Metro

Bhubaneswar: The 45th General Council Meeting of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Tuesday here, witnessed heated exchanges over sanitation tenders, street lighting and procedural issues. Mayor Sulochana Das suspended Ward No. 37 Corporator Bandita Pal from the meeting after she allegedly continued livestreaming the proceedings...

Bhubaneswar: Domestic Piped Natural Gas (DPNG) connections are set to reach households across Bhubaneswar, offering residents a convenient, affordable and safe alternative to LPG cylinders, said Bhubaneswar Member of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi while inaugurating the first domestic PNG connection at Assotech World, a residential complex...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 41 government employees have been dismissed from service following their conviction in corruption cases, while the pensions of 91 retired employees have been stopped, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Tuesday. Highlighting the state government’s action against corruption over the past...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has achieved record performance in cash recovery, case disposal, prosecution sanctions and convictions, Director of Vigilance Y K Jethwa said Tuesday, highlighting the state’s intensified efforts to strengthen its anti-corruption mechanism. Speaking after the state-level Vigilance Awareness Week programme, where Chief Minister...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday warned corrupt officers and employees, saying that governance is no longer being run from ivory towers and that the government has been reaching out to people and listening to their concerns on the ground. Addressing the state-level...

Bhubaneswar/ Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have set up nearly 4,000 cyclone shelters, moved thousands of people to safer locations, and put disaster management personnel on standby ahead of the "very severe" cyclonic storm Arnab, which is expected to make landfall near Visakhapatnam in the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Tuesday reshuffled IAS officers, assigning new responsibilities to eight bureaucrats across key departments and administrative bodies. As part of the reshuffle, Poma Tudu has been appointed Director of Agriculture and Food Production, Odisha, with additional charge as Managing Director of the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday flagged off a special train from Bhubaneswar to Ekta Nagar in Gujarat, carrying around 1,000 people from the state’s Maoist-hit districts to participate in the 151st birth anniversary celebrations of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, observed as National Unity Day....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday stepped up evacuation efforts as heavy rains, accompanied by strong winds, lashed parts of the state with very severe cyclonic storm Arnab hurtling towards the coast and expected to make landfall along the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh shore within the next...