Metro

Puri: A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in a poultry farm in Odisha's Puri district, prompting the state government to launch emergency containment measures, including mass culling of over 6,700 birds, a senior official said Sunday. The state government resorted to mass culling of...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit to Odisha from Monday, her office said in a statement. The President will grace the fifth convocation ceremony of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar Monday, it said. On July 15, Murmu...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said the health condition of the college student, who resorted to self-immolation over alleged sexual harassment by a teacher in Balasore, was "critical" and the state government would take strong action against the culprits. Majhi said this...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Taking suo motu cognisance over a college student resorting to self-immolation over an alleged sexual harassment incident in Odisha's Balasore, the National Commission for Women Sunday asked the DGP to take strict action against the culprits. Describing the Balasore college woman student self-immolation incident...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, has constituted a high-level expert committee to oversee and monitor the treatment of the Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College student who attempted self-immolation. The woman student was admitted to the institute following her self-immolation bid before...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Terming the female student of a college in Balasore resorting to self-immolation on the campus of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College as "shocking and deeply distressing", Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Sunday sought Governor's intervention to ensure justice to the victim. Patnaik,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday ordered a high-level probe into the death of a five-year-old female elephant in Sambalpur district. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the elephant was found dead early this morning after coming across...

Bhubaneswar: The health condition of the 20-year-old woman student who set herself on fire on the college campus in Balasore over an alleged sexual harassment incident is "highly critical" as she suffered burn injury of around 95 per cent, an official of AIIMS Bhubaneswar said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Drivers' Mahasangha, an association of drivers of commercial vehicles including buses and trucks, Sunday called off their five-day 'cease work' in the state. The Drivers' Association having more than two lakh members had launched a 'steering down' (cease work) protest July 8 in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has started working on securing copyright for the rituals of the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri to protect its traditional cultural expressions, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of the pilgrim town, said. The statement came amid resentments among the...