Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) has seized 49 kg of marijuana by intercepting two vehicles on National Highway-16 near Tangi area of Cuttack and claimed to have arrested five peddlers, including one from Bihar. Two four-wheelers and several incriminating materials have been seized from...

Bhubaneswar: Noted social activist and co-convenor of the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) and founding member of Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS), Anjali Bharadwaj, accused the Central government of making every attempt to weaken the Right to Information (RTI) Act that makes the...

Bhubaneswar: Terming the Electoral Bond Scheme as “potentially the biggest corruption scam in the country”, Supreme Court Lawyer Prashant Bhushan called for a thorough probe by an independent body while attending a seminar here Sunday. The seminar ‘Electoral Bonds and our Right to Information’ was...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Sunday night to lead the BJP's campaign for its candidates Monday, officials said. Modi was received by senior BJP leaders including party's Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi at the Biju Patnaik International Airport....

Puri: Congress nominee for Puri assembly seat Uma Ballav Rath was seriously injured Sunday after he was assaulted by unknown miscreants, police said. Rath, who sustained head and body injuries, filed a complaint at Kumbharpada police station. He claimed that while canvassing near the bus...

Cuttack/Sambalpur: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday said amidst conflict and uncertainty in some nations, many countries are seeking friendship with India. Speaking at a gathering focused on 'Viswa Bandhu Bharat' during the second day of his Odisha visit, Jaishankar highlighted India's potential for partnerships...

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave conditions scorched Odisha Sunday with the mercury shooting to 45 degrees Celsius in Titilagarh. According to a bulletin issued by the Met Department, 25 places in the state recorded temperatures of above 40 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature was 44.6 degrees Celsius...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Sunday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Odisha, promising 3.5 lakh jobs in five years, cash voucher of Rs 50,000 for women, returning the money people lost by investing in chit fund companies, and procurement of paddy at Rs 3,100...

Bhubaneswar: BJP president JP Nadda Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the culture of politics in India forcing all parties to talk about development. Nadda was addressing a programme in Bhubaneswar where the BJP's manifesto for the Odisha Assembly elections was released. "PM...

Bhubaneswar: Congress Sunday changed its candidates in five Assembly constituencies in Odisha while naming Akshaya Acharya from the Nilgiri Assembly seat. The party has nominated former minister and four-time MLA Debasis Nayak for the Bari Assembly constituency replacing Arati Deo. Nayak had joined the Congress...