Metro

Bhubaneswar: At least 26 coastal villages in Odisha have been recognised by the IOC-UNESCO under its Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme, marking a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to strengthen coastal disaster preparedness. Official sources said a total of 381 tsunami-prone coastal villages have been...

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany, Director of CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Odisha (CUO). The appointment has been made by President Droupadi Murmu in her capacity as the Visitor of the Central...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at seven locations across Odisha and Rajasthan and arrested three accused, as part of its investigation into a Rs 2.07-crore 'digital arrest' scam in which a retired public servant was allegedly coerced into transferring funds...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJP Friday lodged a police complaint against a man for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. BJP's media cell coordinator Sujit Kumar Das along with state vice-president Jatin Mohanty filed a written complaint at the Maitree Vihar Cyber...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers (ERO) to oversee the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state, according to a notification issued Friday. The draft voters' list for Odisha is scheduled to be published July 5....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with IHI Corporation, a leading Japanese Industrial company, and the Gurugram-based ACME Group to promote collaboration in clean energy, advanced manufacturing and industrial development. According to an official statement issued by the Chief Minister’s...

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...