Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police has so far rescued 1,209 missing children, including 1,078 girls, and 6,667 missing women through special drives conducted in 2025, officials said. A total of 358 missing children and 2,059 missing women were rescued by police during a special drive named...

Bhubaneswar: A priest was sentenced to seven years in jail by a special court in Bhubaneswar Monday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a temple. Pradyumna Kumar Mallia (35), a priest of the Kapileshwar temple, was convicted by the special POCSO court in connection...

Bhubaneswar: A new township will be built on 800 acre of land on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha's Housing & Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Monday. The 'New Bhubaneswar' township will cover areas such as Mallipada, Daspur, Andharua, and Gothapatna, Mahapatra told reporters...

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Monday opened a breastfeeding room on the premises of the 12th-century shrine in Odisha's Puri. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said such a facility was the need of the hour, as a large number of nursing mothers visit...

Bhubaneswar: The Tata Power-led Odisha discoms Monday launched a 1-kW rooftop solar scheme, enabling households to generate around 100 units of electricity per month, officials said. The scheme was launched under the Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) model, as part of the government's flagship PM Surya Ghar...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday urged a delegation of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers to help promote Odisha's cultural heritage and handicrafts in European nations. A delegation of IFS officers of the 2000 and 2001 batches met Majhi. Among them were India's Ambassador...

Bhubaneswar: As another low-pressure system brews in the Bay of Bengal, Odisha is likely to receive heavy rain till September 5, the IMD said Monday. In a special bulletin, the weather office said, "A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the north-west Bay...

Bhubaneswar: At least one person was killed and 14 others were injured in separate incidents of clashes during processions for Ganesh idol immersion in Odisha, police said Monday. Three other youths were also injured when they came in contact with a live wire while climbing...

Bhubaneswar: Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government's Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to develop urban habitats for low-income groups and make welfare schemes accessible to them. The collaboration aims to reduce urban inequality by making...

Puri: The Cyber Police Station in Odisha's Puri has booked a website for allegedly misleading devotees of Lord Jagannath and extracting money from them with promises to facilitate darshan of Sibling Deities at the 12th-century temple, a senior officer said Monday. Based on a complaint...