Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is all set to welcome the Odia New Year—Maha Bishuba Sankranti, popularly known as Pana Sankranti—on April 14, with vibrant cultural fervour, marking the grand finale of the fortnight-long ‘Odia Pakhya’ celebrations dedicated to language, heritage and identity. The concluding ceremony will be...

Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: Four Left parties—CPI(ML) Red Star Odisha, CPI(ML), CPI(ML) New Democratic and Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI)—have called for observing April 17 as ‘Protest Day’ across the state, strongly condemning alleged police excesses, repression and violations of constitutional and legal rights in Sijimali. In...

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi Bachao Andolan (MBA) Monday organised a meeting at Buddha Mandir in Bhubaneswar to deliberate on the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute. Attended by intellectuals, experts, social activists and senior journalists, the meeting expressed serious concern over the delay in resolving the issue and...

Bhubaneswar: D Sudhakara Rao Monday assumed charge as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax for Odisha, the Income Tax department said in a media briefing. Rao has also been given additional charge as Principal Chief Commissioner for Bihar and Jharkhand, according to the department....

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday said there would be no disconnection of power supply for domestic consumers during the summer season in case of unpaid electricity bills. Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo, who is also in charge of the energy department, announced during the...

Puri: The first day's inventory work of Lord Jagannath's most precious ornaments stored in the inner chamber of the Puri temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasury) concluded Monday amid tight security arrangements both inside and outside the shrine, an official said. Gold, diamonds, gems, silver and other...

Bhubaneswar/Keonjhar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday laid the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 1900 crore, including the much-awaited Rs 1,581.21 crore Barbil Bypass Ring Road project in Keonjhar district, marking a significant step toward improving infrastructure and connectivity in the mining belt. The...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1.76 lakh families in Odisha have provided their information during the ongoing self-enumeration process for Census-2027, a senior officer said here Monday. As part of the Census exercise, a provision for self-enumeration has been made available for citizens on an online platform...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Public Universities (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2026, has come into force across the state from Monday, following Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati giving his assent to the new legislation. The implementation of the new legislation will expedite the process of filling vacant...