Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed officials to disburse the month's salary of government employees September 26 in view of the upcoming festivities. Usually, the salaries are disbursed at the end of the month, but with government offices set to remain closed...

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Dharma Productions, helmed by Karan Johar, is in the process of acquiring the remake rights of the record-breaking Odia film Bou Buttu Bhuta (2025). The news was confirmed through a public notice published in Film Information magazine by Rakhee Bajpai Tiwari, Chief Legal Officer...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Seema Meher, a member of Maa Gajalaxmi Self-Help Group from Sambalpur district, won third prize in the Handloom Stall category at the National Saras Fair 2025 in New Delhi. Congratulating her on the national-level achievement, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida extended best wishes via...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy Tuesday rejected another notice of the Congress Legislature Party for bringing a non-confidence motion against the state's BJP government, leading to a disruption of the session. The Speaker said that the Assembly secretary Monday received a notice from the...

Bhubaneswar: Amid boycott by the Opposition BJD and Congress, the Odisha Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution on voice vote, thanking the BJP-led central government for implementing the ‘next generation’ Goods and Service Tax (GST) reforms for the benefit of the people. The resolution moved by...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal Tuesday suspended Shreemayee Mishra, its general secretary (women affairs), citing anti-party activities. The party issued an official order confirming her suspension, which followed criticism over her social media posts indirectly targeting the BJD by using terms such as ‘Dhritarashtra’. The...

Puri: Valuables were shifted back to the treasury of the Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri Tuesday, about a year after they were taken out for repair of the structure, officials said. Restrictions were imposed on the entry of devotees to the temple during the process,...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal Monday suspended Shreemayee Mishra, General Secretary for Women Affairs, along with Subas Chandra Sai and Prabir Chandra Sai for alleged anti-party activities, effective immediately. The decision was confirmed by BJD Vice President Pratap Jena through an official order. Party sources...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD and Congress held demonstrations near the Odisha Assembly Tuesday, alleging that the BJP government in the state has curtailed the powers of elected panchayat representatives and was not taking action over the fertiliser crisis prevailing in the state. Thousands of BJD...

Bhubaneswar: Wild elephant attacks have left 45 people dead in Odisha from April 1 to September 15, a minister told the state Assembly Tuesday. In a written statement, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said that seven elephants were electrocuted to death...