Metro

Bhubaneswar: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu arrived in here Friday is on a two-day visit to the state. A special aircraft carrying the vice-president reached the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) at 11.00am. He was welcomed at the airport by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha registered Friday a total of 461 new COVID-19 infections, the biggest spike this year, the I & PR department, government of Odisha said in a tweet. This is the first time in 2021 that the daily infections have breached the 400-mark. The new...

Cuttack: A man hacked his sister-in-law to death over a long-standing land dispute at Uparasahi of Srikharpur area under Chauliaganj police limits in this city Friday. Police have arrested the accused. The deceased has been identified as Kamakshi Mohanty, daughter of late Sudhansu Mohanty and...

Khurda: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch arrested two wildlife smugglers for illegal possession of a leopard skin at Bolagarh in Khurda district on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. One leopard skin and other incriminating materials were seized from their possession....

Bhubaneswar: The state has recorded collection of Rs 954.62 crore Odisha GST (OGST) in the month of March of FY 2020-21 – the highest ever monthly collection since the implementation of GST (July 1, 2017), official sources in Finance department said, Thursday. The previous highest...

Jainism was once a popular religion in ancient Kalinga or modern-day Odisha. It is believed that Parsvanath, the 23rd Tirthankar (religious leader) of Jainism and Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar, had preached at several places in Kalinga. Many historians are of the view that King Kharavela,...

New Delhi:  Tata Power Thursday said it has taken over power distribution operations in north-eastern Odisha from April 1. Tata Power has taken over the management and operations of NESCO (North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha) from April 1, 2021, upon completion of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,41,311 Thursday as 394 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day rise so far this year, a health department official said. The state government set a target to inoculate 2 lakh people daily, he said. Of...

Bhubaneswar: The 85th anniversary of 'Utkala Dibasa', which marks the formation of Odisha, was celebrated across the state as President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik greeted people on the occasion. Several programmes were organised across the state as...

Puri: The servitors of Shree Jagannath Temple here had to perform Mahasnana niti or rituals of purification of bathing of the deities after a servitor urinated inside the temple Thursday. According to a source, the elderly servitor was near the Bhitara Katha of the temple....