Metro

Bhubaneswar: The 'Ekalabya Puraskar' for the year 2022 was presented to cyclist Swasti Singh. The award is given every year to encourage young sports talents. Singh was Friday presented with a citation, trophy and Rs 5 lakh cash in a programme organized by Indian Metals...

Bhubaneswar: Spurious medical drugs worth Rs 23.22 lakh were seized in Odisha's Cuttack Friday, a statement said. Raids were conducted by enforcement teams of the Health Department in Nayasadak in Purighat police station area and the seizure was made, it said. "These drugs were found...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent educationist, social activist, Founder of KIIT & KISS and Lok Sabha MP from Kandhamal, Dr Achyuta Samanta has been conferred the honorary D.Litt degree by Utkal University in recognition of his immense contribution to the field of education and social service. This is...

Bhubaneswar: The history of hockey in Odisha and hosting of Hockey World Cup twice in the coastal state will be included in the NCERT textbooks, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said. Addressing the media after attending an all-party meet, Pradhan suggested that the art,...

Bhubaneswar: A large number of street vendors Friday staged protests over the ongoing eviction drive to beautify Odisha's state capital Bhubaneswar ahead of the men's Hockey World Cup next month. The agitation prompted the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to temporarily postpone the exercise, with officials...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a show cause notice to the Odisha Chief Secretary for the delay in issuing the notification for 14 elephant corridors in the state. In August, 2021 the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had passed an order to notify...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that his counterparts from all the states would be invited to the ensuing Men's Hockey World Cup. Patnaik made the announcement at an all-party meeting convened here Thursday ahead of the sporting extravaganza. Representatives of the ruling BJD,...

Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors of AIIMS Bhubaneswar successfully replanted the completely separated left forearm of a woman, an official of the medical institute said. The separated left forearm was attached to the body by doctors in an operation that lasted for more than eight...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has saved Rs 118.29 crore on diesel costs by using a technology called Head On Generation (HOG) in trains between April and November this year. In HOG, power is drawn from an overhead electric supply and the power generator cars...

Bhubaneswar: A senior official of the Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (IDCOL) was arrested Thursday for possessing disproportionate assets worth over Rs 10 crore, the vigilance department said. Gaya Santara, joint manager of IDCOL at Ampavalli limestone mines in Simagoda in Koraput district, was...