Metro

Bhubaneswar: In a significant step towards enhancing urban safety, the Housing & Urban Development department, in collaboration with Odisha Fire Services, organised a high-level virtual workshop on fire safety awareness and preparedness here Monday. The session focused on streamlining emergency response protocols and enhancing technical...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: A special statewide road safety enforcement drive launched by the Transport department under the direction of Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena is currently underway across Odisha. The campaign combines strict enforcement with public awareness initiatives to enhance road safety. During intensive checks conducted March 21...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve access to education and basic services for migrant children, Aide et Action (India), in partnership with UNICEF, the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation and district authorities, has launched a targeted intervention across brick kilns in Odisha. As part...

Bhubaneswar: Shaheed Diwas (Martyrs’ Day), commemorating the supreme sacrifice of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar, was observed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in the City,...

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, Monday released the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET) 2026 notification. The OTET is scheduled to be conducted May 29 in two shifts – Paper 1 (for Primary level) from 9 am to 11:30 am and Paper II...

Puri: Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said elaborate arrangements, including videography, photography and 3D mapping, have been made for the inventory of Puri Srimandir’s Ratna Bhandar, scheduled to begin March 25 after a gap of 48 years. He said the use of technology is aimed...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has asked the Forest, Environment and Climate Change department of the state to take necessary action and subsequently submit an action taken report (ATR) regarding the alleged proposal to fell more than 2,000 full-grown trees...

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Hundreds of roadside eateries and small restaurants in Odisha have been forced to cut down their menus, increase prices and in several cases switch to coal and firewood amid a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders. Prasant Kumar Bhatt, manager of a vegetarian restaurant in...

Bhubaneswar: Around 15 Maoists are active in the areas along the borders of Kandhamal, Kalahandi and Rayagada districts in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the state Assembly Monday. As per the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme of the central government, at present, only...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has so far deported 75 out of the 77 Bangladeshi infiltrators, who were identified in different parts of the state between June 2024 and February 2026, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Monday. In a written reply to a question from...