Metro

Bhubaneswar: Amidst an outbreak of diarrhoea in some areas of Jajpur and Keonjhar districts, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday directed the health department to take urgent measures to prevent its spread to neighbouring districts. According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office...

Puri: Odisha government will take stringent legal action, including arrests, against any non-servitor found climbing the chariots during this year's Rath Yatra in Puri, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said Sunday. He also asserted that use of mobile phones on the chariots will be strictly prohibited....

Bhubaneswar: At least seven people have been injured after a passenger bus, in which they were travelling, overturned on the National Highway (NH) 16 in Odisha's Khurda district Sunday afternoon, police said. The bus was traveling from Bhubaneswar to Aska in Ganjam district with more than...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience widespread thunderstorm activity and heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next five days as favourable conditions push the southwest monsoon further into the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. The forecast, valid from June 15 to...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a rising number of diarrhoea cases across multiple districts, Odisha government Sunday issued an alert to all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and directed them to take swift preventive and response measures. The Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department released an urgent advisory instructing...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Sunday criticised the BJP-led state government for its “lax approach” in handling the cholera outbreak. Taking to his official X handle, Patnaik wrote, “The state government's light-handedness in...

Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, in a powerful reaffirmation of its commitment to environmental sustainability, launched a mega plantation drive titled ‘Mo Gachha Mo Parivar’ in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2025. The campaign targets the...

Bhubaneswar: IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Saturday stated that Odisha is likely to receive widespread monsoon rains within the next two to three days. He said a cyclonic circulation expected to form over the Bay of Bengal will create favourable conditions for the southwest monsoon...

Bhubaneswar: To advance the use of modern biotechnological tools in aquaculture, the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), in partnership with the Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch (AFSIB), held a workshop-cum-brainstorming session on ‘Current Status & Development of a Roadmap on Genome Editing for Aquaculture...

Bhubaneswar: “Elders must not be seen as a burden,” said Bharati Chakra, Head of HelpAge India (Odisha), as she called for school-based sensitisation programmes and youth-involved care centres to strengthen intergenerational ties. Her remarks came during the release of HelpAge India’s landmark report, “Understanding Intergenerational...