Metro

Bhubaneswar: City based Sachetan Nagarika Mancha (SNM) Thursday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state, requesting to transfer or disengage retired officers, currently engaged in the office of the Chief Minister and other public offices of the state, to ensure free, fair...

Bhubaneswar: Emphasising the crucial role played by the maritime sector in the country’s economic growth and development, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on National Maritime Day (NMD), Friday reiterated his government’s resolve to make Odisha a major power in the growth of the sector. Taking to...

Bhubaneswar: Amid intense heatwave conditions, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu has directed municipal commissioners of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Rourkela to open ‘Jala Chhatras’ (drinking water kiosks) for ensuring drinking water to commuters. In a letter to the municipal commissioners, the SRC said...

Bhubaneswar: Continuing the crackdown on illegal activities ahead of the polls, the Commissionerate Police busted a hooch manufacturing unit at Salia Sahi under the jurisdiction of Maitri Vihar police station, and arrested five persons in that connection, Friday. The arrested were identified as Biswanath Badaseth,...

Bhubaneswar: A tattoo on the palm of a miscreant, who along with three of his associates had robbed two businessmen of Rs 11 lakh and valuables in Shastri Nagar area here last month, helped the Commissionerate Police crack the case, Friday. Commissioner of Police Sanjeeb...

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has approved the appointment of Prakash R as the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of Cuttack and two other IPS officers as the superintendents of police (SPs) of Rourkela and Angul, an official said Friday. “The appointment of...

Bhubaneswar: A day after resigning from the Biju Janata Dal, Athamallik MLA Ramesh Chandra Sai Friday joined the opposition BJP and became the third legislator of the ruling party to cross over to the saffron camp ahead of the Lok Sabha and the Odisha Assembly...

Puri: The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) Friday night nabbed five professional criminals while they were planning to loot train passengers. The GRP also recovered various equipment to be used in the robbery, GRP Inspector Santosh Kumar Bahinipati said. He said...

Puri: Puri District Additional Sessions Judge Ramnath Panda Thursday sentenced one Narayan Mullick to ten years RI with a fine of Rs 20,000 for raping a minor girl. The sessions judge while delivering a judgment in a case under the POCSO Act, directed the legal...

Bhubaneswar: Intense heat wave conditions continued in Odisha as five cities recorded maximum temperature above 40 degree Celsius till 2.30 pm Friday. As per the information provided by the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) regional office, Bhubaneswar is so far the hottest in the state with...