Metro

Cuttack: Odisha Vigilance Saturday arrested Kishore Sahani, a senior assistant of City Hospital in Cuttack, on the charge of possessing disproportionate assets to his known sources of income. During a search operation, vigilance officials reportedly unearthed two buildings, 19 high-value plots, Rs 3.30 lakh in...

Bhubaneswar: Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, has revised the Plus-II syllabus, introducing environmental education and value education as compulsory components from the 2025–26 academic session, a source said Saturday. According to the source, a unit on environmental education will be added to the...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das Friday announced that a dog census will be conducted in the City after the rainy season. Das welcomed the Supreme Court’s revised directive on stray dogs, emphasising the importance of sterilisation and medical treatment over relocation. She...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: In a decisive step towards strengthening road safety under the ‘Come Home Safe’ vision of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, the state Commerce & Transport department has announced the launch of the second phase of Zero Accident Day (ZAD) campaign in...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday launched Integrated Global Financial Technology Capability Hub (I-GFTCH) – BharatNetra initiative – that aims to link India to the Asia Pacific Innovation Corridor. Majhi launched the initiative in presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Odisha Electronics &...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday directed the Rural Development Department to take stringent action against contractors and officials responsible for substandard work in the construction of roads and bridges in the rural areas of the state. He gave the instructions while reviewing...

Bhubaneswar: Prem Patnaik, the brother of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, Friday came to Bhubaneswar from Delhi and discussed with doctors about the treatment of the former Odisha Chief Minister. Naveen Patnaik was discharged from a hospital in Bhubaneswar Wednesday evening after recovering...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Friday unearthed assets including 19 high-value plots, deposits worth Rs 55 lakh and 135 gm of gold found from the possession of a clerk in health department. On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond Friday announced that school students will be allowed to travel free in state government-run buses. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Gond said the school students now can travel free of cost on state government run...

Bhubaneswar: Amid heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system battering various parts of Odisha over the past few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast. “A fresh low-pressure...