Metro

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to submit an action-taken report (ATR) within four weeks regarding illegal cutting of trees at Laxminarayanpur (Lakhapada) village in Khurda district. The environment watchdog’s Eastern Zone bench gave the direction July 15 while hearing...

Bhubaneswar: The first session of the 17th Odisha Assembly starting Monday is likely to be stormy with opposition BJD and Congress bracing up to attack the BJP government over a host of issues, including alleged assault on a government servant in Puri Raj Bhavan and...

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Sunday said that in the all-party meeting ahead of Parliament session, the JD(U) and the YSRCP demanded special category status for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh respectively but "strangely" the TDP kept quiet on the matter. BJD leader Sasmit Patra...

Bhubaneswar: Congress Sunday appointed Pottangi MLA Rama Chandra Kadam as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in the Odisha Assembly. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal has intimated Odisha in-charge Ajoy Kumar about the announcement in a letter Sunday. Basudevpur MLA Ashok Kumar Das...

More than 7,300 people of Malkangiri district have been most affected by heavy rainfall during that period, IMD said.

Bhubaneswar: Leaders of various parties Sunday attended an all-party meeting convened by the state government ahead of the budget session of the Odisha Assembly, which will start Monday. The budget session will commence with the address of Governor Raghubar Das. “Detailed discussions held on the...

Bhubaneswar: NAAC, in partnership with Utkal University, recently hosted a two-day workshop in Bhubaneswar titled 'Reforms 2024: Binary Accreditation, Consultative Workshop Eastern Region'. This event brought together over 500 participants, including 17 Vice-Chancellors and academic leaders from Eastern states like Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, following the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state. Kharge has approved the proposal of complete dissolution of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, including its...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi met Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik and invited him to attend the Assembly session that would begin Monday. During the visit to Patnaik's residence Sunday afternoon, Majhi was accompanied by Deputy CM KV Singh Deo. "The Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Amid criticism from the opposition BJD, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced that the state government's Biju Patnaik Sports Award would not be renamed. The Sports and Youth Services Department Friday issued guidelines for this year's award, renaming it 'Rajya Krida Samman'....