Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and many other dignitaries greeted BJD president Naveen Patnaik on his 80th birthday Friday. Patnaik, a five-term former chief minister of Odisha, was born in Kataka October 16, 1946. Kambhampati, in a social media...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Friday congratulated newly elected student representatives across the state, where campus elections were held Thursday after a gap of eight years. Elections were held in 346 colleges and 13 universities across the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated steps to formulate a standard operating procedure (SoP) on lightning safety to reduce human casualties, officials said. Experts and representatives from leading scientific, technical and academic institutions are drafting the SoP at a two-day national workshop on lightning safety...

By Arindam Ganguly Bhubaneswar: Student union elections, held after a gap of eight years amid sporadic tensions, saw candidates backed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) win in a majority of colleges and universities across the state Thursday. Polling was held from 8 am...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) will launch a door-to door survey October 26 to prepare electoral rolls for the 2027 panchayat and urban local body elections. The survey will continue till November 7, State Election Commissioner Madhusudan Padhi said Thursday. The draft electoral rolls...

Bhubaneswar: Paradip Port Authority (PPA) has set a target of handling more than 170 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo in 2026-27, aiming to build on its record throughput of 156.45 MMT achieved in the previous financial year, PPA Chairperson Susanta Kumar Purohit said Thursday....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday announced a two-year extension of the state's rural housing scheme from 2027 to 2029, with plans to construct an additional 2.91 lakh houses. The total project cost of Antyodaya Gruha Yojana will remain unchanged at Rs 7,550...

Bhubaneswar: BJP national spokesperson and Puri MP Sambit Patra Thursday accused Opposition leaders of seeking to change the government without contesting elections, alleging that their protests were aimed at capturing power. Addressing a press conference here, Patra criticised statements by activist Prashant Bhushan, social media...

Bhubaneswar: The results of Odisha’s students’ union elections were announced Thursday, with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) securing the president’s posts at BJB Autonomous College and Rajadhani College in Bhubaneswar. The group also won all 13 posts at GM University in Sambalpur. At BJB...