Metro

Bhubaneswar: Closing down about 60,000 Anganwadi centres across Odisha, Anganwadi workers are on indefinite dharna Tuesday demanding the status of government employees and a hike in their remuneration. The Anganwadi workers from different parts of the state staged a demonstration in Bhubaneswar on Monday and...

Bhubaneswar: Train services have been restored in Howrah-Cuttack up and down line Tuesday, a day after a goods derailed at Korai railway station in Jajpur district in which three persons were killed, officials said. However, there will be no stoppage of trains at Korai railway...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the number and size of waterbodies are shrinking faster than ever due to rampant urbanisation, astonishingly 39 lakes and 48 ponds in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry and Gujarat have been restored to their previous state. The...

Jajpur: At least two persons were killed and some others were seriously injured when a goods train derailed at Korei railway station in Jajpur district  Monday, Railway officials said. East Coast Railway (ECoR) officials said that the incident took place around 6.45 am when some...

Bhubaneswar: Vasu Dixit is a composer and a musician. Known for being the lead singer of the folk-rock band Swarathma, he also creates music of his own through the Vasu Dixit Collective (VDC). Vasu’s specialty lies in bringing together in his songs the nuances of...

Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Sunday lodged a complaint with the police here against a Bangladesh national who allegedly posted a video of the temple's  'garba gruha' (sanctum santorum) on social media. The matter came to light Saturday after the video went viral on...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha, the sports capital of India, is yet again ready to host the FIH (International Hockey Federation) Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023. To make the tournament memorable, the Odisha government has lined up several mega sporting and cultural events across the state including the...

It was in August 2022 when young climate activist Soumya Ranjan Biswal was appointed as one of the six UN India YuWaah Advocates by the United Nations (UN) in India. A resident of Astaranga in Puri district, Biswal, who has been at the forefront of...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha cabinet decided to exclude 'single' allotment of land or houses under the discretionary quota from a task force report, the opposition parties Saturday accused the BJD government of trying to hide "corrupt practices". The state cabinet approved a proposal...

Bhubaneswar: With the improvement in Covid-19 pandemic situation, Odisha government Saturday withdrew all Covid-19 related restrictions and penalties imposed on gatherings, wearing masks, spitting, etc in 2020. "In view of the substantial decline of Covid-19 cases in the state over the past several months, the...