Metro

Puri: The state government is planning to construct an air-conditioned (AC) tunnel outside the Jagannath Temple in Puri to make the darshan process more comfortable and convenient for devotees. The proposal has been welcomed by servitors and devotees, particularly as the number of visitors to...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Tuesday alleged that around 27 lakh voters were deliberately excluded from the electoral roll in Odisha and raised questions about the transparency being maintained in the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Addressing a press conference, BJD senior...

Bhubaneswar: The Infocity police have arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly selling country-made liquor and seized 400 pouches of illicit liquor from his possession near Jalimundasahi here Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Chandan Munda, 21, a native of Kendujhar district who was residing...

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari virtually flagged off the third pilgrim age train under the Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra Yojana (BNTYY) for FY 2026–27 from Lok Seva Bhavan Tuesday. The pilgrimage train, which commenced its journey from Sambalpur Railway Station, is carrying...

Bhubaneswar: Odia film Lahari, directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya and produced by Jhilik Bhattacharjee, received the national award for ‘Best Odia Film’ at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony held at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat Tuesday. President Droupadi Murmu presented the prestigious honour to Jhilik and...

Bhubaneswar: Failure to file annual property statements online within the stipulated deadline cannot come in the way of school teachers being considered for promotion, the Orissa High Court has held, directing the state to accept their returns manually. The HC asked the state government to...

Bhubaneswar: Activists of the opposition BJD and Navnirman Yuva Chhatra Sangathan (NYCS) demonstrated near the Odisha assembly Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over alleged large-scale errors in school textbooks. Though both groups raised the same issue, they...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly conducted only 13 minutes of business on the opening day of its Monsoon Session Tuesday as repeated disruptions by Opposition members led to multiple adjournments. The House functioned for two minutes before lunch and 11 minutes after 4 pm. Proceedings were...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 256 wild elephants died in Odisha between 2023-24 and 2025-26, including 13 killed by poachers, Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia informed the Assembly Tuesday. Replying to a written question from BJP MLA Durga Prasan Nayak, the minister said 32 persons had...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is examining the issue of providing reservation to OBCs and SEBCs in the upcoming panchayat elections, Panchayati Raj Minister Rabi Narayan Naik said in the assembly Tuesday. Replying to a question by senior BJD MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain on providing 27...