Metro

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved nine major proposals Monday. After the meeting, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra briefed journalists and said that the decisions of the Cabinet were in relation to the departments of Scheduled...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of senior party leaders of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday met the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Bhubaneswar alleging a series of violent attacks on party members by BJP workers during electioneering for the forthcoming Pipili bypoll. The leaders submitted a...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 showing an upward trend in the state capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Monday identified three OYO Hotels and Rooms to be used as paid quarantine and isolation facilities. In this regard, exercising his powers as the empowered officer...

Pipili: BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will campaign for his party’s candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy in the Pipili by-poll Monday. As it was earlier said by the party, the CM’s campaigning will be through virtual mode. According to party sources, all necessary arrangements...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will receive 2.71 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine Monday, said Bijay Panigrahi, director of Health and Family Welfare. Speaking about the shortage of vaccine in Odisha, Panigrahi said that the ongoing ‘Tika Utsav’ has been put on hold at as many as 700...

Pipili: Party workers of both the BJD and BJP alleged ‘attack’ against each other Sunday afternoon at Brahmanabada village under Delanga police limits in Pipili. Notably, the Pipili Assembly constituency is scheduled for polling April 17. According to a source, as many as five workers...

Khurda: With no facility to market their oilseeds, sunflower growers of Khurda district are being forced to opt for distress sale of their produce. Sunflower farmers of Begunia, Bolgarh and Tangi blocks of Khurda have urged the state government to arrange marketing facility for their...

Khurda: A 34-year-old farmer from Arikama village of Bolgarh block in Khurda district has set an example for many by reaping success in quail farming. Prafulla Mahapatra of Arikama is now supplying quails and eggs to several places of Odisha including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Nayagarh,...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department in its latest weather forecasting has issued warning of thunderstorm and lightning in several parts of the state during the next four days. The department also said that light to moderate rains are likely in different parts of the state...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader and state Labour Minister Sushanta Singh Sunday attacked the Union government of favouring the BJP-ruled states in supply of COVID-19 vaccines and neglecting other states. The minister in his interaction with the media claimed that these actions go against the claims of...