Metro

Cuttack: Odisha Vigilance has arrested a senior government official for allegedly accepting a bribe from a licensed coal vendor in exchange for facilitating the complainant to run his business smoothly. According to the Vigilance sources Tuesday, the accused officer Debabrata Mohanty, Cuttack Deputy Director of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has earned global recognition by securing two new entries in the World Book of Records for terracotta craft at the ‘Grand Terracotta Craft Creation’ event organised by the Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts Department. A total of 1,000 terracotta artisans participated in the competition,...

Bhubaneswar: Renowned pathologist and academician Maya Nanda died February 20 in Bhubaneswar at the age of 85 following a month-long respiratory illness, family sources said, leaving an irreplaceable void in Odisha’s medical fraternity. Born in 1940 in Puri, Nanda was the daughter of noted freedom...

Puri: The decks are now cleared for beginning the much-awaited inventory of Lord Jagannath's Ratna Bhandar (treasury) in the Puri temple after the Odisha government accorded its approval, and now the authorities will fix suitable dates to carry out the exercise, a senior official said....

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed, and two others were injured in a rain-related incident in Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar Tuesday, police said. Thunderstorms, accompanied by rain, lightning strikes and gusty winds, lashed the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack this evening, bringing down the temperature....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister K C Patra Tuesday announced in the Assembly that the state government would procure paddy from all registered farmers by March 31. Patra made this announcement in the Assembly during a discussion on the alleged mismanagement in...

Cuttack: India registered a convincing victory over Nepal in the ADCA T20I Asia Cup clash at the Barabati Stadium here Tuesday, continuing their strong run in the tournament with a dominant all-round performance. Nepal won the toss and opted to bat first, but their innings...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday said that the next three-tier panchayat elections in the state will be held at its scheduled time in February 2027. This was stated by Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water minister Rabi Narayn Naik while replying to a question by BJD...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Tuesday alleged that non-performance of the BJP government in Odisha has caused misery for farmers, women, and all other sections of society. Addressing the Chasi Surakshya Samabesh (Farmers' Protection Convention) , he asserted that people need work, not long speeches...

Bhubaneswar: Two workers were killed Tuesday after a boundary wall collapsed during drain construction work in the Bhoisahi area under Badagada police limits in Bhubaneswar, officials said. The deceased are yet to be identified. Four other workers sustained critical injuries and were rushed to a...