Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will undertake a high-level investment outreach to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 9 to 11, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, with a strategic focus on attracting global capital, strengthening export-oriented industries and building new investment and business linkages...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has asked every district to develop five to 10 smaller tourism destinations as part of a fresh push to take tourism beyond established hotspots and make it a driver of rural economic growth, employment and local enterprise. Chief Secretary Anu Garg...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police Saturday arrested Pramod Kumar Sahoo, former director of real estate company M/s Mishra Creations Pvt Ltd, in connection with an alleged cheating and fraud case involving its ‘UTOPIA’ housing project at Chandaka. Sahoo was arrested in...

Bhubaneswar: The 17th Odisha Environment Congress (OES), scheduled to be held at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, from November 3 to 5, will focus on climate change, biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, sustainable development and the use of technology to protect natural resources. A...

Bhubaneswar: Joint Secretary in the department of Financial Services, Central Government, Shalini Pandit Saturday urged banks to take concerted measures to improve Odisha’s Credit-Deposit (CD) ratio and bring it on par with the national average. Addressing the 184th State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting here,...

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) inaugurated its 54th National Convention of Company Secretaries here Saturday. This 3-day annual congregation of Company Secretaries (CS) is themed ‘NextGen CS – Catalyst of Growth & Guardian of Governance’. It is a platform for dialogues...

Bhubaneswar: Four teachers from Odisha were among 82 from across the country who received the prestigious National Teachers’ Awards from President Droupadi Murmu at a special ceremony in New Delhi Teachers’ Day Saturday. While 48 teachers were from the Department of School Education and Literacy,...

Bhubaneswar: School and college teachers suspended their stir till September 22 after the Odisha government Saturday assured them of addressing their demands, including providing grant-in-aid and filling up vacant posts in education institutes, said the convener of the protesters' forum. The teachers have been on...

Bhubaneswar: A two-day meeting of the Odisha BJP's executive committee began in Kataka Saturday, with sources saying that it would firm up a three-month roadmap and discuss strategy for the urban local body and three-tier panchayat elections scheduled in March next year. Chief Minister Mohan...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Literature, travel, history, food, photography and music came together at the fourth edition of the Walking BookFairs Travel Writing Festival (WBTWF), held at New Community Space, 3rd Space Odisha, here Saturday. The one-of-its-kind curated literary festival brought together authors, journalists,...