Metro

Puri: Lord Jagannath and the sibling deities are set to enter the Gundicha temple Saturday in a culmination of the first phase of Rath Yatra in Puri, which witnessed a massive influx of devotees for the "Adapa Bije" ritual regardless of the overnight downpour. The...

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Conducting Lord Jagannath's ceremonial movement from inside the Puri temple towards the chariot outside without a traditional floral crown during the Rath Yatra has created a controversy, with the opposition BJD and Congress attacking Odisha's BJP government over the lapse. The incident took place...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Council of Communist Party of India (CPI) has strongly condemned the reported move by the BJP-led state government to secure the pre mature release of Dara Singh alias Rabindra Pal Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the gruesome murder of...

Bhubaneswar: Industries, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain seeked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s intervention for the safe return of an Odia youth stranded in Saudi Arabia. The minister has urged Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to intervene and ensure safe return...

Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti department Friday signed a pact with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to strengthen women-led agri-enterprises and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for members of self-help groups (SHGs) across the state. The MoU, marking the beginning of a...

Bhubaneswar: The annual Rath Yatra at Shrivani Kshetra, KISS was celebrated Thursday with religious fervour, drawing more than 40,000 devotees. The day began with rituals, including ‘Mangala Aarati’, ‘Mailama’, ‘Tadapalagi’, ‘Rosha Homa’, ‘Abakasha’ and ‘Surya Puja’, followed by the ceremonial ‘Pahandi’ of the deities on...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department Friday forecast heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha for another three days under the impact of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The weather system, which lay over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand and north Odisha...

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Amid allegations of mismanagement during the Puri Rath Yatra that left two persons dead and several others ill following a crowd surge, Odisha Police Friday appealed to devotees against bringing infants, small children, elderly persons and patients to the festival. DGP YB Khurania appealed...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as the fourth most investment-friendly large state in the NITI Aayog's Investment Friendliness Index, behind Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, according to the report released Friday. Gujarat topped the rankings among large states with an overall score of 56.6, followed...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday virtually inaugurated seven railway stations in Odisha redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme as part of the launch of 75 modernised stations across the country. The seven stations are Barpali, Balangir, Paralakhemundi, Talcher, Kesinga, Bimalgarh and Baripada. They...