Metro

Bhubaneswar: ECoR introduced modern LHB coaches in the Puri-Patna-Puri Express, enhancing passenger comfort, safety and the overall travel experience. LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches are modern, lightweight stainless steel passenger rail coaches designed to replace older Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coaches for higher safety, speed,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Legislative Assembly’s Departmentally Related Standing Committee-III, headed by Chairman Babu Singh, is on a visit to Uttar Pradesh from September 2 to September 7, 2026, to study the functioning of the state legislature and various parliamentary practices. The delegation includes committee members...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has recently integrated a range of emergency-response features into the Odisha Yatri platform, enabling passengers to seek assistance quickly during emergencies. The initiative is aimed at making public and shared mobility safer, with features including one-click SOS, live location sharing and a shake-to-alert...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha needs a stronger and more coordinated ecosystem for organ donation and transplantation, with greater public awareness and better support for patients and their families, Law, Works and Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said Friday. Both the...

Bhubaneswar: Innovator and disaster awareness campaigner Trilochan Sahoo has been conferred with a national award for innovation by the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, under Ministry of Education. Sahoo was recognised for his innovative initiative of creating school safety walls...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: As Odisha celebrates Teachers’ Day with tributes and felicitation programmes, a section of the state’s teaching community is using the occasion to highlight unresolved concerns over recruitment, vacant posts, service conditions and the dignity and safety of teachers. Teachers and aspirants...

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: The flood situation in Odisha improved Friday, with the water level in all major rivers receding, though nearly 2 lakh people in 303 villages are still affected in two districts of the state, officials said. As many as 1,90,974 people of 241 villages in...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday urged police to maintain the highest standards of law and order, saying it was essential for building a 'Viksit Odisha' and boosting industrialisation in the state. Addressing the passing-out ceremony of 336 newly appointed sub-inspectors, including 70 women,...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP's "double-engine" government in Odisha after state Supplies Minister KC Patra expressed concern over the delay by Food Corporation of India (FCI) in lifting custom-milled rice from the state. The BJD alleged that Patra's remarks...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday disbursed over Rs 833 crore as the fifth installment of financial assistance to more than 41 lakh farmers under the CM-KISAN scheme. CM Majhi said all eligible beneficiaries -- mostly small, marginal and landless farmers and those...