Metro

Durga Puja in the Capital city has been a low-key affair for the last two years owing Covid-19 pandemic. This year, with the virus burden gradually waning, the festive spirit will certainly go up a few notches as community Durga pujas will be conducted without...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday approved the Food and Procurement Policy for Kharif Marketing Season (KMS), 2022-23 and set a target to procure 71 lakh metric tonne (LMT) of paddy. The policy was approved at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The...

Bhubaneswar: Intensifying his attack against the 22-year-old Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, BJP president JP Nadda on Friday called upon party workers to ensure that the state becomes “BJD mukt” (BJD free). He also accused the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) dispensation of re-branding central schemes...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday said that road safety is a high priority area for his government and the state has adopted a four-fold strategy to make the roads safer -- by enforcement, education improvement in road engineering and emergency care. He said this...

Bhubaneswar: Administrative departments in Odisha would be able to re-engage retired employees up to 50 per cent of entry-level vacancies without seeking permission from the Finance department. A government circular issued Thursday said the departments would, however,   require the approval of the Finance department if...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,34,090 Friday as 203 more people, including 20 children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said. The state had recorded 180 infections Friday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 9,193 as a 77-year-old man succumbed to...

Bhubaneswar: Indicating that the opposition BJP is likely to make the Shree Jagannath Temple ‘Ratna Bhandar' an issue in the next election in Odisha, the saffron party president J P Nadda visited the shrine Friday and enquired about the location of the deity's treasury. Nadda,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has recommended to the Centre the transfer of Chief Justice (CJ) of Orissa High Court, Justice S Muralidhar and Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Pankaj Mithal as CJs...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD government in Odisha has failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people, BJP president JP Nadda said Thursday, calling upon the voters to oust it. Addressing a rally here, Nadda alleged that there is corruption in different spheres of the government in...

Cuttack: A special vigilance court in Bhubaneswar Thursday sentenced a Congress MLA, a former IAS officer and two others to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2005 graft case. Cuttack City MLA Md Moquim, former IAS officer Vinod Kumar and the two others were...