Metro

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Representatives of 11 BRICS countries Friday discussed ways to ensure cooperation in disaster mitigation management, an official said. The delegates of the second technical meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group attended the concluding session of the three-day event at a hotel...

Bhubaneswar: Parts of Odisha sizzled in extreme heat Friday, with eight places, including Bhubaneswar, registering day temperatures above 41 degrees Celsius, with the weather department predicting thunderstorm and rain for the next four days. Boudh town in western Odisha was the hottest place in the...

Puri: Jagannath temple authorities of Puri Friday decided to send a delegation to President Droupadi Murmu or Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention into ISKCON holding Rath Yatra on random days across the world, contrary to the norms sanctioned by scriptures. The decision was...

Bhubaneswar: On World Environment Day, Odisha Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singhuntia Friday called upon farmers and other stakeholders to adopt the old tradition of farming with new methods. Inaugurating the state-level celebration of World Environment Day-2026 in Bhubaneswar, Singkhuntia said the traditional farming system was...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi watched a special screening of the film Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata at a cinema hall in Bhubaneswar Friday evening, joined by Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo, ministers, actress Kangana Ranaut and other elected representatives. Majhi said that the success...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated the process of rescuing five migrant workers of the state, following their claim that they have been stranded in Thailand, an official said Friday. The unskilled workers, hailing from various areas of Kendrapada district, went to the Southeast Asian...

Bhubaneswar: One person was killed and 16 others sustained injuries in two separate road accidents reported from Angul and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha Friday. In the first incident, a helper of a private bus was killed and ten passengers were injured after the bus collided...

Bhubaneswar: Former BJD MP Debashish Samantaray Friday filed his nomination papers as the BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election from Odisha. Samantaray, who joined the saffron party May 26 after quitting the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), was named the party's candidate by the BJP...

Bhubaneswar: Hindi film actor and Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut arrived in Bhubaneswar Friday for premiere of her latest film, Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. After arriving at the Bhubaneswar airport, she participated in the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign by planting a sapling. Kangana is...

By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Odisha is increasingly witnessing the realities of a changing climate. Bhubaneswar and several other parts of the state have experienced intense heatwaves, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and prolonged dry spells, while rapid ur banisation and shrinking green cover have made cities...