Metro

Bhubaneswar: As part of the three-day celebration of National Sports Day from August 29 to August 31 across the country, the state’s Sports and Youth Services department, in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Odisha Cycling Association, organised ‘Sundays on Cycle’ campaign...

Bhubaneswar: Marking Local Self-Governance Day, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched a series of digital initiatives by Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) under the Housing and Urban Development department, highlighting a major step in Odisha’s urban mobility transformation. These include the launch of the National...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) marked Local Self-Governance Day with a series of key launches, showcasing the City’s progress in sustainability, waste management and digital governance. A total of 27 projects were inaugurated by BMC, including three inaugurated by the Chief Minister, the most...

Bhubaneswar: A training on workplace safety for informal women workers and slum-level human rights defenders was organised Sunday at Red Cross Bhawan by ActionAid Association in collaboration with the Centre for Child and Women Development (CCWD), Bhubaneswar. Addressing the gathering, Debabrata Patra, associate director of...

Bhubaneswar: Following the state government’s announcement Sunday on the formation of 16 new Notified Area Councils (NACs) and seven municipalities across Odisha, the Opposition BJD once again hit out at the move, dubbing it a ‘copy-paste’ governance model. The BJD, in a post on its...

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized over a dozen luxury vehicles, including a Porsche, a Mercedes, a Mini Cooper and a BMW, following searches against an Odisha-based businessman and his companies in a money laundering case linked to Rs 1,396 crore alleged bank fraud....

Bhubaneswar: Amid farmers' protest over alleged scarcity of urea in some parts of Odisha, the state government Sunday closed 30 fertiliser shops and suspended licences of 62 dealers during enforcement drives, an official statement said. To check the black marketing and stolen or fake fertilisers,...

Puri: Servitors and devotees Sunday welcomed the decision to install the wheels of the three chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra of the Puri Rath Yatra in the Parliament complex in Delhi. Speaking to IANS, one of the servitors at the 12th-century...

Bhubaneshwar: Odisha's canoeing player Rashmita Sahoo received a special mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, after which she expressed her joy and said she is determined to win a medal for India in the upcoming Asian Games. Rashmita, who...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced the formation of 16 new notified area councils as well as upgradation of seven existing NACs into municipalities. CM Majhi made this announcement while addressing a programme on the occasion of Local Self Governance Day. During...