Metro

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Sunday informed that light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely over many districts of Odisha during the next two days. Upto 8:30am of February 26: IMD stated that light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very...

Hyderabad/ Bhubaneswar: A man from Odisha has been arrested for selling Ganja chocolates in Hyderabad, police said. The man identified as Ananta Kumar Barak was caught selling ganja (cannabis) laced chocolates in Balanagar area on the city outskirts under the limits of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate....

Pattaya (Thailand)/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Pramod Bhagat secured gold medals in men's singles SL3 category at the Para Badminton World Championship in Thailand Sunday. Tokyo Paralymic gold medallist Bhagat, who won a gold and two bronze at the Para Asian Games in China, edged out England's...

Bhubaneswar: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists Sunday demanded a high-level probe into alleged Class-X state board examination question paper leak. The ABVP activists alleged that the English question paper of the Odisha High School Certificate Examination for Class-X was leaked Friday. Holding posters...

Bhubaneswar: In what may come as good news for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Anganwadi and mid-day meal workers of the state, Odisha office of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has directed the state government to extend to them the benefits of Employees’ Provident...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has ordered the ‘arrest' of a foreign cargo ship in connection with unpaid berth hire charges at the Paradip Port in the state. Under an admiralty law, a ship can be arrested for the enforcement of maritime claims that arise...

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of Odisha's youngest organ donor Damayanti Mahanta were performed with full state honour in Puri. Her funeral services were performed at Swargadwar cremation ground in the district. The 14-year-old girl, who was a class 9 student from Keonjhar district and suffering...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress Friday alleged that the ruling BJD is engaging a section of state government employees, including senior bureaucrats, for party-related work. OPCC campaign committee chairman Bijay Patnaik said “those employees” were under the Congress scanner, urging them not to act as political...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday announced the formation of 34 new Notified Area Councils (NAC) in 20 districts of the state and upgradation of five NACs in four districts to municipalities. As per the announcement, Boudhgarh (Boudh), Karanjia (Mayurbhanj), Kantabanji (Bolangir), Chhatrapur and...

Bhubaneswar: A Delhi police team picked up an IT professional from his flat here on the charge of hacking a government website, police sources said Saturday. The accused is a resident of the Laxmi Sagar area here. The Delhi police team picked him up Friday...