Metro

Bhubaneshwar: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) has sanctioned over Rs 3,000 crore for green energy projects across Odisha, covering solar, hydro, ethanol and renewable energy manufacturing sectors, IREDA chairman and managing director Pradip Kumar Das said Monday. Addressing the Odisha Solar Investor Conclave,...

Bhubaneswar: A woman was kidnapped and her male companion allegedly assaulted by four unidentified miscreants in the Lumbini Vihar area in Odisha's Bhubaneswar city Monday, police said. The incident took place at 1.30am, under the jurisdiction of the city's Maitri Vihar police station, when she...

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: Forest personnel are monitoring the movement of a tigress that strayed from Similipal Reserve Forest and is currently in West Bengal’s Purulia district, an official said Sunday. The three-year-old tigress brought from Maharashtra to Similipal Reserve Forest is fitted with a radio collar and...

Bhubaneswar: Lingaraj police Sunday arrested the owner of a Jatra troupe for allegedly swindling over Rs 8.25 lakh from a woman on the pretext of making her his business partner. The accused has been identified as Amaresh Sahu, 45, who lives in Cuttack along with...

Bhubaneswar: Former member of Odisha Legislative Assembly, Bijaya Kumar Mohanty, died in Bhubaneswar Sunday. He was 60. Mohanty, a two-time BJD MLA from Bhubaneswar central constituency, was admitted to Bhubaneswar’s Capital Hospital after he fell unconscious at a guest house. He had been keeping unwell...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has directed the Collectors of districts affected due to the recent unseasonal rainfall in the state to carry out a proper assessment of the damages to crops, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Sunday. Speaking to media persons, Revenue Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is set to lead the way in inclusive and sustainable agricultural reforms, and innovative ideas and collaborations will shape a resilient agricultural future, the state's Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo has said. The Deputy CM was speaking at a policy roundtable...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is going to introduce a new system in the Jagannath temple, Puri to provide devotees better facilities to have 'darshan' of the deities, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said Sunday. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Harichandan said the government is taking steps...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has ranked second in the country for maximum increase in green cover inside recorded forest area, according to the latest India State of Forest Report-2023. Published biennially by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) since 1987, the report, which was released by Union...

Kolkata/Baripada: Forest personnel are monitoring the movement of a tigress which strayed from Odisha's Similipal Reserve Forest and is currently in West Bengal's Purulia district, an official said Sunday. The three-year-old tigress brought from Maharashtra to Similipal Reserve Forest is fitted with a radio collar...