Metro

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday met members of the particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) at the Raj Bhavan here Thursday and asked Odisha government to handhold PVTGs, whose number is very small in the state. The PVTGs are the most backward and there is therefore...

Bhubaneswar: The construction of the Nuagaon Road-Dasapalla Railway Section, part of the much-awaited ongoing Khurda Road-Bolangir Rail Line project, has been completed and is awaiting clearance from the Commissioner of Railway Safety for commissioning, a source from ECoR (East Coast Railway) said Thursday. According to...

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha government delegation has met top officials of various business organisations in Silicon Valley during its ongoing visit to the US and discussed possible investments in the state, a statement issued by CMO said Thursday. The team visited the manufacturing site of Sanmina...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar in its weather bulletin of July 26 said that the well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts is likely to move northwestwards across north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts. The weather agency...

Bhubaneswar: Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom Tony Blair met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas Wednesday. Both the leaders discussed economic development and growth of Odisha and the future perspectives. Government of Odisha has inked an MoU with the Tony Blair Institute...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government signed an agreement with the University of California, Berkeley, in the US for cooperation in research, impact assessment of schemes and exchange of academic publication, an official statement said Wednesday. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during the visit of...

Bhubaneswar: Former Union Minister Srikant Kumar Jena Wednesday urged OSCBC Chairperson Justice Raghunath Biswal to suggest Odisha government to implement 27 per cent reservation both in job and education for OBC and SEBC communities immediately. Jena in a letter to Justice Biswal said the OBC...

Cuttack: President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday paid her tribute to the heroes of Kargil War on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas here Wednesday. Murmu, who is on a three-day visit to her home state, paid her homage to those who made their supreme sacrifice for...

Bhubaneswar/ Malkangiri: Heavy rain under the influence of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is lashing most part of Odisha's southern region and a person was washed away in Malakangiri district, which is facing flash floods yet again, officials said Wednesday. Malkangiri, which...

Cuttack: President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday visited the birthplace of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Odisha's Cuttack where she will attend various programmes during the day. Accompanied by Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal, she travelled around 30 km by road to reach Cuttack from Raj...