Metro

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising prices of commodities, legislators of the Odisha Assembly, cutting across party lines, Wednesday urged Speaker B K Arukha to give a ruling to the government to introduce a Bill in the House for raising the salary and pension of sitting members and...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers of Odisha have again staged protests over their 13-point charter of demands at Lower Post Master General (Lower PMG) area in Bhubaneswar, a source said Wednesday. The ASHA workers alleged that despite their repeated protests, the...

Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio has announced the launching of its 5G services in Sundargarh, Bhawanipatna, Janti and Khordha towns of Odisha, taking the benefits of 5G to 17 cities across the state. Jio had previously launched True 5G services in the cities of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela,...

Bhubaneswar: An indefinite strike by vehicle drivers under the banner of Driver Ekata Mahamanch has paralyzed the movement of commercial vehicles across Odisha putting the commuters in a lot of hardship. Thousands of vehicle drivers Wednesday resorted to road blockades, demonstrations and picketings across Odisha...

Puri: Sri Jagannath temple administration has asked the Puri Tahsildar to find out how the Laxmi Market Complex, where a devastating fire last week destroyed several shops, has come up on Jagannath temple property. Puri Tahasildar Kshirod Kumar Behera told media persons that the market...

How did you spend your childhood? I grew up at Radhadarshanpur in Athagarh locality of Cuttack district. I did my schooling from Khuntakata High School and my higher education in Commerce from Khurda College. Life was beautiful those days in the rural ambience which was...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has intensified its ILI (influenza-like illness) and SARI (severe acute respiratory infections) surveillance system following the detection of 59 H3N2 cases, a health official said on Tuesday. "The H3N2 has similar symptoms of cold, cough and fever like Covid-19 and another...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress members Tuesday expressed their concern in the Odisha Assembly over the absence of over 15,000 students in the annual High School Certificate Examination. Raising the issue during zero hour Leader of Opposition Jayanarayan Mishra slammed the government for the high...

Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha are likely to experience thunderstorms with lightning till March 18 morning, informed the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar Tuesday. The weather agency has issued a Yellow Warning for Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 784 elephants have died in Odisha in a span of 10 years, a state minister said Tuesday. Accidents, disease, poisoning by poachers and electrocution were some of the reasons for the elephant deaths in the state, Forest, Environment and Climate Change...