Metro

Chennai/Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Tamil Nadu police have arrested the primary suspects, an Odia woman and her husband, behind the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a 38-year-old woman whose body parts were discovered inside a suitcase aboard a train earlier this month. The...

Bhubaneswar: State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Sunday attributed the rising sugar price to ethanol production in the country. Patra said the increase in sugar prices was being witnessed across the country and was not limited to the state. He said...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended the deadline by a week for farmers' registration to participate in paddy procurement for the kharif season, a minister said Sunday. The state government had set August 31 as the last day for farmers' registration. Now, it has been...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will launch a membership campaign September 1 to expand the state's cooperative footprint in the state, an official statement said Sunday. Through the membership drive 'Sambandha', the Cooperation Department aims to enrol at least one person from every...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' encourages the country's youth to contribute towards building a developed India. After listening to the programme, Majhi said the PM has been bringing the achievements and...

Kataka: Kataka-Barabati legislator Sofia Firdous is likely to contest the next Assembly election from the Odisha Janata Congress, according to her father and party president Mohammed Moquim. Moquim said Sunday that Firdous would contest the upcoming election from the OJC as a candidate for the...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed several parts of Odisha, while a red alert for intense rainfall has been issued for three districts Sunday as a low-pressure system formed over the Bay of Bengal in the morning, weather department officials said. The low-pressure system over the northwest...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to directly deduct court-ordered maintenance grant or alimony from the salaries of male government employees who fail to pay their wives or children despite judicial directions. According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Sunday, CM...

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment and Energy Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo emphasised the Odisha government’s commitment to reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers and promoting organic farming, while ensuring sustainable, long-term solutions to farmers’ challenges. Singh Deo made the remarks during...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: As Bhubaneswar expands with new residential colonies, commercial complexes and concrete infrastructure, kitchen gardens could offer a simple way to address some of the challenges of urban growth—from rising temperatures and shrinking green spaces to reliance on outside sources for...