Metro

Bhubaneswar: The importance of protecting and restoring wildlife corridors to ensure the safe movement and long-term survival of animals was highlighted at a Wildlife Week programme organised by the Orissa Environmental Society (OES) in collaboration with the Foresters’ Training School, Ghatikia, Government of Odisha. Held...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has expanded its waste management and urban cleanliness initiatives by taking responsibility for transporting dry waste from 31 Gram Panchayats in four blocks to its designated Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). The civic body has also awarded a three-year contract...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (OMFED) has revised the prices of its milk variants, with the new rates set to come into effect from October 4. According to an office order issued October 1, the maximum retail price (MRP) of toned milk...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha could witness rainfall during the Durga Puja festivities as a low-pressure system is likely to develop over the Bay of Bengal around mid-October, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD’s extended-range outlook for cyclogenesis over the North Indian Ocean indicates that...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday launched the ‘Shishu Shram Mukta Gram Panchayat’ (Child Labour-Free Gram Panchayat) campaign, a 44-day statewide awareness drive aimed at making the state free from the menace of child labour. Announcing the launch of the campaign, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) has sought a report from the Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) on the alleged rape of a woman at gunpoint at her home in Bhubaneswar Wednesday night. A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by a...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government Friday launched the 'Sujal' campaign across the state to raise awareness about water conservation, safe drinking water practices, and preventing water-borne diseases. Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra inaugurated the campaign in Bhubaneswar. Organised by the Water Corporation of...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Friday launched a month-long Jana Samparka Padayatra in Bhubaneswar, launching a blistering attack on the BJP government and accusing it of failing on virtually every front and neglecting the interests of Odisha. Patnaik...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati led the state in paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi saying the government was working to ensure welfare scheme benefits reach the last...

By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: Satyapira Padhan, a physiotherapist and martial artist from Deypur village in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, has earned a Guinness World Records title by performing 183 full-extension, one-hand punch strikes while holding a 1-kg weight in one minute. Padhan’s record attempt was...