Metro

New Delhi/Puri: Top students from India's premier institutions, including the IITs, IIMs and leading policy and management schools, will converge in Puri to join hands with the district administration for the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025, officials said Tuesday. Under a Public Systems and Infrastructure...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed the lives of millions, with over 27 crore Indians lifted out of extreme poverty in the last 11 years. Majhi made these remarks during a press conference marking two...

Bhubaneswar: Claiming that Odisha's maiden BJP government has already fulfilled 11 of the 21 promises made to the people by the party before the 2024 elections, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday asserted that his simplicity should not be considered a weakness at all. Addressing...

Bhubaneswar: A junior engineer was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from a contractor for clearing pending bills in Odisha's Bargarh district Tuesday, a vigilance official said. The woman junior engineer had joined the government service under the district rural development agency (DRDA),...

Bhubaneswar: The results of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) 2025 will reportedly be announced Tuesday between 5pm and 6pm on the official website ojee.nic.in. Notably, OJEE 2025 was held from May 2 to May 12 in multiple shifts. The examination serves as a common...

Bhubaneswar: In a step toward making higher education more inclusive and accessible, the Higher Education department Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Under the agreement, various academic programmes offered by IGNOU -- including undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, certificate,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday announced the enhancement of compensation for loss of life in an attack by a wild animal to Rs 10 lakh from the existing Rs 6 lakh, an official statement said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal in this...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan Monday said that about 80 per cent of the work for smooth organisation of annual Rath Yatra in Puri is complete. The Rath Yatra of the Lord Jagannath will be held June 27. The second coordination meeting to discuss...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department Monday arrested an IAS officer, who was caught allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a businessman, an official said. “Today, Dhiman Chakma, IAS (2021 batch), sub-collector of Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district was arrested by Odisha vigilance for demanding...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday congratulated Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), for receiving the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award 2025 for Disaster Risk Reduction. Taking to X, Patnaik, a five-time former Chief Minister, said, "Congratulate...