Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Sunil Kumar Bansal will retire December 31, the state government said in a notification Saturday. Bansal was appointed as the state's top cop December 31, 2021. Senior IPS officers including YB Khurania, B Radhika, A M Prasad, Sudhanshu...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar traffic police Saturday seized more than 50 vehicles from traffic rules violators in the city, a source said Saturday. The traffic police seized vehicles from people who were flouting traffic norms such as driving on wrong route and using loud aftermarket silencer pipes....

Bhubaneswar: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will visit Odisha November 20 to flag off the extension of an express train, an official said Saturday. Vaishnaw along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off the extension of Banaras-Sambalpur-Banaras bi-weekly express up to Visakhapatnam at Sambalpur...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved eight projects with a total investment proposal of over Rs 1,397 crore in six districts, a statement said. These projects will generate employment opportunities for 2,860 people in the state. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority Friday gave...

Bhubaneswar: The doctors at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), in a complex and rare operation, saved a cancer patient by removing a portion of his kidney through advanced laparoscopic surgery. Urology Department’s Assistant Professor and HoD Sumanta Mishra, performed the surgery on a...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 102 people were Friday appointed as assistant professors in the Odisha Medical Education Service at a programme held here in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. They will join state-run medical colleges in various districts. "You are in a profession that...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday appointed former bureaucrat Suresh Chandra Mahapatra as the chief advisor to the chief minister's office (CMO), an official notification said. Mahapatra, who became the chairperson of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) following his retirement as chief secretary, had requested to...

Bhubaneswar: Economic Offence Wing (EOW) has unearthed another crypto ponzi scam and arrested Sandeep Choudhury, Head of ‘Yes World Crypto Token” from Jaipur, Rajasthan. EOW sources here Friday said Choudhury, a native of Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, was arrested November 15 and produced before the local court...

Bhubaneswar: Three days after the Odisha cabinet decided to amend a regulation, allowing ST people to transfer their land to non-tribals, the government Friday withheld it, amid protests by the opposition parties. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi, however, did not reveal the reasons...

Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal Friday intensified into a cyclonic storm and will graze past the Sunderbans before making landfall on Bangladesh coast with a maximum wind speed of 80 kmph, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a bulletin. The cyclonic...