Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police Tuesday busted a robbery gang named ‘Chadi and Baniyan’ gang and arrested its 11 members. The police said that the gang was involved in a series of house burglary cases in different areas of Bhubaneswar city. Last night, during patrolling,...

Bhubaneswar: The shop owners staged a protest Monday by shutting down their shops and even threatened to continue their protest for an indefinite period. Kulange, while assuring the shop owners, said, “We emptied the area during Hockey World Cup yet they are all back again...

Bhubaneswar: The ever sky-high prices of food items in the PVR INOX has now come to an end over a tweet of a journalist who shared the exorbitant bill of a Pepsi and a popcorn (Rs 460 for 55gm of cheese popcorn and Rs 360...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar in its weather alert of July 18 said that a cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal Odisha. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form northwest Bay of Bengal over...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu's three-day Odisha visit beginning from July 25, the state government issued special instructions to authorities to ensure that there is no power disruption of any kind during the programmes to be attended by the country's first citizen. The instruction...

Bhubaneswar: At least 62,62,852 people in Odisha were pulled out of multidimensional poverty in five years, according to NITI Aayog’s ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’. According to the report released by NITI Aayog vice-chairman Suman Berry Monday, at least 13.5 crore people...

Itanagar: Two adult Royal Bengal tigers and three freshwater gharials, arrived at Itanagar Biological Park (Itanagar Zoo) here, from Nandankanan Zoo in Odisha. The animals were received at the park by senior officials of the state forest department Monday evening, Zoo Curator Raya Flago said...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha MLA Chiranjib Biswal, who was recently suspended from the Congress, made it clear Monday that he will contest the 2024 elections either on a party ticket or as an Independent. Speaking to mediapersons for the first time since his suspension, Biswal said,...

Bhubaneswar: With incidences of man-elephant conflict on the rise, the Odisha government plans to adopt a multi-pronged strategy including tagging radio collars on elephants. This was revealed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) SK Popli here. He said the radio collars will be fitted...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Agricultural Marketing (OSAM) Board has emerged as the winner of Skoch Award 2023 for e NAM silver category, an official source said Monday. Functioning under the Odisha Cooperative department it has achieved this in the cooperative sector with successful onboarding of...