJY)’...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar in its weather bulletin, forecast light to moderate rains over several districts of Odisha over the next two days. However, the weather agency did not issue any warning for heavy rainfall over the next four days across...