Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday instructed Planning and Convergence (P&C) Department officials to set up a task force for the creation of development councils for the southern and northern regions of the state. Majhi gave this direction during a meeting with Development...

Bhubaneswar: Demolition activities were carried out Tuesday at government quarters allotted to ex-MLA and BJD leader Pranab Prakash Das in Bhubaneswar, a source said. As the matter came to fore, three officials from the General Administration (GA) Department reached Das' quarters, the source added. Clarifying...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon launch bus services from the state to various prominent religious places across the country. Speaking to media persons after a review meeting at the office of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation here, Odisha Transport and Commerce minister Bibhuti Bhushan...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked all district collectors and municipal commissioners to remain fully prepared for probable flood situation in the monsoon season. In a letter to all collectors and municipal commissioners, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu Monday said IMD has forecasted that...

Bhubaneswar: An intense spell of rain with thundershower is likely to occur across the state from June 26 due to an active monsoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday. The state government has put all district Collectors and Municipal Commissioners on alert in view...

Bhubaneswar: Minister of Science and Technology Krushna Chandra Patra has suggested officials that the Pathani Samanta Planetarium here be renovated into a world-class standard institution with new features in galleries. The minister paid a visit to the planetarium Monday and planted mango saplings on its...

Sambalpur: Aligned with the National Educational Policy, IIM Sambalpur recently conducted ‘Nurturing Future Leadership Programme’ (NFLP) under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP). The five-day residential programme was designed to equip faculty members from various universities with technical, managerial, and interpersonal dexterities for effective...

Bhubaneswar: In order to enhance the efficiency and capacity of train movements at Khurda Road station, the Ministry of Railways, under the leadership of Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, has sanctioned the construction of a flyover, East Coast Railways (ECoR) officials said Monday. The move...

Puri: The pulling of the chariots of the sibling deities on Rath Yatra (July 7) will start at 5 pm, according to the schedule fixed at the Niti sub-committee and Chhattisha Niyog meeting here, Monday. It was decided during the meeting that the rituals of...

Bhubaneswar: Srimandir Ratna Bhandar (treasury) will be reopened soon, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said, Monday. Addressing media here, Harichandan said necessary measures were being taken by the government to reopen the treasury of the 12th century shrine. “The modalities are being worked out to decide...