Metro

Bhubaneswar: In a crackdown, the Commissionerate Police busted a criminal gang looting passengers in buses and trains in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Saturday, at least six members of the notorious gang were arrested in this connection, including a medicine store owner. Briefing media persons on the...

Bhubaneswar: The School and Mass Education (S&ME) department Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said Saturday that all students from Class I to Class VIII will be promoted without appearing any exam. Schools across Odisha will not reopen in the current academic year. The decision was taken...

Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to undertake a two-day visit to Odisha next week during which he will attend the convocation ceremony at NIT Rourkela as the chief guest, official sources said. Kovind will visit the premier institute March 21, and visit Konark...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition members created ruckus over paddy procurement in the Odisha Assembly, forcing Speaker Surya Narayan Patro to adjourn the House till 4:00 pm. As the House assembled on the second day of the second phase of the Budget Session Saturday, members of BJP and...

Puri: The headmistress and two assistant teachers of Puri Zilla School will lose a day’s salary for not following BSE pattern in conducting examinations and being absent from the school without applications. According to a source, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Saturday...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition members created ruckus over paddy procurement in the Odisha Assembly, Saturday, forcing Speaker Speaker Surya Narayan Patro to adjourn the House till 11:30 am. As the House assembled for the second day of the second phase of the Budget Session, the members of...

Bhubaneswar: The State government Friday waived off hostel fees of polytechnic and engineering students across Odisha for the period of April 2020 to December 2020. As the hostels in the government-run polytechnic and engineering institutes remained closed during this period owing to imposition of lockdowns...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The fires that had been raging for over a fortnight in various parts of Similipal sanctuary have been completely doused. Two days of rains helped in containing the blaze, a report said. Meanwhile, a central team has reached the sanctuary Friday. The team comprising...

Bhubaneswar: Chandrasekhar Hota and Ramachandra Nayak from Odisha won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020, the Akademi announced Friday. Hota won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 for ‘Chetanara Anwesana’ in essays genre while Nayak was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 for...

The Covid-19 affected the small and medium enterprises in the country the hardest. So much so that the sector is still fighting with its back to the wall to regain its pro-Covid business. Also, there are various policy issues that are nagging the SMEs. The...