Metro

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...

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi and Brahmani river water is polluted due to the discharge of wastewater into the rivers of urban areas, Forest, Environment and Climate change Minister Pradip Kumar Amat told the Odisha Assembly Tuesday. Replying to a question of Nityananda Gond (BJP), the Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The Central government has given Stage-I approval to 716.496 hectares of forest land for six railway projects in Odisha, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Pradip Kumar Amat told the state Assembly Tuesday. Replying to a question of Soumya Ranjan Patnaik (BJD), the Minister...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 5 lakh drivers will take part in an indefinite strike announced by Odisha Driver Ekata Mahamanch (Drivers’ Association) Wednesday, claimed the association’s spokesperson in Bhubaneswar Tuesday. However, All Odisha Bus Owners' Association (AOBOA) has disavowed the Drivers’ Association's call for an...

New Delhi: The second phase of the Budget session commenced Monday amidst uproar in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s statements in London. In the second phase, which is likely to continue till April 6, Odisha MPs are gearing up...