Metro

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...

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 &...