Metro

Bhubaneswar: Japan's Consul General in Kolkata, Ishikawa Yoshihisa, Wednesday met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here and discussed ways to strengthen partnership in trade, business, tourism, academic exchange and decided that Japanese Prefecture Tottori will partner with Odisha to function like 'sister states'. During the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education department Wednesday asked all state-run and aided universities and colleges to ensure maximum student onboarding in the 'Shaktishree' app that aims to improve student safety, grievance redressal and counselling. The mobile application was launched by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recently...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance Department arrested a government engineer Wednesday, a day after unearthing 97 land parcels, five buildings, two farmhouses, a market complex and other assets that were disproportionate to his known source of income, officials said. Bhubaneswar Sabar, the executive engineer of the roads...

Puri: The Jagannath Temple here will remain closed for devotees for four hours from Wednesday evening for a special ritual of the shrine's sibling deities, its administration said. In a public notice, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said darshan will be suspended from 6...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) declared the results of its Class XII examinations Wednesday, with close to 86 per cent of the 3.98 lakh students who appeared for it clearing the exam. Announcing the results, the state's School and Mass Education Minister...

Puri: The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri has opposed the decision of a temple in Ferozepur of Punjab to hold the Rath Yatra, untimely. IAS officer Arabinda Padhee, the chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), urged the Ferozepur district...

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, will announce the Plus II board examination results at 12:30 pm Wednesday. Students can check their Plus II results on the official websites — CHSE Odisha and Odisha Results Portal — after the declaration. Results will...

Puri: The inventory work of the Puri Jagannath Temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' or treasury resumed here Tuesday amid tight security and adherence to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved by the Odisha government, a senior official said. The inventory process of jewellery and valuables stored inside...

Bhubaneswar: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to launch Odisha's first-ever 'Bee Corridor' project with the beginning of the monsoon season in June, an official statement said. Under this initiative, nearly 20,000 flowering plants will be planted along highways passing through Sambalpur,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under intense heatwave conditions Tuesday, with 21 places recording temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or above. The industrial town of Jharsuguda in the western region was the hottest place in the state Tuesday at 44.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Hirakud at 44...