Metro

Bhubaneswar: To commemorate the day when India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to reach its southern polar region, Regional Science Centre (RSC) here is going to organise a week-long celebration to mark National Space Day (NSD). The Chandrayaan-3...

Bhubaneswar: To meet growing industry needs, World Skill Center (WSC) has launched a new programme in Precision Engineering under its School of Engineering here recently. “Precision engineering is a cutting-edge subject which has attractive employment opportunities at national and international markets for professionals. Keeping this...

Bhubaneswar: A heavy rain with thunderstorms is likely to lash over several parts of the state during the next four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin said Thursday. According to regional Met centre here, heavy rainfall with lightning will occur in several districts starting...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the spurious liquor tragedy at Chikiti in Ganjam district- that left a trail of 2 deaths with 20 more still battling for life - rocked the Odisha Assembly, the State Excise Department Thursday claimed to have seized 20,746 litres of illicit country...

Bhubaneswar: As part of a nationwide protest, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) leaders along with thousands of workers tried to ‘gherao' the office of Enforcement Directorate (ED) here over alleged misuse of central agencies by the BJP-led central government. Senior Congress leaders, including AICC Odisha...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Accepting the opposition BJD's demand for a revenue divisional commissioner (RDC) probe into the liquor-related deaths in Ganjam district, Odisha's Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said Thursday the government would demolish all the identified 217 illegal country liquor joints across the state. “We have identified...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday directed the authorities of SCB Medical College Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack to rusticate a senior resident doctor, accused of raping two women patients. This decision follows a recommendation from the Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET), Santosh Kumar Mishra,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said the state government will continue the health insurance scheme for working journalists but added that there are no current plans to provide allowances or pensions to elderly journalists. In response to questions from Congress member Taraprasad...

Bhubaneswar: Presence of gold reserves have been found in different districts of Odisha, Steel and Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told the Assembly Thursday. Responding to a question from Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati, Jena said that during a ‘general exploration' (G2) for copper ore in...

Bhubaneswar: In a major revelation, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda Thursday said the SIM boxes set up in Bhubaneswar and in Ranchi were directly controlled from Dhaka in Bangladesh. Panda told reporters that Asadur Zaman, a 30-year-old from Feni in Bangladesh, set up the SIM...