Metro

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Transport Department Monday launched a two-day special enforcement drive to check underage driving in the state. The State Transport Authority (STA) has constituted special teams to keep a check on underage driving in cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Balasore and under...

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths Monday carried out simultaneous searches at multiple locations linked to Joint Commissioner of Excise (Bhubaneswar) Rama Chandra Mishra, following allegations of possession of disproportionate assets (DA), and claimed to have found assets worth crores of rupees, including 52 plots, in possession of...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said he will hold a meeting with his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N Chandrababu Naidu, to resolve the Polavaram issue between the two states. Majhi, upon his arrival from Delhi after attending the Governing Council meeting of the NITI...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rainfall for five districts of Odisha Tuesday, a bulletin said. IMD's Bhubaneswar regional centre also issued a yellow warning (be updated) for the five districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur. The weather office also predicted...

Bhubaneswar: Leader of the Opposition in Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, Monday said that the BJP government of the state presented a “name changing budget.” Patnaik also alleged that the government did not provide enough funds in the budget for several schemes the saffron party promised...

Bhubaneswar: The committee formed by the Odisha government to supervise the inventory process of the Ratna Bhandar at Puri Jagannath temple has decided to recommend to the shrine's managing committee the use of advanced technology to conduct a thorough inspection and scanning of the treasury....

Bhubaneswar: There has been a 45 per cent rise in the number of men opting for family planning through vasectomies in Odisha over the past three years, according to data provided by Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling in the Assembly Monday. However, the figures for vasectomies...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Monday was adjourned till 4pm as both the opposition BJD and Congress created a ruckus over Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi making announcement on reservation for Agniveers outside when the House was in session. Congress member Taraprasad Baninipati moved a breach of...

Bhubaneswar: A goods train derailed in Bhubaneswar in the early hours of Monday, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said. The incident happened at 1.35 am in the railway yard at Mancheswar station, it said in a statement. There was no loss of life or damage...

Bhubaneswar: Regional Science Centre (RSC), a unit of the National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, observed World Nature Conservation Day at its campus here, Sunday. RSC, in association with Aaina, a non-profit organisation, held a two-day workshop to spread the message of nature...