Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday directed the Rural Development Department to take stringent action against contractors and officials responsible for substandard work in the construction of roads and bridges in the rural areas of the state. He gave the instructions while reviewing...

Bhubaneswar: Prem Patnaik, the brother of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, Friday came to Bhubaneswar from Delhi and discussed with doctors about the treatment of the former Odisha Chief Minister. Naveen Patnaik was discharged from a hospital in Bhubaneswar Wednesday evening after recovering...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Friday unearthed assets including 19 high-value plots, deposits worth Rs 55 lakh and 135 gm of gold found from the possession of a clerk in health department. On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond Friday announced that school students will be allowed to travel free in state government-run buses. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Gond said the school students now can travel free of cost on state government run...

Bhubaneswar: Amid heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system battering various parts of Odisha over the past few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast. “A fresh low-pressure...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has claimed that Odisha is now reaping the benefits of double-engine government, which is evident from the recent developments like the sanction of the Rs 8,308 crore Bhubaneswar bypass project, two semiconductor units and the return of the South...

Puri: A man was nabbed by security personnel while climbing the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri Friday, police said. Superintendent of Police, Puri, Pinak Mishra, said that the man was identified as Manoj Singh, a resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. He entered the...

Bhubaneswar:  The demand to accord Notified Area Council (NAC) status has intensified in Odisha following Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's Independence Day announcement to create 21 new NACs in the state. In his August 15 speech, the CM announced the formation of new NACs, after...

RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: Chanchala Mohanta, a progressive woman farmer from Thakurmunda block in Mayurbhanj district, has turned adversity into opportunity through goat farming, emerging as a role model for rural women in Odisha. Sharing her journey at the World Goat Day 2025 celebrations in...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to strengthen and improve school education in Odisha, the state government Thursday decided to merge the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) and the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) into a single board. This was revealed during a review meeting of...