Metro

Bhubaneswar: With potato prices touching Rs 50 a kilogramme due to "inadequate" supply from neighbouring West Bengal, the Odisha government Friday said it was contemplating to procure potato from Uttar Pradesh. This was stated by Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra after...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch arrested a fraudster involved in the illegal withdrawal of over Rs 9 crore from the account of District Mineral Foundation Trust of Zilla Parishad in Mayurbhanj through clone cheque fraud, a source said Friday. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will leave for New Delhi Friday to attend the NITI Aayog meeting July 27. Chief Minister's Office sources said that Majhi will attend the crucial meeting of NITI Aayog Saturday, along with chief secretary Manoj Ahuja. The meeting...

Bhubaneswar: At least two wagons of a goods train derailed near Bhubaneswar railway station here Friday, officials said. The derailment took place at about 8.30 am, they said. There was no report of any injury, the officials said, adding that railway teams have reached the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday directed all district Collectors and municipal commissioners to take necessary measures to control diarrhoea along with malaria and dengue outbreak during the monsoon season. In a letter, Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Commissionercum-Secretary Shalini Pandit said, “Given the rise in...

Bhubaneswar: The chief executive officer (CEO) of Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) Poonam T Guha and the national heads of 10 project implementing agencies (PIAs) signed 13 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) here Thursday. The MoUs were signed in the presence of Panchayati Raj...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government that no sand mining in Subarnarekha river passing Balasore district can be carried out without submission of a fresh District Survey Report. The environment watchdog’s Eastern Zone bench issued the direction recently while hearing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will study the Supreme Court's verdict that said the legislative power to tax mineral rights vests with the states, according to a minister. Odisha's Steel and Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena Thursday said the government is waiting for a copy of...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik Thursday criticised the BJP government at the Centre and Odisha, contending that his state faced a “double disappointment” in both the Union Budget and the Odisha Budget. Speaking to reporters outside the assembly here, the former chief minister claimed...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday presented a Rs 2.65 lakh crore budget for the 2024-25 fiscal in the state assembly with a focus on agriculture and irrigation. The size of the budget for the current financial year was around 15 per cent more than the...