Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced financial assistance for the people affected by recent floods in Balasore district, according to an official statement. Majhi visited the flood-hit areas in Balasore September 18 and held a meeting with the district administration. After returning...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to reduce students’ drop-out rate, Vedanta Sesa Goa-Iron Ore Odisha (IOO) recently launched school bus service for students from the peripheral villages of Rengalbeda and Nadidihi in Sundargarh district. The initiative aims at ensuring safe and reliable transportation for school children...

Bhubaneswar: The Utkal University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Northeastern University, Boston to promote student entrepreneurship and innovation. A new programme has been initiated where centres will be established for the programme purpose. A total of 3,000 students will be enrolled in the...

Bhubaneswar: The NSS bureau of Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR) here organised a special self-defense campaign on the occasion of NSS Day. Around 150 students participated in the event. The event was aimed at raising awareness and equipping the participants with essential self-defense...

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of National Service Scheme (NSS) Day Tuesday, volunteers from Dhauli College of Art and Crafts (DCAC) organised a cleanliness drive at Shanti Stupa, on the outskirts of the City. The event kicked off with an address by DCAC principal Panchanan Samal,...

Bhubaneswar: No DJ music will be played at Dussehra pandals and during the immersion procession in the Capital city, Twin City Commissioner of Police Sanjeeb Panda said Tuesday. “No DJ music vehicle will be allowed. The effort is to make Dussehra free of vibrato music,...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a ban on sand mining at Rayaramchandrapur along Subarnarekha river in Balasore district in the absence of a State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)-approved District Survey Report (DSR), official sources said. While hearing a plea filed by...

Kendrapara: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha Chief Secretary to submit an action taken and compliance report on the disbursal of Rs 3 lakh compensation in a starvation death case in Keonjhar. The apex rights body ordered that the compensation be...

Bhubaneswar: As the Odisha Nursing Employees’ Association (ONEA) have called a two-day ceasework protest from Wednesday due to non-consideration of their demands, the Director of Nursing, Tuesday directed the heads of all the state-run healthcare facilities to take action against the nursing officers as Odisha...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday provided security to the army officer and his fiancee, the victim of the alleged sexual assault in custody at the Bharatpur police station in the state capital here. Personal security officers (PSO) were engaged for the two following a decision...