Metro

Bhubaneswar: Preparations for this year’s Republic Day celebrations have begun in Odisha with the announcement of the list of ministers and other dignitaries who will hoist the national flag at various locations across the state. Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati is scheduled to hoist the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday included Koraput MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka and Gunupur MLA Satyajeet Gomango in the task force constituted for the formation of the Southern Odisha Development Council (SODC). The task force is headed by School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda...

Bhubaneswar: The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 would help in preparing students and youths for building a modern and empowered India, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Tuesday. Majhi, while inaugurating a three-day national workshop on the NEP, said it will play an important...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida urged women across the state, particularly those residing outside, to update their e-KYC details to receive the upcoming cash disbursal of Subhadra Yojana. Speaking to the media, the Deputy Chief Minister highlighted that many women had not yet...

Puri: Diarrhoea has claimed four lives in Kanas block of Puri district allegedly spread by contaminated drinking water, a source said Tuesday. The number of residents complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea is increasing with time at Jagulaipadar village in Gadisagoda panchayat under Kanas block, the...

Bhubaneswar: Nayapalli police in Bhubaneswar Monday arrested Kanha Sahoo (23) and Nabin Satapathy (23) for their involvement in a robbery December 1. One associate is still on the run. The incident occurred near IRC Village early in the morning when the victim, Sunil Kumar Sahoo,...

Khurda: A differently-abled boy died while his mother sustained grievous injuries after being attacked by an elephant in Khurda district, Monday. The deceased was identified as Sayta Ranjan Martha, 18, and the injured Sulochana Martha of Mahatpalla under Sadar police limits. According to an eyewitness,...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP MP Anurag Thakur claimed that the saffron party's policies were reflections of Dr BR Ambedkar's ideologies and that the Narendra Modi government was busy building the nation based on the principles of the architect of the Indian Constitution. Lambasting the Opposition Congress,...

Rourkela: JSW Soorma Hockey Club beat Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers 2-1 in a high-voltage match here in the men's section of Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 held at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela Monday. Goals were scored by Prabhjot Singh (21'), and Maninder...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has revised the enrolment age for class 1 to 6+ years as per the mandates under the National Education Policy, 2020. The Odisha School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department had earlier January 15 this year announced the implementation of the National...