Metro

Bhubaneswar: The recent visit of Housing & Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra to various areas within the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has spurred immediate and impactful actions. Following his directives, officials have swiftly initiated repair works, notably in the Laxmisagar area. Street lights, for...

Bhubaneswar: The state is expected to experience heavy rainfall from July 19 onwards due to the likely formation of a fresh low-pressure area over west-central Odisha and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal (BoB), India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin said Wednesday. IMD regional centre, in a...

Cuttack: The conflict between house surgeons and nurses of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here was sorted out Wednesday evening and normal services would resume, an official said. Earlier in the day, services were partially disrupted at the hospital as around 250 house surgeons...

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to constitute a committee that would look into the allegations of illegal sand mining at Chikhili under Ambabhona tehsil of Bargarh district and submit a report within four weeks. With a senior scientist of...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday appointed Cuttack Collector Arindam Dakua as Private Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, while Jagatsinghpur Collector Anupam Saha has been appointed as Additional Secretary to the CM. Earlier, in April this year Dakua was appointed as the Collector and...

Bhubaneswar: The Amarda Road airstrip, a former wartime airfield, located near Rasgovindpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj District will be operationalised soon, State Commerce and Transport Minister Bhibhuti Bhusan Jena Wednesday said. Jena disclosed this after holding a discussion with Odisha Housing and Urban Development and Public...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday dissolved the state planning board, an official release said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the proposal for dissolution of the planning body, it said. The move comes a month after the BJP assumed power in the state....

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik has entrusted party MLAs with the task to keep a strict watch on the functioning of various departments and raise their voice in the assembly if they come across any irregularities by the Bharatiya Janata Party government. “The...

Puri: Lakhs of devotees Wednesday witnessed Lord Jagannath's ‘Suna Besha’ ritual in which the idol, seated on a chariot in Puri, was adorned with gold ornaments embedded with precious stones. The idols of his siblings - Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra – were also decorated...

New Delhi: A unique art installation of the Olive Ridley Turtles at the Puri beach in Odisha has turned out to be a big draw as thousands of tourists are thronging the area to witness the "wonder at the beach". Notably, the city is already...