Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Wednesday said it will set up 11 new CRPF/BSF camps in remote areas of the state to take on the Maoists. This was revealed by Director General of police (DGP) Sunil Kumar Bansal after inaugurating the strategy conference on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)...

Bhubaneswar: The Modi government’s 46-page Telecommunications Bill, 2023 which was tabled in the Lok Sabha earlier this week - and passed with a voice vote amid almost empty Opposition benches Wednesday - has invited sharp criticisms from the legal community, civil rights bodies, and activists,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday said the state hasn't reported any Covid case over the past week, amid an uptick in infections in various parts of the country. The government is on alert and strengthening its surveillance system, they said. After attending the Covid-19 review...

Bhubaneswar: Kendra Sahitya Akademi Wednesday announced that Odisha’s Ashutosh Parida will be awarded prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for his poetry book ‘Aprastuta Mrutyu’. Notably, Parida was unanimously selected by the jury amongst 10 authors in Odia language. Sahitya Akademi announced its awards for books...

Bhubaneswar: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Wednesday urged people to converse in their mother tongue and respect it, instead of promoting foreign languages like English. Bhagwat, while addressing a gathering at an event of the ‘Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad' here, said people in...

Bhubaneswar: Goals from Pyari Xaxa and S Lynda Kom guided Odisha FC to a hard-fought victory against Gokulam Kerela FC at the Kalinga Stadium Wednesday, 20th December 2023. This win against the defending champions have put Odisha FC above Kickstart FC on top of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police have arrested a man for hatching a kidnapping plot of his 11-month-old son to get rid of his wife in Bhubaneswar, DCP Prateek Singh said Wednesday. The police have also apprehended three others including the first husband of the victim's mother...

Bhubaneswar: A research staff member, native of Odisha’s Cuttack, was found dead in her hostel room of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), police said Wednesday. She was a research staff member with the department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) at the institute. Her...

Bhubaneswar: The cold wave continues to sweep Odisha with 14 places in the state recording minimum temperatures at or below 10 degrees Celsius. The mercury level plummeted to 5 degrees Celsius, the season's lowest, at G Udayagiri in Kandhamal, the Meteorological  Department said. Phulbani (7),...

Bhubaneswar: Engineers are indispensable to development of infrastructure and living conditions in a society, said State Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha at the 78th annual conference of Odisha Diploma Engineers Service Association here Tuesday. Joining the event as the chief guest, Arukha said that from...