Metro

Puri: The Union government has reportedly granted Stage-I (in-principle) approval for diversion of forest land for the proposed international airport in Puri. In a notification, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) said the Odisha government’s proposal was cleared under the Forest (Conservation)...

Nigamjyoti Pathy is the visionary entrepreneur behind Namaste Baripada, a venture born from a lifelong passion for culinary arts. Amidst the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, founder Nigamjyoti and his brother channelled their love for cooking into a cloud kitchen, transforming a period of uncertainty...

Raipur: Karnataka emerged the overall champion with 23 gold medals while Odisha finished second with 21 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals in the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG). Odisha were the only contingent to cross a half century of medals, finishing with...

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) gained outstanding achievements for the financial year 2025–26, highlighting record-breaking freight performance, strong revenue growth, and major infrastructure advancements. ECoR retained its position as the top freight handling zone of Indian Railways for yet another year, continuing its dominance for...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha emerged as the top-performing state at IndiaSkills 2025–26, securing the highest medal tally in the country with a total of 57 medals. Congratulating the winners, Skill Development and Technical Education (SD&TE) Minister Sampad Chandra Swain highlighted that the achievement reflects the state’s world-class...

Cuttack: With an objective to learn new skills and practical experience, a two-day Terracotta Training Workshop was successfully organised by ORMAS under the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water department April 1 and 2 at CNBT Bus Stand. The workshop featured Sakuntala Muduli and Sri Laxmidhar...

Bhubaneswar: The 36th board of governors meeting of the Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar, was held Friday at the institute’s seminar hall under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh. The meeting marked a significant step in strengthening the...

Bhubaneswar: Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) inaugurated an international conference titled EVOLVE 2026 Friday, bringing together leading scientists from the country and across the globe to explore cutting-edge advances in novel therapeutics. Organised under the aegis of the Indian Society for Extracellular Vesicles (InSEV), the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday asserted that "Odia Asmita" (Odia pride) became a major poll issue in the 2024 elections for Lok Sabha and state Assembly as the previous BJD government had "outsourced" the state's administration to non-Odia bureaucrats. The BJP defeated...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury soared to 40 degrees Celsius and above at nine places in Odisha Friday, with Jharsuguda recording the day's maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius. According to a bulletin from the IMD, Angul recorded a day temperature of 40.7 degrees Celsius, followed by...