Metro

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...

Cuttack: Noted Odia playback singer Geeta Patnaik was admitted to a private hospital here Friday after she suffered a brain stroke, her family said. Her condition is stated to be very critical, and she is undergoing treatment at the ICU, her husband Gopal Batra told...

Bhubaneswar: Senior politician and former Union minister Kanhu Charan Lenka died Friday at a private hospital here. He was 86. Born March 2, 1939 in Cuttack district, Lenka was elected to the Odisha Assembly from Choudwar seat four times in 1971, 1974, 1980 and 1995....

Puri: Early morning visitors to Puri’s intertidal beach were treated to an unusual and ecologically significant spectacle — thousands of small marine snails emerging from beneath the sandy surface during low tide. The species, identified as Bullia vittata, not only fascinated local coastal communities but...

Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to Odisha’s industrial development, the Land Allotment Committee (LAC) has cleared land allocation for 31 long-pending industrial projects. The meeting, chaired by IDCO Chairperson Usha Padhee, was held Thursday at IDCO Towers here. The approvals are expected to unlock substantial...