Metro

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of students from various educational institutions across Odisha staged a protest rally Wednesday under the banner of the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) at Lower PMG Square, demanding action on rising crimes against girl students and deteriorating conditions in the education sector....

Bhubaneswar: In a groundbreaking revelation that challenges long-standing beliefs about urban pollution, a new study from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bhubaneswar has discovered that several cities in northern India may actually be cleaner at their core than their surrounding areas. The findings, published in...

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 28 per cent of children under six years of age in Odisha are stunted, while 12 per cent are found to be underweight. Similarly, 3.21 per cent of children in the 0-5 age group were found to be wasted and 11.63 per cent...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Wednesday that the ongoing dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh over the distribution of Mahanadi water could be amicably resolved through negotiations between both states with the Centre's support, an official statement said. Majhi, in a high-level meeting held...

Bhubaneswar: Four days after three miscreants set a 15-year-old girl on fire in Puri district, Odisha Police was clueless about the attackers till Wednesday evening. The police contacted AIIMS, Delhi, where the girl is being treated, to seek its permission to talk to her, sources...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Congress Wednesday offered to support the principal Opposition party, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), if it brings a no-confidence motion against the state's BJP government in the wake of the recent rapes and other crimes against women. The BJD...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Wednesday forecast heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha till July 28. In its mid-day bulletin, the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said a cyclonic circulation (remnant of tropical cyclone WIPHA) is expected over the north Bay of Bengal during the...

Bhubaneswar: A nursing student in Odisha's Nabarangpur district has attempted suicide by consuming poison after her jilted lover allegedly uploaded her private photos and videos on social media, police said Wednesday. The second-year nursing student is now being treated in a hospital, while the police...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Wednesday urged working women to fearlessly raise their voice against sexual harassment at workplaces and fight for their rights. Speaking at an orientation programme on the POSH Act (2013) at the state secretariat, Lok Seva Bhawan, Parida said,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids at four locations across the state in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving Jagannath Pattnaik, executive engineer of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). According to Vigilance sources, the operation was carried out by a team comprising six...