Metro

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has rejected the bail petitions of 17 accused arrested in connection with the Odisha police sub-inspector recruitment examination scam Saturday. The case is linked to alleged irregularities in the sub-inspector recruitment examination conducted by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board. Among...

Bhubaneswar: In a major step towards the conservation of Odisha’s rich heritage and architectural legacy, the Odisha State Archaeology Department signed non-financial Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with IIT Kharagpur and School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Bhopal, at Sanskruti Bhawan in Bhubaneswar. The collaboration aims...

Manoj Kumar Jena, OP Bhubaneswar: As people across the globe prepare to celebrate World Turtle Day Saturday, amid growing threats to the ancient marine species from pollution, climate change, habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trade, a handful of conservationists in the state have devoted their...

Bhubaneswar: Inspired by the viral “cockroach” protest trend, educated unemployed youth in Odisha have launched a symbolic protest against delays in government recruitment processes. At a press conference chaired by student leader Bibhuti Bhushan Mohapatra, job aspirants accused the state government of delaying examinations and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is steadily emerging as a major logistics and maritime hub of eastern India, Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati said at the 6th Executive Committee Meeting of the Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) in Puri Friday. At the meeting, hosted by the...

Bhubaneswar: The double whammy of frequent power outages and sweltering heat conditions has enraged people across the state with many raising their voices and resorting to protests demanding an uninterrupted supply of electricity. As per reports, power outages have become a regular occurrence in several...

Bhubaneswar: At least three persons have died in "heat wave-related incidents" in Odisha this month, as large parts of the state continued to reel under hot and humid conditions, officials said Friday. According to the Special Relief Commissioner's (SRC) Office, reports of 16 deaths due...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday asked the Odisha government to make public the data on water availability in the Mahanadi river to ensure transparency, even as activists of the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) were detained while attempting to meet Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The demand...

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Friday stressed the need for proper coordination between officials and servitors, particularly the Daitapati priests, to ensure the smooth conduct of the upcoming annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri. The Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri is governed...

Cuttack: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his recent five-day foreign tour, highlighted Odisha's rich handicraft heritage by presenting a traditional silver filigree boat, crafted in Cuttack's historic Tarakasi art, to Norway's King Harald V. The silver sailboat model crafted using Tarakasi, the ancient art of...