Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday approved four new infrastructural development projects worth around Rs 51.92 crore for industrial estates in the state. The four new industrial infrastructure development projects were approved at the inter-departmental coordination committee meeting on Industrial Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF). The meeting was...

Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions gripped Odisha Friday, affecting normal life in the western and southern parts of the state with the weather office advising people to stay indoors. The minimum temperature will remain three-four degrees Celsius below normal over the next four-five days, the weather...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday felicitated 237 sportspersons from across the state in recognition of their outstanding performance at the national and international level. Sports and Youth Services Minister Tusharkanti Behera felicitated the athletes with cash prizes in the presence of department secretary R Vineel...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded CBI probe into the murder of murder of Chitta Ranjan Palei, the security guard of senior BJD leader and deputy chairman of State Planning Board Sanjay Das Burma. The BJP party activists led by local MLA Lalitendu...

Bhubaneswar: The researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar have developed an ultra-low-power integrated circuit (IC) for energy-efficient biomedical data transmission, as per a statement. The indigenously developed ultra-low-power CMOS (Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor) data conversion IC will help in energy-efficient secured biomedical data transmission via the Internet of Medical Things...

Pipili: An electric scooter caught fire near Lakshminarayanpur village under Pipili block of Puri district Friday. Owner of the vehicle was identified as Bijaya Kumar Jena from Lakshminarayanpur village, a source said. Bijaya’s wife Rinki was riding the ill-fated vehicle. She was on her way...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, as many as nine places in Odisha have recorded night temperatures below 11 degree Celsius. Cold Wave continues to grip several parts of the state, the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) here informed Friday. Daringbadi was the...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 154 new Covid-19 cases, of which 26 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,52,472. Active caseload in the state now stands at 1,976. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Moving a step forward in conducting the much delayed urban polls, the State Election Commission (SEC) has sent electronic voting machines (EVMs) to 15 districts of the state by Thursday. As many as 111 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur municipal...

Khurda: Chilika MLA Prasanta Jagadev, who often courts controversies for his strong-arm tactics, has yet again embroiled himself in another row wherein he was seen hurling abuses at a woman in a political event. A purported video showing Jagadev hurling abuses at a woman at...