Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha may receive very heavy rainfall over the next few days as the meteorological department said Friday that a low-pressure area would likely form in the next 24 hours. A cyclonic circulation lies over the east-central Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood and extends up...

Bhubaneswar: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat won the badminton gold in the SL3 event of the recently-concluded Tokyo Paralympics arrived here Friday amid a tumultuous welcome. In the evening Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Pramod Bhagat at the Kalinga Stadium here. Bhagat was handed a...

Bhubaneswar: After winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat returned to his home state, Odisha Friday afternoon.   Pic Courtesy: OP Pics Amid the beats of 'dhol' and cheers, Pramod was given a hero's welcome at the Biju Patnaik...

Puri: Elderly people who used to beg alms on Puri's Bada Danda (Grand Road) for a living have now become self-sufficient and are working together in a shelter home to make life better. Apart from togetherness, the old-age home Niladri Nilaya has given the once...

Bhubaneswar: The officials of the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack filed a thorough report on the youth Dusmanta Das, who died September 8 after attempting suicide in front of the Assembly over alleged medical mistreatment. According to a source, a seven-member team...

Bhubaneswar: BJD MLA from Chilika, Prashant Jagadev, who was suspended by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his alleged attack on a BJP leader, has gone missing. Khurda police are now on the lookout for him. The incident of assault and verbal abuse had taken place...

Bhubaneswar: The college density in Odisha remained stagnant at 23 and remained below the national average during the years 2014-19, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said in a report. In its latest report on the outcome in higher education in the State,...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 745 new Covid-19 cases, of which 119 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,15,083. Active caseload in the state now stands at 7,087. Odisha also...

Bhubaneswar: Four educational institutes from Odisha have featured prominently in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021 list which was released Thursday by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The NIRF was launched for the first time in 2015 and has been approved by Ministry of...

Bhubaneswar: The latest Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s (CAG) report regarding higher education and job prospects for students in state-run universities paints a very bleak picture indeed. It has pointed out anomalies in several colleges under Utkal University and North Odisha University (NOU). The...