Metro

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police Thursday arrested three accused including two former bank employees in connection with a Rs 4.13 crore bank fraud case. The police arrested Abdul Hayee, retired branch manager of Nuapatna branch, Prakash Kumar Mohapatra, former senior assistant...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide students of all government and government-aided schools with iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets during the ongoing summer vacation under the 'Anemia Mukta Lakhsya Abhiyan' (AMLAN), a notification issued by School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department stated...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Thursday issued a Yellow Warning (be updated) for several districts of Odisha. The weather agency forecasted no large change in maximum temperature (day temperature) over the next four to five days throughout the state. Upto 8.30 AM...

Bhubaneswar: After being hit by summer cyclones for three consecutive years since 2019, the Odisha government began preparations for any such eventuality this season even as the IMD forecast no possibility of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal in a fortnight. The government...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday sounded a high alert in three districts bordering Chhattisgarh following the killing of 10 police personnel and a civilian driver in the neighbouring state, a senior police official said here. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik condemned the attack which was...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Wednesday issued a Yellow Warning for several districts of Odisha. Upto 8.30 AM of April 27: As per the Yellow Warning (be prepared), thunderstorm with lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Wednesday reported 542 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike since August last year, pushing the tally to  13,43,202, a health department official said. One more death due to the virus took the toll to 9,209, the official said. The surge in new...

Bhubaneswar: A young surfer from Odisha Narayan Munda clinched the silver medal in National Sailor Championship which was held in Goa. Narayan, who hails from Panposh in Rourkela, secured the second position in the sailing in Under-19 category. He eyes for winning gold in the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday launched the third phase of the High School Transformation Programme through virtual mode, as part of 5T initiative. A total of 2151 transformed high schools will be inaugurated in the third phase. On the first day of this phase,...

Bhubaneswar: Prices of dairy products like chhena and paneer will increase from May 1, Cuttack District Dairy Product Traders’ Association said Tuesday. The wholesale price of chhena will be hiked by `20 per kg, paneer by `30 per kg and khoa by `60 per kg,...