Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will lead a high-level delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attract foreign investment, with a series of investment meetings scheduled in Dubai September 8 and 9 to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) The delegation will include...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police’s Special Crime Unit conducted raids in the Kalpana and Laxmisagar areas of Bhubaneswar following complaints of illegal sale of ‘ganja, gutkha, pan masala’ and other tobacco products Tuesday. The operation focused particularly on shops located near educational institutions, where police checked...

Bhubaneswar: Three retired Odisha government employees, including a doctor, have been convicted by vigilance courts in separate cases, officials said Tuesday. The convicted officials are Jharsuguda District Headquarters Hospital's retired senior surgery specialist Debendranath Nayak, assistant revenue inspector Durga Prasad Sahu and retired soil conservation...

Bhubaneswar: Marking Local Self-Government Day, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken another step towards strengthening the city's civic infrastructure with the establishment of an eco-friendly LPG-based Small Animal Crematorium at Palasuni. The newly developed facility aims to provide a scientific, hygienic and environmentally sustainable...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched OSWAN video conferencing facilities in 115 urban local bodies (ULBs), along with the PMAY-BANDHU initiative and the Odisha Yatri SOS App during the state-level celebration of Local Self-Government Day 2026 at OUAT Krushi Shiksha Sadan Monday. Several initiatives...

Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for economically disadvantaged students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed that eligible students admitted to government medical and engineering colleges will not be required to deposit admission, tuition or...

Bhubaneswar: A seven-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Kataka, has been rescued by the police after a 36-hour operation, a senior officer said Monday. The accused has been arrested from Balikuda railway station, Kataka-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh told reporters. He said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das Monday asked suspended MLA Sofia Firdous to resign if she differs from Congress ideology. Das said this a day after Barabati-Cuttack MLA Sofia Firdous's father and former MLA Mohammed Moquim announced that his daughter will...

Puri: As the inventory work of the Puri Jagannath Temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' resumed after the annual Rath Yatra, a senior official Monday said that the jewellery and valuables stored inside the treasury so far matched the 1978 list of inventory. The inventory process is being...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) will launch a special pilot survey in three wards under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) from September 3 to rectify discrepancies in electoral rolls ahead of the panchayat and urban local body elections in the state, official sources said...