Metro

Puri: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings ended here Monday in a ritual called Niladri Bije when the deities returned to the 12th-century shrine after spending 12 days outside. The Niladri Bije ritual marks the culmination of the annual Rath Yatra...

Bhubaneswar: The Cyber Crime Police here have arrested a 50-year-old man from Bihar for allegedly duping a City resident of Rs 15.19 lakh on the false promise of offering distributorship and franchise rights of reputed Tata group companies, police said Monday. The accused, identified as...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari chaired a high-level review meeting Monday to assess the state’s preparedness ahead of the landfall of the deep depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal, directing all district administrations to remain on 24x7 alert and ensure swift...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has 840 schools covered under the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, according to data shared by the Union Ministry of Education in the Lok Sabha Monday. The data, presented by Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education (HE) department has released the admission schedule for postgraduate (PG) courses for the 2026–27 academic session. Admissions will be conducted based on candidates’ scores in the Common PG Entrance Test (CPET). As per the notification, students can lock their preferred...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday ordered a CID probe into the disappearance of the inquiry commission report on the assassination of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and the subsequent communal violence in Kandhamal in 2008 when the BJD was in power. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said that 96 per cent of the complaints received from people in the previous 18 rounds of his grievance redressal session have been resolved. In the 19th session held during the day, he sanctioned Rs 6.15 lakh...

Mumbai: Indian Idol 16 winner Jyotirmayee Nayak has heaped praise on playback sensation Arijit Singh. The singer expressed her heartfelt desire to work with him soon, and said that the singer's music goes far beyond entertainment and even has the power to heal people. In...

Bhubaneswar: Schools remained closed in four Odisha districts Monday, train services were briefly disrupted and the government placed its field machinery on high alert as heavy rainfall triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal lashed parts of the state, officials said. Schools...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Monday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, accusing him of "breaking the trust" of students by allowing error-ridden textbooks to be distributed in government schools. Patnaik's demand came a day after the Congress...