Metro

Among the many surprises this year were the convincing victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the simultaneous elections by demolishing the 24-year-long BJD hegemony in the state and nomination of Keonjhar MLA Mohan Charan Majhi as the first BJP Chief Minister, stand out....

Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants broke into a house at Gangotri Nagar Lane Number 1 in the wee hours of Friday and decamped with gold ornaments worth lakhs, along with Rs1 lakh in cash. The daring act of burglary reportedly occurred under Dhauli police station when the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday constituted a law commission under the chairmanship of retired judge Justice Biswanath Rath. The commission would examine existing laws and suggest ways to improve and modify them, official sources said. “... The state government do hereby appoint Justice Biswanath Rath...

Bhubaneswar: The Union government has approved the extension of Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja for a period of one year, official sources said Friday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Ahuja's extension, they said. Ahuja, who was due to superannuate December 31, 2024,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died in Delhi Thursday night at the age of 92. He was the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014. Majhi, along with...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled two-day visit to Odisha from Saturday has been postponed after the Centre declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a BJP leader said in Bhubaneswar Friday. Shah was scheduled to attend a programme...

Bhopal/Bhubaneswar: Even as the forest officials of Odisha are having a harrowing time to track and tranquilize tigress ‘Zeenat’, which was brought from Maharashtra, and is roaming in Jharkhand and West Bengal bordering areas, the Madhya Pradesh government has directed for translocation of three big...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday assigned responsibilities of taking care of development activities in various districts to deputy CMs and ministers. According to a statement issued by the chief minister's office (CMO), Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo has been given...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday expressed grief over the demise of former PM Manmohan Singh and said that he gave a "new direction to the country's economy". Majhi said Singh was a "great son of the country and respected all over the...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of New Year, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday released both desktop and wall-hanging calendars published by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration. The calendars with photographs of Lord Jagannath were released at a simple function here attended by Majhi, law minister Prithiviraj...