Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has provided nearly Rs 200 crore as subsidy to over 4.5 lakh dairy farmers under the Mukhyamantri Kamdhenu Yojana, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said here Wednesday. Addressing a programme organised to celebrate National Milk Day, Mallik said...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress has decided to take out its ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign to every block of Odisha in the coming days, the party's state unit chief Bhakta Charan Das said here Wednesday. Addressing a programme organised here to observe the Constitution Day, Das said...

Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly commencing from Thursday is likely to be stormy as opposition BJD and the Congress on Wednesday announced plans to raise several issues, including the alleged large-scale manipulation of the by-poll in Nuapada and the increasing number of...

Bhubaneswar: Five people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 20-year-old youth at Chandaka on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, police said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Satrughna Birua, a resident of Badachana police station area in Jajpur district. His...

Puri: The historic Gundicha Temple in Puri, closely linked to the famed Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, is set to reopen for devotees December 1 after nearly six years, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) announced. The temple had remained closed due to repair work,...

Bhubaneswar: Droupadi Murmu will script history Thursday by becoming the first President to address the Odisha Assembly, of which she was earlier a member. Speaker Surama Padhy, who chaired an all-party meeting Wednesday, said it will be a historic moment for the assembly and its...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday launched the ‘Videsh Siksha Bruti' scheme, marking a major step towards supporting meritorious Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students aspiring to pursue higher studies abroad. Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj formally inaugurated the scheme, which will be implemented from the...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The atmosphere at SAI International School crackled with curiosity and excitement Wednesday as students gathered for SAITED, the school’s flagship science and technology festival. But the event soared to an entirely new dimension when ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force test...

New Delhi: Ministry of Coal Wednesday successfully completed the auction of three coal blocks in Jharkhand and Odisha under the 13th round of commercial coal mine auctions, which are likely to attract a capital investment of nearly Rs 7,350 crore, according to an official statement...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Wednesday urged people to take a pledge to uphold the ideals of the Constitution of India, which was adopted on this day in 1949. Majhi, in a post on X, said, "Today,...