Metro

Bhubaneswar: Development of low-cost infrastructure at the district-level is imperative to promote sports culture, Odisha Sports & Youth Services Minister Tusharkanti Behera has said. Behera was speaking at the two-day conference - 'Chintan Shivir' - of Sports Ministers of states and UTs organised by the...

Bhubaneswar: Seeking a free and fair by-election to the Jharsuguda assembly seat, the opposition BJP in Odisha Tuesday urged the Election Commission to transfer 10 police officers. A delegation of the BJP led by its former state president Samir Mohanty visited the office of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre is deliberating on ways to formalise skilling in the school education system, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here Tuesday. Dharmendra Pradhan asserted the UGC, AICTE and NCERT must come together to create a framework for mapping future skills. The minister also...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested one more dealer of Annapurna Agro International Pvt Ltd in connection with the Rs 12 crore argo-equipment subsidy fraud case. EOW source in Bhubaneswar Tuesday said Chautura Deep, Proprietor of M/s KBK Deep Agro...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court issued a notice Tuesday to the state government asking for its response in connection with a petition related to the missing of keys of Shree Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar in Puri. The Orissa High Court was hearing a petition filed...

Bhubaneswar: A Cluster Resource Centre Coordinator (CRCC) was suspended on the accusation of selling textbooks meant for school students to a scrap dealer in Odisha’s Khurda district. The CRCC allegedly sold books weighing around three quintals. These were textbooks meant for Class-I to VIII students...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Tuesday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of April 26: As per the Yellow Warning (be prepared), thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph are very likely...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 393 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in Odisha during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 3086. According to the state health department, the government tested 5,421 samples Monday, of which 393 tested positive for Covid-19...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Monday approved the proposal for promulgation of ordinance for amendment of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes (OSCBC) Act, 1993. The ordinance was amended by inserting subsection 3 under Section-9, enabling the State government to include such Backward Classes in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made wearing face masks mandatory in all health facilities as the active COVID-19 caseload in the state crossed the 3,000 mark Monday, an official said. Odisha now has 3,086 coronavirus-infected patients, and 181 more were cured of the disease in...