Metro

Bhubaneswar: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convenor Saurav Das is in Bhubaneswar Monday to meet protesters and those on hunger strike demonstrating against alleged irregularities in school textbooks. Das visited a government primary school in BJB Nagar in Bhubaneswar as part of CJP’s “School Theek Karo”...

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of seven members of a Bhubaneswar family, who died after being swept away by a rain-swollen drain in Madhya Pradesh, were performed at Swargadwar in Puri early Monday, family members said. The mortal remains of the seven persons from MP's Gadhakana...

Bhubaneswar: For fishermen along Odisha’s 480-km coastline, the sea has always been unpredictable. A boat setting out from Paradip may return in four days with a good catch or spend nearly two weeks at sea, travelling as far as West Bengal or Andhra Pradesh. Every...

TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Even after two months since a file containing the report of the Justice A.S. Naidu Commission on the assassination of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati went missing from the Chief Minister’s Office, there appears to be little progress in the investigation. The Capital...

RABINAYARAN JENA,OP Bhubaneswar: A joint committee constituted on the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found that the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is constructing a Micro Composting Centre (MCC) at Kapi Laprasad BDA Colony without obtaining the mandatory environmental consents. According to the...

Kataka: Critically injured patients at the trauma casualty of Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) are facing difficulties as essential Trenaxa injections and catheters have reportedly been unavailable for the past 20 days. Trenaxa injection helps control bleeding and is considered essential in...

KARTIK SAHU, OP Kataka: Kataka district will be developed as an export hub with a focus on its famed silver filigree and Mani abandha handloom products, Collector Dattatraya Bhau Saheb Shinde said at an export awareness program held. A common facility centre for handloom artisans...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Legislative Assembly held 103 sitting days during the first two years of the 17th Assembly, conducting business for nearly 470 hours, Assembly Secretary Satyabrata Rout said. He said the number of sitting days was the highest among state legislatures in India. Rout...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is working on a Tourism Land Bank Scheme to facilitate the availability of land for accommodation facilities and other tourism infrastructure, officials said. The proposal was discussed at a meeting of the State Tourism Promotion Council (STPC), chaired by Chief Secretary...

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Bachao Andolan Saturday urged the state government to ensure Kataka’s water security before allocating Mahanadi water for the proposed Silicon Valley and a planned data centre at Naraj, warning that large-scale industrial withdrawals could affect the river’s flow and the water needs...