Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has signed 145 MoUs with various companies which have proposed to invest Rs 12.89 lakh core which would generate employment for 8.94 lakh people. This was stated by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi as the two-day business summit, 'Utkarsh Odisha, Make...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s tourism sector saw a massive boost at the ‘Utkarsh Odisha – Make in Odisha Conclave 2025’ with 121 investment intents amounting to a remarkable Rs 8,153 crore. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister, Pravati Parida, who expressed confidence in the state’s...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Naveen Patnaik expressed deep grief over the loss of lives during a stampede at Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj Wednesday. In a post on social media platform X, CM...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) to promote museum tourism in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said. The MoU was signed during the ‘Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave’ in Bhubaneswar in...

Bhubaneswar: Looking beyond temple tourism and Buddhist circuits, the Odisha government is now eying to promote the state for destination weddings and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) tourism. The state has a lot to offer when it comes to the tourism sector. It has a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said an industrial park exclusively for women entrepreneurs would be set up in the state. Attending the plenary session on women entrepreneurship enabled by 'Subhadra' on the second day of the 'Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave, 2025'...

Bhubaneswar— A major fire broke out at a medicine warehouse near Symphony Mall in the Rudrapur area of Bhubaneswar Wednesday morning, fire officials said. Locals spotted the blaze around 8 a.m. and alerted authorities, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene to control the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Higher Education Department has withheld the salaries of principals from 63 non-government-aided degree colleges across the state for failing to update their college accounts on the mandatory College Accounts Portal Application (CAPA) module. In a letter issued Tuesday, the department’s Accounts Officer,...

Bhubaneswar: Vinod Kumar, a disgraced IAS officer and former Managing Director of the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), was convicted for the 11th time in a corruption case Tuesday. The Bhubaneswar Vigilance Court found Kumar guilty of misappropriating funds and sentenced him, along with...

Bhubaneswar: The 7-day Indian Film Festival of Bhubaneswar (IFFB), organised by the Film Society Bhubaneswar (FSB), concluded Tuesday at the Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra (GKCM) Odissi Research Centre. The festival wrapped up with a special screening of the newly restored version of Nirad Mahapatra’s 1984...