Metro

Bhubaneswar: An Odia migrant worker stranded in Saudi Arabia for months following the expiry of his employment contract is finally set to return home after the intervention of state Industries, Skill Development and Technical Education Minister, Sampad Chandra Swain. The worker, Pralaya Ranjan Mahapatra from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has made significant progress in the computerisation of its judiciary under the e-Courts Project Phase III, with 817 of the state’s 845 courts and 203 of 215 court complexes equipped with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hardware. The e-Courts Project is being implemented...

Puri: Lord Jagannath and His Siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, returned to the Lions' Gate of Jagannath Temple from the Shree Gundicha Temple aboard their respective chariots during the Bahuda Yatra Friday. The Taladhwaja chariot of Lord Balabhadra was the first to reach the...

Puri: A devotee died allegedly due to suffocation while pulling the 'Darpadalan' chariot of Goddess Subhadra during the Bahuda Yatra, the return car festival Friday, police said. The deceased was identified as Abhiram Das (57) from Kataka. He suddenly fell down while pulling the chariot...

Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: Odisha Vigilance Department Friday arrested a revenue inspector (RI) while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,500 from an applicant, officials said. The accused has been identified as Darshini Lenka, RI of Kaupada circle in Kendrapada district, vigilance officials said. Lenka allegedly...

Brahmapur: A 36-year-old man wanted by the police in multiple criminal cases suffered bullet injuries during an encounter with the force in Odisha's Ganjam district early Friday, an officer said. The incident took place near a forest area under Kodala police station limits, when a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Friday questioned the effectiveness of the proposed legislation to curb question paper leaks, saying that merely enacting a law would not be sufficient unless it is implemented firmly and effectively. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty, a former president of the Utkal University...

Puri: East Coast Railway (ECoR) Friday deployed an AI-powered robotic platform to boost security at Odisha's Puri railway station, as lakhs of visitors are expected to throng the seaside resort for the return car festival, an official said. The Puri railway station is witnessing heavy...

Bhubaneswar: A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal this weekend, bringing widespread rainfall across Odisha during the Bahuda Yatra and Suna Besha festivities, the regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. According to the weather office,...

Puri: Lakhs of devotees Friday started pulling the chariots of Lord Jagannath and His Siblings as part of the 'Bahuda' Yatra in Odisha's Puri, amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Earlier, Gajapati Maharaja of Puri Divyasingha Deb performed the ‘Chhera Pahanra’ ritual of the ‘Bahuda...