Metro

Bhubaneswar: Stating that about Rs 10,000 crore of investment was needed to create world-class tourism infrastructure in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday urged the Centre to announce a special package for it. He made the demand at the pre-budget consultation meeting with Union...

Banapur: A national seminar on the "History and Cultural Heritage in & Around Chilika" was held Thursday at Godavarish Mahavidyalaya, Banapur. Organised by the Department of History and the Historical Society of Godavarish Mahavidyalaya in collaboration with Utkal University’s P.G. Department of Ancient Indian History,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday prescribed modalities for the implementation of the ‘Panchasakha Sikhya Setu’(PSS) scheme. PSS is a flagship programme of the state government aiming to revamp school education by promoting volunteerism and collaboration through innovative citizen-government partnership. The newly elected BJP government has recently...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Odisha received light rain Friday due to a well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a depression within the next 12 hours, the IMD said in the evening A Yellow Warning for heavy rainfall was...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Deposits and shares worth Rs 82 lakh were frozen after the ED conducted raids against a social welfare organisation related to the deceased brother of a BJD MLA in Odisha as part of a bank fraud linked money laundering probe. The searches were...

Bhubaneswar: Arrangements are being put in place to provide devotees better facilities for viewing the deities at the Jagannath Temple in Puri, an official said Friday. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said the decision was made as devotees often face difficulties...

Bhubaneswar: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials conducted a raid on the residence of former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, a source said Friday. The source added that the raid is underway at Patnaik’s residence in the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar. The...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Odisha criticised the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi over the scuffle inside the Parliament premises in Delhi. Two BJP MPs -- Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput – sustained injuries during the scuffle, a source said. Speaking...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant boost to infrastructure development and public safety, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has approved 170 Road Over Bridge (ROB) construction projects as Special Railway Projects under the provisions of the Railway (Amendment) Act, 2008. This announcement was made by ECoR General...

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra held a review meeting Thursday to assess the activities of the department at the Lok Seva Bhawan conference hall. The meeting was attended by department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh, Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation...