Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Diwali festival took a tragic turn in various regions of Odisha Sunday with many individuals sustaining fire injuries and multiple incidents of fire mishap being reported from different parts of the state. A massive fire broke out in the evening at a godown...

Uttarkashi (U'khand): Rescue efforts are underway for 40 workers, including five from Odisha, who are trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district partially collapsed a day back. Rescuers who worked overnight trying to prepare an escape passage for...

Bhubaneswar: Five buses were gutted as a fire broke out in a workshop in Bhubaneswar Sunday, a fire official said. However, no injuries were reported in the incident that took place in Tamando area. The blaze erupted as welding work was being carried out on...

Bhubaneswar: A man died while trying to rescue his minor son from downing in the Kathajodi river in Odisha's Cuttack district Sunday, police said. The deceased was identified as Saroj Sahu, a native of Naraj area in Cuttack district, the police said. Sahu, the father...

Bhubaneswar: Amid speculation over former bureaucrat VK Pandian joining the BJD, a top leader of the ruling party in Odisha described him as a ‘true disciple’ of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a function in Jajpur district Saturday, BJD organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das, who...

Bhubaneswar: Earthen lamps are synonymous with every Hindu festival across the country, Odisha included. The lamp, commonly called diya, or dipa, has deep significance during the festival of lights, Diwali. Traditional artisans have been making diyas since time immemorial. However, they have to improvise their...

Bhubaneswar: The juvenile justice board court in Odisha’s Khurda has convicted one juvenile under section 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), 1985. This is the first such conviction of a minor in Odisha in an NDPS case. The juvenile was...

Bhubaneswar: A Low-pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal around November 14, IMD Bhubaneswar’s midday weather bulletin read Saturday. The weather agency also said that the system is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over the central and...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Congress in Odisha announced that it will undertake a 'Tulsi Yatra', in which tulsi or basil leaves will be collected from houses across 314 blocks of the state and offered to Lord Jagannath in Puri, as a mark of protest over alleged...

Bhubaneswar: The Special Crime Unit (SCU) of Commissionerate Police (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) has arrested two drug peddlers and seized brown sugar valued over Rs 1 crore from their possession during a raid at Fuleswari Basti in Bhubaneswar, an official said Friday. The police have identified the accused...