Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati will lead a delegation accompanying the holy relics of Lord Buddha from Vietnam to India June 2, official sources said Thursday. Kambhampati is scheduled to leave for Vietnam from New Delhi for the purpose Friday, Raj Bhavan sources said....

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader and MP Deepender Singh Hooda Thursday called for a special session of Parliament to discuss the future course of action to eliminate terrorists in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor. Hooda was speaking to reporters after attending the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said the Lakhpati Didi initiative would give financial freedom and instil a sense of leadership among rural women. "Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, the Lakhpati Didi Yojana has paved the way for...

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is questioning a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Odisha whose role has come under the scanner in a bribery case, officials said Thursday. Based on information, the CBI conducted a trap operation in Odisha in...

Bhubaneswar: A Maoist was apprehended along with arms and ammunition following an exchange of fire with police in Odisha's Koraput district, an officer said Thursday. The arrested Maoist was identified as Kunjam Hidma of the Bijepur area of Chhattisgarh. "He was caught alive inside the...

Bhubaneswar: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday started an investigation into the loot of a huge quantity of explosives by Maoists in Odisha's Sundargarh district, an officer said. Senior NIA officers, including a DIG, SP and Additional SP, visited Rourkela. The NIA...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday launched the ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan', a nationwide campaign aimed at transforming Indian agriculture through scientific intervention. The campaign was launched at Sakshigopal in Odisha's Puri district in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief...

Berhampur: The body of a 94-year-old retired professor of medicine, who had served in three medical colleges in Odisha, was donated to the government-run MKCG Medical College here Wednesday. The body and eyes of the retired physician, Prafulla Chandra Sahu, were donated to the medical...

Bhubaneswar: A youth died and seven others were hospitalised after collapsing during a physical test for Home Guard recruitment in Odisha's Gajapati district Thursday morning, police said. The incident occurred during a 2 km running test held between Ranipenth and Padmapur near Parlakhemundi, the district...

Bhubaneswar: The well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal, which intensified into a deep depression Thursday, is likely to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. In its bulletin, the IMD stated that the...