Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has ordered the withholding of salaries of doctors participating in the ongoing agitation and directed authorities to initiate action against contractual medical officers involved in the protest. The Health and Family Welfare Department instructed all government medical colleges, hospitals and Chief District...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has sought feedback from public on revised textbooks for class 1-4 within seven days after uploading the corrected digital copies of the books on official websites. The move follows the detection of a large number of factual, typographical, and printing errors in the...

Cuttack/Baripada: Observing that “a case of murder cannot be proved on mere hunches or possibilities” and that courts cannot presume a witness is truthful solely because of his relationship with the victim, the Orissa High Court has acquitted a man who was convicted two decades...

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) has urged the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to conduct a special audit and compliance audit of the state government’s expenditure of Rs 2,41,13,950 incurred during the visit of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal to the state...

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday demanded a fair, impartial and high-level inquiry into the alleged suicide of a farmer in Nuapada district, holding administrative lapses in paddy procurement responsible for the tragedy. The Opposition party also sought strict action against officials allegedly responsible...

Bhubaneswar: An inmate in Jharapda Special Jail was tested HIV positive, with the total number of positive cases reaching to eight, officials informed Thursday. According to sources, the inmate was recently arrested by Mahila police station in a rape case. During medical examination, the accused...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari reviewed the installation of Doppler Weather Radar at Sambalpur, Baleshwar, Bhubaneswar and Puri and directed officials to complete the work by 2026. The minister was informed that the radar at Sambalpur is almost complete and will be...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday announced development of a "Lakshmi Puran Corridor" in memory of Odia poet Balaram Das who had written a religious text on the goddess around 500 years ago. Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida also said that the state government will distribute...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education (HE) department Thursday directed the heads of all government and non-government aided colleges in Odisha to conduct a physical verification of areas surrounding their campuses and submit details on the existence of shops selling narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, alcohol, tobacco...

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme VB-G RAM G Act was implemented across Odisha Thursday, officials said. The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen), which replaced MGNREGA, was rolled out in different district headquarters in the presence of local MPs, MLAs, district collectors, gram...