Metro

Bhubaneswar: Schools remained closed in four Odisha districts Monday, train services were briefly disrupted and the government placed its field machinery on high alert as heavy rainfall triggered by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal lashed parts of the state, officials said. Schools...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Monday demanded the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, accusing him of "breaking the trust" of students by allowing error-ridden textbooks to be distributed in government schools. Patnaik's demand came a day after the Congress...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha observed 'Rasagola Dibasa' Monday, marking the return of The Sibling Deities, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, to their abode in the 12th-century shrine in Puri after the annual Rath Yatra. Rasagola Dibasa is celebrated on 'Niladri Bije', the ritual of the...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha minister and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sushant Singh died late Sunday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was 53. Singh was a three-time MLA from the Bhatli Assembly constituency in Bargarh district, having won the seat...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised Bhubaneswar’s efforts in water conservation during the 136th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, highlighting the Odisha capital as one of the cities delivering encouraging results under the nationwide ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign. Reiterating the...

Bhubaneswar/Anandapur: In a bid to restore the natural habitat of elephants and other wild animals, a large-scale bamboo seed ball plantation drive was carried out in the Atei Reserve Forest near Arjunbania village under Kolimati Gram Panchayat in Anandapur Sunday. Led by environmentalist Trilochan Sahoo,...

Bhubaneswar: Former IAS officer Upendra Nath Behera failed to appear before Capital Police Sunday for questioning in connection with the alleged disappearance of key files from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), police officials said. Behera is the third former senior bureaucrat to skip a police...

Bhubaneswar: A vehicle hit a fish trader, knocking him unconscious, before a four-wheeler dragged him for three kilometres on NH 16, killing him on the spot Sunday, police said. Another fish trader was also injured after being hit by the first vehicle, a senior officer...

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra as the new state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress in Odisha. Mahapatra, who began his student political journey at the Bhubanananda Odisha School of...

Sambalpur: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) at Burla has relaxed its controversial dress code following student protests over the mandatory uniform policy. According to a decision taken by the varsity’s Academic Council, wearing the prescribed uniform will no longer be compulsory. Students will...