Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress  Saturday held its executive body meeting at the state Congress headquarters here. The meeting, chaired by state Youth Congress president Ranjit Patra, was attended by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das along with several senior and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (OPF) has threatened to launch an agitation if the state government fails to implement the directives of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to curb the sale of gutkha, tobacco and other intoxicants near educational institutions. In a statement, the...

Bhubaneswar: A local court in Cuttack Saturday rejected the bail application of the accused arrested in connection with the Special Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2025 paper leak, observing that such offences severely undermine public faith in government-conducted examinations and recruitment procedures. The act of...

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Saturday, during an interaction with government field-level officials from various departments, urged them to adopt a humanitarian and empathetic approach while implementing welfare schemes for tribal communities. Speaking at a day-long interaction with officials of ST and SC Development, Minorities...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said 300 more posts of firefighters would be filled up by the end of this year, and plans are on to establish a world-class simulator for their advanced training. The government was also planning to set up...

Bhubaneswar: As heavy rain lashed Odisha Saturday, the IMD has forecast more downpour in the next few days as a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around August 25. Several districts, including Sundergarh, Keonjhar, Jharsuguda and Bargarh, have received heavy...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday said it would soon start sterilisation and vaccination of around seven lakh stray dogs across the state as per the recent direction of the Supreme Court. This was stated by Odisha Fisheries and Animal Resources Development minister Gokulananda Mallick here....

Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Saturday decided to open a breastfeeding centre on the premises of the 12th-century shrine in Puri. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Kumar Padhee said that such a facility was the need of the hour as a large number of nursing...

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday said a fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the northwest Bay of Bengal, off the Odisha–West Bengal coasts, around August 25. The existing low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and its neighbourhood continues to persist. Under its...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday met Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik at his residence to inquire about his health. Patnaik was recently discharged from a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, where he had been admitted August 17 following complaints of...