Metro

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has delayed the implementation of its "No PUC, No Fuel" mandate until February 1, 2026, the State Transport Authority (STA) announced Wednesday. The policy, which prohibits petrol pumps from providing fuel to vehicles lacking a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate, was...

By Reshmi Yadav, OP Bhubaneswar: With Christmas celebrations set to begin tomorrow, the Capital city has come alive in festive splendour, as churches, streets, malls and restaurants are decked up with lights and decorations, filling the air with cheer. From illuminated marketplaces to specially curated...

Bhubaneswar: SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack will soon have a 12-storey parking facility, Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department sources said Tuesday. This was revealed after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed various programmes of the H&FW department at Lok Seva Bhavan...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Tuesday asked officers to spend at least one hour every month in areas where social evils such as witch-hunting still persist. She was addressing a state-level workshop on the prevention of witch-hunting and the prohibition of child marriage,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Tuesday said the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh will be resolved amicably. The committee, constituted to address the long-pending dispute, held its first meeting Tuesday, which was attended by the Chief Secretary, the Development Commissioner,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday flagged off 150 new ambulances under the Emergency Medical Ambulance Service in the state. The state government has procured as many as 428 new ambulances at a cost of Rs 111 crore, and the chief minister launched...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has seized several properties, including high-value vehicles, from an accused in the cheating case, an officer said Tuesday. The accused, identified as Rama Narayan Bal of Bhadrak district, was arrested October 29 this year on the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged his counterpart in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, to include 108 Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) communities of Odisha in the Central OBC list. The people categorised as Other Backward Class (OBC)...

Bhubaneswar: The CBI arrested another accused from Bihar in the sensational police SI recruitment scam case. The accused has been identified as Amit Bharati, who was apprehended from Bihar. According to sources, the arrest comes after extensive questioning to the prime suspects Shankar Prusty and...

Bhubaneswar: A court here Monday awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to three persons after convicting them of peddling brown sugar in the City in 2020. The 3rd Additional District Judge-cum-Special Judge, Bhubaneswar, Khurda held Sk Sagba, Tanmay Kumar Sahoo and Sk Fakir guilty in a...