Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will begin hearings for Aadhaar-related grievances from February 16, offering citizens a structured mechanism to resolve issues linked to the unique identification system, a source said Saturday. The hearings will reportedly be carried out by the Electronics and Information Technology Department of...

Bhubaneswar: Redevelopment work at 57 railway stations across Odisha is progressing under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, the Union Railway Ministry informed the Parliament. Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi sought details on the redevelopment of Balasore railway station and other stations in his constituency under the...

Berhampur: A special POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in jail after convicting him in the sexual assault and mu*der of a four-year-old boy three years ago. Additional District Judge (ADJ)-cum-judge of the special court under the POCSO Act, Pranati...

Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha’s Balasore district Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his second wife in an acid attack. The convict, Chandan Kumar Rana of Santaragadia village under Nilgiri police limits in Balasore district, had allegedly concealed his first marriage before marrying...

Bhubaneswar: A Special NDPS Court here sentenced two drug traffickers to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh each, an official said Friday. Mangal Ram Mahato and Kumar Dili, both residents of Dhanbad, were convicted by the court of...

Puri: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl reportedly died after falling into an uncovered borewell at the District Headquarters Hospital in Puri Friday. The child, Samayira Nayak, daughter of Ajay Nayak of Mangala Sahi in the Narendra Kona area, had gone to visit her uncle near the hospital....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is the only state which had prepared a standard operating procedure (SOP) to manufacture women-friendly farm machinery, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said in Bhubaneswar Friday. He was speaking at the inception workshop on Institutionalising the Gender Responsive Cell: Framework and...

Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday laid the foundation stone for a new government medical college and hospital and launched 177 projects worth Rs 446 crore for Nabarangpur district. The CM unveiled the projects at a function held at Mandei ground from where...

Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday launched a scheme to facilitate poor, widows and elderly persons to visit the Jagannath temple in Puri at least once in their lifetime. The state government will bear the cost of the visit of those people, which...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the Odisha government undertook a visit to Chennai to study affordable housing and urban habitat initiatives supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), said an official statement issued here Friday. Led by Housing and Urban Development Department's...