Metro

Bhubaneswar: A team of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch has arrested a drug peddler from Simar-Banki road near Ostapur village in Khurda district and seized over 1 kg of brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore from his possession, a source...

Puri: The Ratna Bhandar, the treasure trove of Puri Jagannath temple, continues to remain a mystery for the people. There is doubt whether the Lord’s valuable ornaments are intact or missing over a period of time. With the Odisha Assembly and the Lok Sabha polls...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Saturday warned the public not to click any link relating to ‘Pink Whatsapp’ received through messages on their mobile devices. The state police issued this advisory on its official Twitter handle. Cybercriminals are sending messages to random people about the launch...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday said the cadre restructuring of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) was under active consideration of the state government. Patnaik said this while addressing a function marking the 75th Year Foundation Celebration. The OPSC is a creation of the...

Bhubaneswar: In one of the rarest and newest type of cyber fraud, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police detected a case of huge cyber financial fraud in which more than Rs14 crore has been siphoned off by manipulating QR codes of a...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar in its weather alert of July 8 issued a Yellow Warning for heavy rainfall in several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of July 9: As per the Yellow Warning (be updated), heavy rainfall is very likely...

Bhubaneswar: Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 report published by the Ministry of Education for the year 2021-22 showed that Odisha has dropped to 24th spot from its previous rank of 10. Odisha had secured the 10th position with an overall score of 877 in PGI...

Bhubaneswar: Members of Parliament (MPs) of the United Kingdom (UK), along with some other celebrities, recently wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take every step under his government’s capacity to minimize the human-elephant conflicts in the country, especially in Odisha,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday effected a minor reshuffle among IPS cadre officers, according to an official notification. It said Shefeen Ahmed K, a 2003-batch IPS officer, working as Inspector General of Police, Human Rights Protection Cell, is appointed as IGP, CID, Crime Branch. DIG...

Bhubaneswar: With the southwest monsoon remaining subdued, Odisha has recorded 25 per cent deficit rainfall which severely affected agricultural activities across the state, official sources said. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday claimed that rainfall activities of the past two days have helped compensate...