Metro

Bhubaneswar: Chairperson of the Sixth State Finance Commission, Dr Arun Kumar Panda, Monday called on Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and sought his suggestions for empowerment of local bodies. The Commission was mandated to recommend transfer of resources from the state government to Gram...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said his government has facilitated employment for 73,346 youths in just 369 days since taking office. Speaking at the ‘Nijukti Mela' (employment fair), where appointment letters were distributed to 964 newly recruited youths, mostly junior engineers, Majhi...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Congress Monday alleged that the BJP has failed to fulfil its poll promises made to the people of Odisha and that its 'double engine' government has "looted" the state and played with its identity. As the BJP government in Odisha completed its one...

Bhubaneswar: Ranarnaba Deb, younger brother of Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, died at the age of 67, family sources said Monday. Deb, popularly known as ‘Thata Raja' (part of the king's team), died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital. "He had been suffering from multiple...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have prepared a fool-proof security strategy to ensure a smooth and hassle-free Rath Yatra festival, which is scheduled to begin June 27, officials said. A high-level preparatory meeting, chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania, was held in this regard...

Bhubaneswar: Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in Odisha's Puri has written to the ISKCON, urging it to ensure that Lord Jagannath's ceremonial bathing rituals and the Rath Yatra across the world are performed on the specific date sanctioned by scriptures and not to violate traditions....

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...