Metro

Bhubaneswar/ Malkangiri: Odisha Police Wednesday said that they have seized drugs valued Rs 45 lakh from Andhra-Odisha border after chasing the drug peddlers up to the Andhra Pradesh border. The video of chase of drug peddlers by Chitrakonda police near the Andhra –Odisha border has...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains lashed most parts of Odisha Wednesday with the weather office predicting more showers over the next 48 hours. A low-pressure area along with a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal amid an active south-west monsoon triggered the heavy rains, officials said....

Bhubaneswar: From the triple train tragedy in Balasore to India's G20 presidency, in Odisha, Lord Ganesh adorns pandals that depict the incidents which have left a mark over the last one year. People of the state have been celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi amid a festive fervour,...

Bhubaneswar: The full trial run of the Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express, which would be Odisha's second such train, was conducted Wednesday, officials said. The train left the Puri station at 5am to reach Bhubaneswar at 6.05am, and left after five minutes for the onward journey. ...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) T-20 National Cricket Championship for Deaf will kick-start from September 25 in Bhubaneswar, with 19 teams taking part in a seven-day tournament. Teams divided into four different groups will play a total of 42 matches with each other before...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Tuesday claimed to have collected vital evidence against the alleged loan scam by the authorities and owner of Eastern Media Limited. “Investigation conducted/evidence collected, so far, revealed a huge, well & meticulously planned scam to get...

Bhubaneswar: Ten more people were found positive for scrub typhus infection in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such cases to 832, a health official said Tuesday. All the new cases were detected in Sundargarh district, he said. Fifty-nine samples...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJD Tuesday said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's efforts bore fruit with the Narendra Modi government introducing the women's reservation bill in Lok Sabha. BJD vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra said his party nominated 33 per cent women candidates from the state in the...

Bengaluru: In a major development the sleuths of a special wing of Karnataka City Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested the absconding religious seer Abhinava Halasri from Odisha's Cuttack in connection with BJP MLA ticket scam, police said Tuesday. Prime accused Chaitra Kundapura, a Hindu activist...

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal and under its impact widespread rainfall would occur in some districts of Odisha for four days from Tuesday. Besides rainfall, thunderstorms with lightning will also occur in some...