Metro

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought comments from the Ministry of External Affairs regarding six workers from Odisha who were held captive by their employer in Thailand, according to a statement released in Bhubaneswar Monday. The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly witnessed noisy scenes for the fifth consecutive day Monday as Opposition BJD and Congress members created a ruckus over alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement, forcing Speaker Surama Padhy to adjourn the proceedings multiple times. As soon as the House assembled for Question...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday informed the Assembly that 2,994 rape and 7,382 molestation cases were reported in the state last year. A total of 33,021 cases of crimes against women were registered in different police stations across Odisha in 2025, CM...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Monday issued Yellow Warning for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds reaching 30-40 kmph at isolated places over several districts of Odisha over the next two days. Under the Day 1 forecast, valid until 8:30...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has deported 73 of the 77 Bangladeshi infiltrators residing illegally in various districts of the state, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly Monday. In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA Padma Lochan Panda, Majhi said action was...

Bhubaneswar: The State Higher Education Department has issued a stern directive to government and government-aided colleges across the state, expressing concern over the slow implementation of self-defence club activities for the 2025–26 academic session. Although funds had been sanctioned and disbursed through the Student Academic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Sunday asserted that the long-standing demand of students to grant university status for Shailabala Women’s Autonomous College in Cuttack has not been overlooked. Responding to criticism following the State Budget 2026– 27, Suraj said the state government is...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha state council of All India Youth Federation (AIYF) Sunday organised a state-level Young Women’s Convention at Bhagwati Bhavan chaired by Aparna Routray. The convention highlighted a range of issues affecting young women across the country, including rising unemployment, growing incidents of violence against...

Bhubaneswar: A farmers’ training and scientist–farmer interaction programme was organised recently in President Droupadi Murmu’s village in Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj, bringing together experts and over 200 farmers from Uperbeda, Hatabadra, Aharabandha and Kusumi villages. The programme was jointly conducted by Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha may see a change in weather as a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. According to the IMD, a well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal continued at 2:30...