Metro

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded an Orange Warning for heavy rainfall in five districts of Odisha today. The affected areas include Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Balasore, and Gajapati, which are likely to witness intense showers accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds. According...

Bhubaneswar: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG was held amid strict security in Odisha Sunday, officials said. The examination, which was held in 27 places across the state, commenced at 2pm and concluded at 5pm, they said. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) of Puri Sunday questioned a senior servitor over the alleged use of surplus sacred wood of the 12th-century shrine in crafting idols in a temple at Digha in neighbouring West Bengal, officials said. The servitor, 'Daitapati Nijog' secretary...

Kathmandu/Bhubaneswar: Members of Nepal's National Assembly have urged the government to halt sending Nepali students to Odisha's Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) where two Nepalese female students died in suspicious circumstances within a period of three months. They proposed denying No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi held a series of one-on-one meetings with industry leaders in Mumbai, seeking investments for the state. Majhi held the meetings on the sidelines of WAVES 2025 Saturday, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement Sunday. He...

Bhubaneswar: The police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in a Rs 78 lakh cyber fraud case in Cuttack, an officer said Sunday. The accused are residents of Bolangir district and all of them were arrested from there by a police team of...

Cuttack: The state Works Department has constituted a high-level technical committee to probe the accident that took place during the construction of a bridge over Kathajodi River at Khannagar in Cuttack, an official said Sunday. As many as three workers died while two others sustained...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Sunday said that the Odisha government will write to West Bengal over naming the Digha temple as 'Jagannath Dham'. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Minister Harichandan said, "I will apprise Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, after his return...

Bhubaneswar: Three members of a family, including a teenager, were killed after a tractor carrying them overturned in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Sunday. The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Bahadur Nagar within the jurisdiction of Balichandrapur police station of the...

Bhubaneswar: FC Goa Saturday became the first team to win the Super Cup title twice with a 3-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in the final in Bhubaneswar as they also booked a slot for the preliminary round in the AFC Champions League Two. Borja Herrera...