Metro

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das Friday strongly condemned the issuance of a notification for panchayat elections in the Kotia region in Koraput district of Odisha by the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, demanding the Odisha government take immediate steps to stop the...

Bhubaneswar: A Breast Self-Examination (BSE) booth was inaugurated at the Department of Medical Oncology of AIIMS Bhubaneswar here Friday, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, officials said. AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas inaugurated the booth, which the institute said is the first of...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: National Steering Committee Friday approved an investment of Rs 1,194.92 crore for ugrading Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) clusters across Odisha, Maharashtra, and Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme. With the approval, the cumulative...

Kataka: Orissa High Court will reopen for regular judicial proceedings October 27 after its Durga Puja and Dussehra vacation, which begins Monday, October 19, according to an official notification. Friday, October 16, will be the last working day before the break, followed by the weekend...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Friday defended Governor-designate Braj Mohan Ram over his controversial remark that he would "work to strengthen the BJP" after assuming office, saying it could have been a slip of the tongue by a senior leader who had worked for...

Bhubaneswar: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won seven of the nine posts in the Utkal University students’ union elections held Thursday, while the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) bagged the remaining two posts. The Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) drew a blank in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and many other dignitaries greeted BJD president Naveen Patnaik on his 80th birthday Friday. Patnaik, a five-term former chief minister of Odisha, was born in Kataka October 16, 1946. Kambhampati, in a social media...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Friday congratulated newly elected student representatives across the state, where campus elections were held Thursday after a gap of eight years. Elections were held in 346 colleges and 13 universities across the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated steps to formulate a standard operating procedure (SoP) on lightning safety to reduce human casualties, officials said. Experts and representatives from leading scientific, technical and academic institutions are drafting the SoP at a two-day national workshop on lightning safety...

By Arindam Ganguly Bhubaneswar: Student union elections, held after a gap of eight years amid sporadic tensions, saw candidates backed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) win in a majority of colleges and universities across the state Thursday. Polling was held from 8 am...