Metro

Bhubaneswar: As the state Tuesday turned into a virtual cauldron after mercury crossed 40 degrees Celsius at nine places and weatherman issued heatwave warning from April 13 to 15, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the administration to keep schools and anganwadi centres shut till April...

Bhubaneswar: With the mercury soaring to 40-degree Celsius at nine places across Odisha on Tuesday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has ordered closure of all schools up to Class X along with anganwadis from April 12 to 16. For the past few days, the temperature has...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has requested the Centre to provide 50,000 doses of precaution vaccines to the state in view of the rising number of daily covid-19 positive cases in the state. Director of Family Welfare Bijay Panigrahi in a letter to the Union government said...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Tuesday predicted that the maximum temperature (day temperature) is very likely to rise gradually by 3-4 degrees Celsius at many places in several districts of Odisha over the next four days. The weather agency also informed that...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is going to organise a three-day long Odisha Skill Conclave 2023 here at the Kalinga Stadium from April 20. To further promote 'Skilled-in-Odisha' brand, to make the youth of the state skilled and employable not only inside the country but also...

Bhubaneswar: With the continuance of the heat spell across Odisha, morning classes began for Class I to 12 students across the state Tuesday. The state government has allowed the district collectors to change school timings keeping in view the local heat conditions. The schools have...

Bhubaneswar: With more and more fake certificate incidents coming to the fore, the Indian Post, Odisha Circle has urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the case. The Post Master General (PMG) has written a letter to the CBI SP, Bhubaneswar to...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday announced Tankadhar Tripathy as its candidate for the upcoming by-poll to the Jharsuguda Assembly Constituency in Odisha, party leader Subash Panigrahi informed. The saffron party will make a formal announcement in this regard soon, said Panigrahi. Tripathy currently holds...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Monday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. The weather agency also predicted maximum temperature (day temperature) is very likely to rise gradually by 2-3 degrees Celsius over the next 2-3 days at a few...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway( (ECoR) has taken the death of an elephant in the Angul-Sambalpur Railway Section April 6 very seriously and is monitoring the incident at the top level of management. ECoR source here Monday said on the night of April 6 a...