Metro

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...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has built a high-security data centre in Odisha, strategically located well away from potential cross-border threat zones and high seismic-risk regions, as part of efforts to safeguard critical financial infrastructure and strengthen continuity of core systems. The greenfield...

Bhubaneswar: The state Higher Education department has sanctioned Rs 1.73 crore for the development of 11 colleges and one university across Odisha under the ‘Ama Gourav Ama College’ scheme, aimed at strengthening infrastructure and academic facilities in higher educational institutions. Among the institutions set to...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged an Odisha farmer who has secured extra income through better land use and water savings, in his monthly radio broadcast, “Mann Ki Baat”, Sunday. The PM also mentioned a Kerala village’s success in growing 570 varieties of rice...

Bhubaneswar: An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer was booked in Bhubaneswar for allegedly raping a woman, police said Sunday. The case was lodged under BNS Section 64 on the basis of a complaint filed at the Saheednagar police station of the city, they said. The...

Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the next of kin of five police personnel killed in a road accident in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district. The compensation will be paid from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapara: Crime Branch of Odisha Police has placed the alleged gang rape of a Class VII student at a private English-medium school in Kendrapara district under its “red flag” category, a source said Sunday. While the investigating officer will remain the same, the Crime Against...

Bhubaneswar: A pregnant woman who went into labour aboard the Duronto Express was rushed to hospital after the train halted at Bhubaneswar Railway Station, where she later delivered a baby boy. Both mother and child are reported to be in good health. The woman, identified...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Saturday said that 12 of the state's 30 districts registered a higher rate of child marriage ratio in comparison to the national average. Parida said this in the assembly while replying to a written question by BJP member...