Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 1.84 lakh houses for families hit by Cyclone Fani under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (Gramin) and 13 lakh houses for the non-Fani affected in tribal-dominated districts and backward KBK region. Patnaik...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several other dignitaries paid their floral tributes to the deceased IAF officer from Angul district Rana Pratap Das, who was killed in the tragic helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu that also killed CDS Bipin Rawat December 8, at Biju...

Bhubaneswar/Angul: The mortal remains of Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Rana Pratap Das, who died along with the country’s first CDS Bipin Rawat and 12 others in recent helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu, reached Biju Patnaik International Airport Saturday. A senior official informed that the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended distribution of additional 5 kg of rice per head free of cost to beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme for four more months in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has issued a direction...

Bhubaneswar: Omicron variant of Covid-19 has not been detected in the 246 samples of coronavirus positive returnees from the ‘at risk’ countries, upon which Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) in Bhubaneswar conducted genome sequencing, the reports said Friday afternoon. “Samples of the 246 returnees were...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on general and social sector for the year ended March 2020, said that over 4,500 acres of landed properties of six temples in Odisha are under encroachment. The CAG has conducted audit...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 173 new Covid-19 cases, of which 21 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,51,414. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,001. Odisha also...

New Delhi: Unlike the first week, the second week of the Winter Session of the Parliament saw less number of adjournments of daily business, and both Houses held proceedings amidst sloganeering by Opposition parties. During the second week, concern related to law and order situation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tourism Minister  Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi inaugurated the Kalinga literary festival in capital city Friday. Ram Prasad Subedhi, Nepal Embassy, Padma Vibhushan Sitakanta Mohapatra, Padma Bhusan Ramakanta Rath, graced in the inaugural ceremony. Padmashree Srinivas Udgata was awarded with Kalinga Literary Award and Arun...

Puri: The famed Jagannath temple in Puri will remain closed for devotees from December 31 to January 2, an official said Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the 'Chhattisha Nijog' (the temple's apex body), said Krishan Kumar, the chief administrator of Shree...