Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJP Tuesday sought a reply from BJD president Naveen Patnaik on his party MP Sulata Deo's statement in Rajya Sabha "targeting" President Droupadi Murmu. Deo, while participating in the discussion on the 'Glorious journey of 75 years of the Constitution of India'...

Bhubaneswar: Thirteen towns in Odisha recorded minimum temperature below 10 degree Celsius with G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district being the coldest place in the state at 4.7 degree Celsius, the Met office in Bhubaneswar said Tuesday. The minimum temperature at Rourkela was 5.7 degree Celsius...

Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced that havildars, constables and sepoys working under the state police would get an additional month's salary. Majhi made this announcement while addressing the 45th annual convention of Havildar, Constable and Sepoy Mahasangh in Cuttack Monday. "They will...

New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will decide its stand on the issue of the simultaneous election after examining the details of the two bills on the matter that are before the Lok Sabha, party leader Sasmit Patra said Tuesday. Law Minister Arjun Ram...

Cuttack: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Odisha twice during January 2025 to grace the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) and Utkarsh Odisha Conclave-2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. The Chief Minister said this while speaking at the annual function of the Odisha Police Havildar-Constable-Sepoy...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: In a move towards sustainable waste management and environmental conservation, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has signed a MoU with Oil India Ltd to establish a 200 TDP (Tons per Day) compressed biogas (CGB) here Monday. The advanced facility, to be...

Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, a local court in Boudh Monday convicted eight persons of killing an elephant and removing its tusks for pecuniary gains in the district in 2016. The convicts were identified as Babuli Mahalik, Panchanan Kanhar, Manoranjan Pradhan, Murali Mahalik, Gopal...

Cuttack: The state government has been planning to set up a new cybercrime wing within Odisha Police to meet the new age challenges, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Monday. Addressing the valedictory session of the 69th Police Duty Meet here, Majhi said cyber fraud,...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha, headed by former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has not taken any decision on the proposed no-confidence motion by the INDIA bloc against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. An RS member of the BJD, however, claimed that...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD in Odisha Monday announced that its organisational elections would be held next month. The announcement was made by former minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, the convenor of the BJD's committee for membership. "BJD president Naveen Patnaik has instructed to hold the organisational...