Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) Friday arrested two persons for their suspected involvement in a stone-pelting incident targeting the Kamakhya-Bengaluru Express in Puri district. The two persons, identified as Ramesh Majhi (38) and Sadasib Pradhan (33), were arrested in Jankia area in Khurda district,...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader V K Pandian's wife and Odisha IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan has proceeded on a six months' 'child care leave' from May 31, official sources said. According to a notification issued by the general administration department, the IAS officer has been granted...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is going through a churning for the first time in its 27-year-long history following the unexpected defeat in the recently concluded Assembly polls in Odisha. The party witnessed a major dent in the popularity of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik...

New Delhi: For the next 25 years, Odisha will be among the country's key growth engines, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday at an NDA parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi. “Whenever I think of Lord Jagannatha, I feel he is the God of poor,”...

Bhubaneswar: Seventy-three per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Odisha are 'crorepatis' with BJD's Sanatan Mahakud the richest legislator having total assets worth Rs 227.67 crore, a report said. The Odisha Assembly has 147 members. Odisha Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)...

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha Friday initiated the e-admission process into Class-XI for the academic session 2024-25. The online application system is facilitated through the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) portal, accessible at www.samsodisha.gov.in. Joint Director of the Directorate of Higher Secondary...

New Delhi: The monitoring data from 23 reservoirs in eastern region including Odisha, Jharkhand and Assam revealed a capacity of 20.430 billion cubic meters (BCM), with current storage just at 24.6 per cent. This is an improvement over the last year’s 21 per cent but...

Bhubaneswar: Advocate General Ashok Kumar Parija, two advisors to the chief minister and the IT secretary have resigned from their posts after the fall of the BJD government in Odisha. The development came in the wake of BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik's resignation from the post...

Bhubaneswar: The upcoming swearing-in ceremony for the BJP government and Council of Ministers is set to take place June 10 at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to attend the event among other high-profile guests....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 15 award-winning Odia classics will be screened during the three-day Bhubaneswar Film Festival (BFF) beginning here Friday, organisers said. Those 15 movies include the internationally acclaimed ‘Maya Miriga' (The Mirage, 1984) and the famous ‘Mala Janha' (Dead Moon, 1965). This special...