Metro

Bhubaneswar: Family members of a 23-year-old man whose mutilated body was found lying beside the railway tracks near Poonama Gate level crossing here Thursday alleged that he had been murdered, and the body had been dumped near the tracks to make it look like an...

Bhubaneswar: In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government Thursday appointed Arindam Dakua, Private Secretary (PS) to the Chief Minister (CM), as the Director of Municipal Administration and ex-officio Additional Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department. Dakua was appointed as PS to the CM...

Bhubaneswar: In what raises significant health concerns among the people, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has found high nitrate levels in the groundwater of 15 districts of the state. The ‘Annual Groundwater Quality Report 2024’ released by the CGWB also found excessive fluoride content...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra Thursday visited various places in the state capital to inspect the preparations for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held here from January 8. The minister conducted a comprehensive inspection from Airport Chowk to Nandankanan...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Governor-designate Hari Babu Kambhampati arrived at the Bhubaneswar airport in a special plane Thursday afternoon. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CMs KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja and DGP YB Khurania were among those...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced that the pension of freedom fighters would be doubled. The CM also announced that those who were arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the emergency period will now be eligible for a...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition Naveen Patnaik wrote to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday, urging him to take immediate steps to compensate farmers who have been hit hard by unseasonal rains. Patnaik undertook an extensive tour of rain-affected Ganjam, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is set to roll out the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) soon, Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling said here Thursday. The state administration would also create Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs for people so that a person's medical records can be...

Sambalpur: Noted Odia poet Pratibha Satpathy will be conferred the Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023 by the Sambalpur University on the occasion of its 58th foundation day January 5. Satpathy, a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, came into prominence in the 1960s with...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked all department heads to submit proposals to state recruitment commissions by March 31 for filling up 1,10,557 vacant posts. Majhi had earlier set a target to provide government jobs to 1.5 lakh youths over five years....