Metro

Cuttack: The exciting action continued on Day 2 of the Inter Club Futsal Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, with four high-energy matches producing plenty of goals and entertaining football. Young Utkal Club delivered a dominant display to thrash Kishore Club Bhubaneswar 13-3, while...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Student Congress Wednesday staged a massive torchlight rally protesting alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination and demanded resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Led by Pradesh Student Congress leader Bibhuti Bhushan Mohapatra, the rally began from Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC)...

Bhubaneswar: Widespread thunderstorm and rain brought relief from sweltering heat in several parts of Odisha Wednesday, even as 12 towns in the state recorded temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius or above. Thunderstorms along with rain, lightning and gusty wind occurred in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Bonai,...

Bhubaneswar: ABVP general secretary Virendra Singh Solanki Wednesday said the student organisation will continue its fight against urban Naxalism and discrepancies prevailing in the education sector. Speaking at the meeting of ABVP's Central Working Committee, Solanki said, At a time when Bharat is emerging as...

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said he was optimistic that JSW's Rs 65,000 crore integrated steel plant near Paradip would be operational by 2029, and asserted that it would mark a milestone in the state's industrialisation process. Majhi attended an event marking...

Bhubaneswar: A man was arrested here with narcotics in the early hours of Wednesday, following an exchange of fire with police in which he was injured, an official said. A team of police officials intercepted Pupun Majhi (31) around 2:30 am near Arisol village, following...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Police Wednesday detained absconding Trinamool Congress MLA Dilip Mondal from Odisha's Puri. Dilip Mondal is an MLA from Bishnupur constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police detained him from a hotel in Puri....

Bhubaneswar: Election Commission Wednesday announced that the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha that has been vacated by Debashish Samantaray will be held June 18. Samantaray, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a BJD ticket in 2024 and was to continue...

Bhubaneswar: In a move aimed at improving efficiency, transparency and accountability in urban governance, the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department has transferred 360 officials across various cadres serving in urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state. The transfers cover officials posted in municipal corporations,...

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India will undertake a citizen-centric compliance audit on urban mobility in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack during 2026–27 as part of a nationwide exercise covering 101 cities, officials said Tuesday. An entry conference for the audit was held at...