Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday directed the police to convene a state-level conference to discuss issues related to the safety of women. Majhi gave the direction in view of President Droupadi Murmu expressing concern over the rape and murder of the doctor...

Bhubaneswar: A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, which is likely to cross north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts around midnight, the IMD said Saturday afternoon. The system is likely to cross between Vishakhapatnam and Gopalpur close...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati Saturday demanded the return of land acquired for setting up a private university in Puri to its original owners. The BJD-BJP coalition government in 2006 had allocated land to the Anil Agarwal Foundation to set up Vedanta University...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 231 people have died after consuming spurious liquor in Odisha between 1992 and 2019, Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan informed the Assembly Saturday. In a written reply to a question from Congress MLA Nilamadhab Hikaka, the minister said the highest number of...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP government in Odisha Saturday launched the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) programme in the state. The state government signed an MoU with the Union Education Ministry for the launch of PM-USHA programme in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,...

Bhubaneswar: The slowing of India's economic growth to a 15-month low of 6.7 per cent in the April-June quarter was due to "lower" government spending in the wake of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the recent Lok Sabha polls, RBI Governor...

Paradip: The authorities of Paradip Port in Odisha have detained three Ghana nationals while "attempting to hide" aboard a coal-laden cargo ship, police said Saturday. The Ghanaians are currently in the custody of the CISF, they said. The trio were apprehended when the vessel –...

Bhubaneswar: The well-marked low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal Saturday intensified into a depression and the system is likely to cross north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south Odisha coasts between Vishakhapatnam and Gopalpur close to Kalingapatnam around midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said....

Bhubaneswar: The new excise policy in Odisha allows musical performance and orchestra in licensed liquor shops in Odisha, an official release said. But no dance performance will be allowed in licensed liquor shops, it said. The new excise policy will be implemented from September 1...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art hygienic wholesale fish market at Bahrda (Basta), Balasore in virtual mode Friday. Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation of various fisheries projects worth Rs 1200 crore under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana...