Metro

Cuttack/Badamba: Two tribal dominated villages under Narsinghpur block in Cuttack district have become the first fully solar-powered villages of the state following the project’s inauguration Thursday. This has been achieved under the Centre-sponsored PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. These villages were identified as Mundia...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought personal intervention from the Centre and the state government to find a permanent solution to the alarmingly rising air pollution in the Angul-Talcher industrial belt. In separate letters addressed to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Odisha has emerged as a national frontrunner in road safety and transport reforms, earning widespread recognition at the recently concluded Transport Development Council (TDC) Meeting. Held January 7-8, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, the event was organised by the Ministry of...

Bhubaneswar: The Khurda Road Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) is encouraging digital ticketing by offering a three per cent discount on unreserved tickets booked through the RailOne App. The benefit, earlier limited to R-Wallet cashback, has now been extended to other digital payment modes...

Bhubaneswar: The fourth edition of the Odisha Polytechnic Ranking for the academic year 2023–24 was unveiled Thursday by Skill Development and Technical Education Minister Sampad Chandra Swain at the State Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (SCTE&VT) auditorium here. Bhubanananda Odisha School of Engineering...

Bhubaneswar: A high-level review meeting on Transit Housing and Affordable Housing Projects (AHPs) was held Thursday under the chairpersonship of the Principal Secretary, Housing & Urban Development department, Usha Padhee, to assess the status of completed housing stock, streamline allotment mechanisms, and strengthen measures for...

Bhubaneswar: A review meeting on the Subhadra scheme was held Thursday under the chairpersonship of Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida in the conference hall of the Women and Child Development Department. During the meeting, it was decided that over 4.5 lakh beneficiaries would receive Subhadra...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move to bolster women-centric welfare initiatives, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed Thursday between the Women and Child Development (W&CD) department and Utkalika, the Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporation, for supplying gift items under Mukhyamantri Kanya Bibaha Yojana (MKBY). The...

Bhubaneswar: Nearly 2700 trainees including 2,103 Agniveers Thursday participated at the Passing Out Parade (POP) at INS Chilka, a sailor training establishment of the Indian Navy, in Odisha. The POP ceremony marked the successful culmination of 16 weeks of rigorous and transformative training undertaken by...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration's (SJTA) decision to levy a parking fee of Rs 500 for four-wheelers at its Bhakta Nivas (guest houses for devotees) facilities here has triggered strong opposition from tourists, servitors and political leaders. In a notification issued Wednesday, the SJTA...