Metro

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Saturday issued Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha for the next two days. Till 8.30 AM of March 28: Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40–50 kmph are very likely to occur at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has appointed top-brass leader Pranab Prakash Das as party observer for four districts -- Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur and Keonjhar in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is likely to contest elections either...

Bhubaneswar: Wearing black clothes, Odisha Congress MLAs created a ruckus in the state Assembly over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till 4 pm. As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Excise department has won the Computer Society of India, Special Interest Group on e-Governance Award on behalf of Excise department for eAbkari computerisation of state Excise. Excise Commissioner, Odisha A K Singh and Nihar Ranjan Biswal, Senior Technical Director, NIC, Bhubaneswar have received...

Bhubaneswar: A youth was found hanging in a hotel room in Bhubaneswar’s Jagamara area, a source said Sunday. The deceased was identified as Durga Charan Mishra. He was a native of Niali in Cuttack district, the source informed. According to the source, Mishra had booked...

Bhubaneswar: Weightlifter from Odisha Jyoshna Sabar won a bronze medal on the opening day of the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania. Competing in the women's 40kg event, 14-year-old Jyoshna had a combined lift of 115kg (53kg in snatch and 62kg in clean &...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been facing severe impact of climate change in the past few years. Apart from being battered by frequent tropical cyclones and floods, the state has been witnessing sea erosion in six coastal districts. Odisha has six coastal districts -- Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam,...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of outsourcing employees under the banner of Odisha Government Outsourcing Employees’ Federation (OGOEF) Saturday held a massive demonstration at Mahatma Gandhi Marg demanding the fulfilment of their demands. The demands included regularisation of their services, service security till their job were regularised, hike...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Saturday issued Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha for next two days. Till 8.30 AM of March 26: IMD issued Yellow Warning (be updated) for four districts such as Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Mayurbhanj. Thunderstorms and...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a new milestone in freight loading during 2022-23 financial year by loading 232.32 million tonnes of freight, an official said. In 2021-22 financial year, ECoR loaded 223.64 million tonnes of freight during the same period and also...