Metro

Bhubaneswar: Following the Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives, including one from Odisha, the state government has decided to cancel ration cards illegally issued to foreign nationals over the years, officials said Monday. Speaking to reporters, state Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister KC Patra...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of aspirants staged a protest Monday outside the Odisha Staff Selection Commission’s (OSSC) office over alleged irregularities detected during a recently held examination for the posts of Excise Sub-Inspector and Traffic Sub-Inspector. According to one of the protesting aspirants, they had gathered to...

Bhubaneswar: After flaws were detected in two recruitment examinations held Sunday by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) and Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC), Odisha’s Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj assured Monday that stern action would be taken and the guilty would not be spared....

Bhubaneswar: Political leaders cutting across party lines including Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and different socio-cultural organisations Monday paid homage to 'Utkal Gourav' Madhusudan Das on his 177th birth anniversary. A large number of people from different walks of life gathered near the statue...

Bhubaneswar: A section of passengers Sunday demonstrated at the entrance of the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, alleging that they were left stranded for hours after several flights to Kolkata were diverted to Bhubaneswar due to bad weather. The passengers claimed that many of them,...

Puri: In the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, the state government has strengthened security at the Srimandir, one of Hinduism’s four sacred Dhams. As part of the enhanced measures, one commandant, two deputy commandants, and three assistant commandants have been deployed...

Bhubaneswar: The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Saturday alleged irregularities in the faculty recruitment process at Biju Patnaik College of Science & Education (BPCSE) here. During a press meet, Odisha NSUI in-charge Chunnu Singh, Congress leader Shah Rukh Khan, and NSUI state president Udit...

Bhubaneswar: Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra visited the cutting-edge waste-to-energy plant at Okhla Saturday, managed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The plant processes approximately 2,000 metric tons (MT) of municipal solid waste daily and generates around 23 megawatts (MW) of...

Bhubaneswar: Emphasising the critical link between animal health, environmental protection, and human well-being, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (F&ARD) department Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar Vashishth said, “One Planet, One Health” is the need of the hour. He was speaking as the chief guest at the...