Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday directed the officials to remain alert to face a possible summer cyclone. Patnaik gave the direction after IMD predicted that a cyclonic circulation is likely to develop over the southeast Bay of Bengal around May 6. The weather...

Bhubaneswar: Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch has unearthed a fake website -‘http://www.smsmvip.com’ defrauding thousands of investors across the country. It is suspected that at least 3,700 investors across India have already been duped by this website/scheme, the EOW said Tuesday and advised...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has registered a record highest-ever Gross GST collection of Rs. 5,035.74 crore in April 2023, an official source said Tuesday. The collection to be retained by the State consisting of OGST and IGST settlement has recorded a growth of 40.43 percent during April...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has come up with a standard operating procedure (SOP) to guarantee the effective execution of the summer vacation homework plan for school students. According to an official statement from the Department of School and Mass Education, a summer holiday homework programme...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Tuesday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of May 3: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over...

Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur Collector Ananya Das and Balangir Collector Chanchal Rana tied the nuptial knot Monday at a hotel in Guwahati. In an intimate ceremony, the couple got married in the presence of family members, relatives, and close friends. Notably, Ananya Das and Chanchal Rana got...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: A day before the scheduled visit of a BJP central delegation to violence-hit Sambalpur, the ruling BJD Monday attacked the saffron party, accusing it of trying to fan fresh trouble in the western Odisha city. Curfew was completely lifted from the city Sunday following...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Monday issued an Orange Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of May 1: As per the Orange Warning (be prepared), thunderstorm with lightning, gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph, heavy rainfall are very...

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited survey of the other backward classes (OBCs) started across Odisha Monday, an official said. The survey is being conducted by the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes in both online and offline mode and will continue till May 27. It is being...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to upgrade all the kutcha and Water Bound Macadam (WBM) roads in all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to paved roads by October 2023. Principal Secretary, Housing & Urban Development G Mathi Vathanan has issued instructions to all the...